On the night of 13 May 2017, with the cheers and encouragement of the packed International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine ringing in his ear, and the landslide votes of Europe propelling him to a resounding victory, Salvador Sobral secured an historic first victory for Portugal in the Eurovision Continue Reading
Scary or lovable? Either way, Smallfoot is coming your way
SNAPSHOT An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, “Smallfoot” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” brings him fame and a chance with the girl of his dreams. Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “What’s Past is Prologue” (S1, E13 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOME SHONKY MYCELIUM NAVIGATION … SHOULD’VE BOUGHT THE SPORE TOM-TOM UPGRADE PACK … It has long been said – well since 1918 anyway when Senator Hiram Warren Johnson reportedly made the sage observation – that the first casualty of war is the truth. It sadly Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The burning irony of TIMBER
SNAPSHOT A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up. (synopsis via Vimeo) This is such a clever short film. What it accomplishes in Continue Reading
Telly’s screaming? Ernie’s abstract? They are but it’s all the name of art #SesameStreet
You may or may not have come across, depending on your social media exposure, an app that allows you to find out which person from famous works of art you most represent? Known as Google’s Culture & Art app, it’s a lot of silly fun that gives you a Continue Reading
Who is the “Secret Alien”? You’ll spot him … the crew? Not so much … @chris_and_jack
You know those space dramas, and they are legion, where a sneaky alien, but aren’t they all, had snuck onboard a spaceship, inhabited the body of a crew member and created mayhem/death/destruction/an unexpected detour to Arkazuma 4? It’s a standard storytelling trope for many genre shows and one that, Continue Reading
Book review: One Hundred Days of Happiness by Fausto Brizzi
Imagine being told you have approximately 100 days to live, thanks to an incredibly aggressive tumour in your liver that has now metastasized to your lungs? No, seriously, go on do it; not that easy is it? That’s because, explains Lucio, the incredibly likable and real protagonist in Fausto Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: One man and his girlfriend in a host of animation styles
The Bee Gees once rather harmoniously asked “How deep is your love?” (let’s be fair they asked they asked everything that way and it sounded SOOOO sweet) One person who doesn’t need to ask or even have that question answered is the partner of illustrator Kells O’Hickey who gave Continue Reading
Now this is Australian music: The Presets, Bajillionaire, GAUCI, Stella Donnelly, India Sweeney
It’s Australia Day and while there is considerable, very much necessary debate about the validity of observing our national day on a date seen as Invasion Day by indigenous people, it is still a good day to reflect on what makes this country great. (For the record, I think Continue Reading
Worth a thousand words: the top ten best Australian children’s picture books (curated content)
by Nicholas Reece, University of Melbourne (December 2012) The academics and the “mummy bloggers” are in furious agreement – reading picture books to children is one of the best things you can do for a child’s development. It also happens to be, in the opinion of this humble author, Continue Reading