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Want to get Lost in Space all over again? Of course you do

Posted on August 7, 2016August 5, 2016 by aussiemoose

  Everything old is new yet again and this time it’s all happening way off the map in outer space. In fact, no one exactly sure where it will be happening – well the characters anyway. That’s right avid spacefarers (which includes yours truly), Lost in Space, which didn’t exactly Continue Reading

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Max Rose: Jerry Lewis confirms that sharing love is more important than anything

Posted on August 6, 2016August 5, 2016 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT In his first leading role in more than 25 years, Jerry Lewis will star in indie drama Max Rose. The film follows retired jazz pianist Max Rose (Lewis). Though his career wasn’t everything he hoped for, Max always felt like a success because his beautiful, elegant Eva (Claire Broom) Continue Reading

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Was it all Ab Fab? What happened when Saunders met Lumley

Posted on August 6, 2016August 5, 2016 by aussiemoose

  It’s easy to assume when you see two actors together such as, oh I don’t know, let’s say for argument’s sake, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, that they’ve always enjoyed brilliant on-screen chemistry and off-screen friendship. But in this delightful clip from The Graham Norton Show, promoting the new Continue Reading

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David Attenborough meets Pokémon Go and it’s as perfect as you imagine

Posted on August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 by aussiemoose

  Hula hoops. YoYos. Care Bears. The final episode of M*A*S*H. Writing symphonies when you’re 16 and … wait that was Felix Mendhelsson only … poor example, moving on … The point is, and I do have one, is that humanity loves a shared experience, something that our modern digital Continue Reading

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Now this is music #73: Annie Bass, Squidgenini, Two People, Ta-ku & Wafia, Ngaiire

Posted on August 5, 2016December 3, 2016 by aussiemoose

  It’s an all-Australian mix in this edition of Now This is Music with five immensely-talented, intelligent and highly-original artists who effectively wear their hearts on their sleeves and in their music. This is music that is listenable and accessible but imbued with forethought, care and substance, the kind that Continue Reading

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Fangs for the apocalypse: Van Helsing awakes in a world ruled by vampires

Posted on August 5, 2016August 4, 2016 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Van Helsing is set in a world dominated and controlled by vampires.  Vanessa Helsing is the last hope for survival, as she unknowingly awakens to discover she has a unique blood composition that makes her not only immune to vampires, but with the ability to turn a vampire Continue Reading

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Movie review: Hunt For the Wilderpeople

Posted on August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by aussiemoose

  The need to belong is a fairly basic human imperative; it informs our drive to make friends, join clubs, fall in love and be a part of a family, among many other things. And it is the beating heart and soul of quite possibly one of the most wonderful Continue Reading

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Phantom Boy: A heartwarming tale of one boy and his big secret

Posted on August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Leo, 11, spends his days in bed in a New York hospital due to a serious illness. He discovers he has an extraordinary ability to separate from his body and fly over the city while his physical body sleeps. Along the way, the boy meets Alex, a detective Continue Reading

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Wayward Pines: “Bedtime Story” (S2, E10 review)

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by aussiemoose

  *SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE END OF THE WORLD … AGAIN (SORT OF)*   REM may have felt fine about the end of the world but not so much the morally-challenged folk of Wayward Pines who suddenly found just slightly less than half their number surplus to requirements. Yup, the Continue Reading

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Smile! Bert and Grover are so hip they’re taking Instagram selfies

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by aussiemoose

  If you ever doubted how cool Bert and Grover are, and seriously why would you do such a horrible thing, then be sceptical no more. As it turns out, two of the mainstays of TV’s Sesame Street are very much to the social media groove, particularly that very funky Continue Reading

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    What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
  • The darkness and violence of absolute power made manifest: Thoughts on Andor S2, E7-9
    (courtesy IMP Awards) There is a fearful moment when something known only in the abstract, but horrific even so, suddenly becomes real, takes manifest palpable form and you are unable to pretend even for a second that within humanity lies the kernel for great evil if so nurtured. (Thankfully, great Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Thunderbolts*
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Once as close to a sure thing as any blockbuster can be, Marvel’s prodigious output of epic superhero storytelling has stumbled more often than not over the last few years, offering up films that felt they were mere Xeroxes of the studio’s previous glories which, if you Continue Reading
  • Book review: Letters to our Robot Son by Cadance Bell
    (courtesy Ultimo Press) I know, I know, I KNOW that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover (unless you’re part of a publishing company’s marketing team in which case that’s all you want to do). BUT, and in the case of Letters to our Robot Son by Continue Reading
  • Graphic novel review: I Heart Skull-Crusher! by Campbell/Zonno/De Santiago
    (courtesy BOOM! STUDIOS) SNAPSHOT18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, aspiring to the heights of her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Continue Reading
  • “Let’s keep our distance… because someday, I’ll be flying off to space.” The push-and-pull of love in Lost in Starlight
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOT“Don’t forget. Out here in space, there’s someone who’s always rooting for you.” In 2050 Seoul, astronaut Nan-young’s ultimate life goal is to visit Mars. ✨ But she fails the final test to onboard the fourth Mars Expedition Project. The musician Jay buries his dreams in a Continue Reading
  • Book review: Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells
    (courtesy Tor Publishing Group) There have been more than a few stories of artificial lifeforms who have ended up being considerably more human than their creators. But is there anyone more human than the eponymous protagonist of this marvellous series by Martha Wells, a robot created to enforce, with extreme Continue Reading
  • “If it goes up in flames?” “It will burn”: Andor S2, E4-6 review
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor is a superlatively impressive show on all kinds of levels but where it is really excelling in this humble reviewer’s opinion is the way in which it is deconstructing a host of romantic myths about what it means to be standing in defiant opposition Continue Reading
  • Dance your pain away with Mon Montha #StarWars #Maythe4thBeWithYou #Andor
    (image courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor, now four episodes into its second season, is a remarkable show in many ways. But one of the things that really sets it apart is the sheer raw humanity of many of the characters, best exemplified in the third episode, “Harvest”, where a Continue Reading
  • Road to Eurovision 2025 – Week 6 – Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia (semi-final 2, part 3)
    What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
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