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Weekend pop art: To every letter of the alphabet, a pop culture icon

Posted on November 12, 2017November 7, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Now if you’re anything like me (way older than school age), it’s highly likely you haven’t been asked to recite your ABCs or sing the Alphabet Song for quite some time. Which is a pity because two artists, Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo, who recently exhibited their work at Continue Reading

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Godless: “‘Tis a fearful thing, to love what death can touch”

Posted on November 11, 2017October 25, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Set in the 1880s American West, Godless follows notorious criminal Frank Griffin (Daniels) and his gang of outlaws on a mission of revenge against Roy Goode (O’Connell), a prodigal son type who betrayed his former brotherhood. While on the run, Roy seeks refuge at the ranch of hardened, Continue Reading

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Book review: The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins

Posted on November 11, 2017June 24, 2019 by aussiemoose

  There is an immersive sense of otherworldliness that must be present in any fantasy tale worth it’s magical salt, if we are to truly buy into its escapist narrative. A sense that you are in a world completely and utterly not your own, and yet, and here lies the Continue Reading

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Blade Runner — Constructing a Future Noir #MichaelTucker

Posted on November 11, 2017November 11, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Blade Runner was the first film to take the deep thematic elements of classic film noirs and put them into a future sci-fi world. This video explores what those elements are, and how they were incorporated. (synopsis (c) Michael Tucker) Blade Runner is rightly hailed as one of Continue Reading

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Now this is music #99: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chela, Rae Morris, Butter, Noah Slee

Posted on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Ever have those moments in life where you feel like a good song would not only soundtrack things perfectly but add immeasurably to what you’re going to? Or at least emote or articulate better than you’re managing at that point? You’re not alone, and these five artists have not Continue Reading

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The short and the short of it: The Inksect and the loss of books and freethinking

Posted on November 10, 2017November 7, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT In a dystopian future where fossil fuels were exhausted, ruling corporations had turned to desperate measures to generate energy. Books were banned & confiscated as fuel for the fire, and with them free thinking had been lost. Human beings had morphed into illiterate cockroaches. In New York City Continue Reading

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Movie review: Ingrid Goes West

Posted on November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Who are you? I mean, who are you really? Away from the public spotlight, in those quiet moments when it’s just you and your existential angst, and particularly in today’s hyper-connected world, where Facebook and Instagram are temporarily foregone, WHO … ARE … YOU? It’s an intense, penetrating and Continue Reading

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Never say no to tamales: Family is forever in final Coco trailer

Posted on November 8, 2017November 7, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead Continue Reading

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Star Trek Discovery: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” (S1, E7 review)

Posted on November 7, 2017November 1, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE SAME OLD TIME SPAN AGAIN AND AGAIN … Let’s do the time loop again! OK, it’s not the time warp, and Dr. Frank n Furter is nowhere to be seen, but it is a staple of science fiction storytelling and happily, Star Trek: Discovery, Continue Reading

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Otherworld beckons but should you answer its siren call? (book trailer)

Posted on November 7, 2017November 3, 2017 by aussiemoose

  Who doesn’t want a holiday from reality? Given all the hellish commuting and bills to pay, the threat of climate change and terrorism and endless repeats of Law and Order, it can be tempting to think that a world in which all your most delectable fantasies could be realised Continue Reading

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  • Movie review: Long Story Short (Feste & Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!)
    (courtesy IMDb) Being part of a solid and constant group of mutually supportive, caring friends is undoubtedly one of life’s great and often enduring gifts. Far from having to navigate life alone, we can do it, with all of its challenges and opportunities, its highs and lows, triumphs and deplorable Continue Reading
  • Road to Eurovision 2025: Week 7 – The Big 6 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK (Grand final)
    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
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