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Awwww love sweet Simon’s Cat-foiled love

Posted on September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Much as I love and adore kittehs, and I do, there is a possibility, just a minor one mind you, that they like to get their own way. Pretty much all of the time. Oh they undeniably love you, and want to be close to you and want cuddles, Continue Reading

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Movie review: The Lovers

Posted on September 30, 2017September 29, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Love, particularly romantic love, the stuff of Valentine’s Day, romantic comedies and long moonlit walks, is regularly placed on a pedestal with many of us eager to buy into the idea that there is something unassailably perfect about the notion of ’til death do us part and selfless commitment Continue Reading

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Blue Planet II: Take a deep breath and watch this Pixar story come to life (trailer)

Posted on September 30, 2017September 29, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT This world-exclusive introduction to the show is narrated by series presenter Sir David Attenborough and set to an exclusive track developed by Hans Zimmer and Radiohead. The prequel features an array of some of the most awe-inspiring shots and highlights from the new series, as well as several Continue Reading

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Now this is music #97: Ionnalee, Butter, Future War Bride, Queenie, Bien

Posted on September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Who wants a beige life? No one in their right mind that’s who, which is why you need to listen to artists like the ones following who chart their own course, put real thought into their artistic expression and pour it into songs so unique and vividly listenable that Continue Reading

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Horrors of copyright: How Night of the Living Dead gave birth (or death) to the modern zombie genre

Posted on September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 by aussiemoose

  The Walking Dead. The Newsflesh Trilogy. World War Z. Pride Prejudice and Zombies. Resident Evil. Shaun of the Dead. All those highwater marks (and quite a few low water marks, sensibly not mentioned, too) of the modern zombie genre would likely not exist, or at at least not in Continue Reading

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Fear the Walking Dead: “Brother’s Keeper” (S3, E12 review)

Posted on September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MORE ZOMBIES THAN YOU CAN POKE A POINTY STICK AT … So you know how they – yes the mysterious “they” who are responsible for pretty much everything it seems – always say revenge is a dish best served cold? How about undead with trailing Continue Reading

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Pack your bags Rick & Morty! You’re off to the SpongeBob SquarePants universe

Posted on September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Vulture sat down with the co-creators of Rick and Morty, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, along with producer Ryan Ridley, and voice actors Spencer Grammer (Summer), and Sarah Chalke (Beth), and asked them to improvise an episode in a Spongebob-like world. In this Vulture-animated short, Rick and Morty Continue Reading

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Star Trek Discovery: S1, E1 “The Vulcan Hello” & E2 “Battle at the Binary Stars” review

Posted on September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 by aussiemoose

  At this stage of Star Trek’s just over 50 year old journey into the stars and the depths of humanity’s soul, you could be forgiven for wondering if there is anywhere left to boldly go where we haven’t already boldly gone before. After all, from Captain Kirk to Archer, Continue Reading

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Tough tonsillectomy or are you just not that Happy! (teaser promo)

Posted on September 26, 2017September 25, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Happy!, by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson, is one very dark graphic novel. Mainly because its protagonist Nick (Chris Meloni), a bitter, angry, corrupt ex-cop-turned-dirty private investigator who never quite got over the death of his wife, is a man for whom the glass is not simply Continue Reading

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The age of stone is over! Oops, someone forgot to tell Early Man (poster + trailer)

Posted on September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and wooly mammoths roamed the earth, “Early Man” tells the story of how one plucky caveman unites his tribe against a mighty enemy and saves the day! (synopsis via Coming Soon) So can you imagine what it would feel like Continue Reading

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  • Mini-mass of movie trailers: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Ghosts: The Possession of Button House + Klara & the Sun
    (via Shutterstock) This is a time grand confessions – I don’t particularly love popcorn. Scandalous, right? Actually, not really, but when you go to the movies as much as I do, a popcorn ambivalence doesn’t really fit with the usual moviegoing vibe (thought I do love choctops and lollies aka Continue Reading
  • Deep TBR June book review: The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J. R. Dawson (2025)
    (courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) Ostensibly the magically real world of The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J. R. Dawson is about a man and his daughter Nera who play a vital role in shepherding the souls of the dead, those immediately passed and those who lingered for Continue Reading
  • Trailer, trailers, so many streaming trailers! Check out Alley Cats, Lucky and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
    (via Shutterstock) I am, at heart, a vibrant and sustained optimist. I know not because, in the face of a thousand million things to the contrary (there may be some hyperbole there but not much), I still think life is wonderful and has so much to offer. And, and really, Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Toy Story 5
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Five instalments into any movie franchise is a point at which you might wonder if the novelty and fun of the original instalment has been lost or at least diluted beyond any meaningful recognition. It happens to the best of long-running series but rather happily the Toy Continue Reading
  • Songs, songs and more songs #139: WILLOW, Dagny, Emei, Blossoms + Jude York … and Madonna’s Confessions II video
    (via Shutterstock) If you’re anything like me, you don’t want pop that simply sounds good, though that is absolutely optimal, you want it to also say something meaningful too. So, sound and lyrics in perfect, compellingly listenable lockstep. These five songs, by a diverse array of artists, deliver just that, Continue Reading
  • UPCOMING READS: pop culture synergy fun as The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe
    (courtesy Nerdist (c) Marvel) SNAPSHOTThe iconic heroes of the Marvel Universe will soon join forces with none other than Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and all the other Muppets. Coming in September is The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1, from a creative team that includes writers Chip Zdarsky, Continue Reading
  • 132 rooms. 157 suspects. 1 Dead Body: thoughts on The Residence
    (courtesy IMP Awards) I know it’s become exhaustingly cliche to say your late to the party on something because surely storytelling, viral sensationalism aside which is hideously transitory, but in the case of The Residence I am absolutely very much way behind the curve. Now, while it’s unlikely my tardy, Continue Reading
  • Deep TBR June book review: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (2020)
    (courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) While we are all familiar with the slow and steady march of time, inexorably changing everything in small and big ways, it’s those dramatic, one-moment-in-time events which change everything in the blink of an eye which probably make more of an impact. One minute life is Continue Reading
  • Was it really the end for everyone? Pompeii: Out of time with Tom Hiddleston
    (courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTHost and Loki star Tom Hiddleston and Loki executive producer Kevin R. Wright reunite for the series, a fusion of cinematic scripted drama and investigative documentary storytelling that transports audiences to ancient Rome in the hours before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Guided by a team of Continue Reading
  • Deep TBR June book review: All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler
    (courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) How do you get over a broken heart? Especially one ten years in the making? It’s a question with a huge and open-ended answer, an unwelcome one that Elly has to grapple with when her boyfriend of ten years and husband of less than a year Continue Reading
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