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Trio o’ TV trailers: Disenchantment, Wellington Paranormal, Nightflyers

Posted on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Oh boy do we need more TV shows! Actually in the strictest not really since, unless you’re some kind of automaton (and if you are, when’s Skynet making their move, please?), no one really has the time in Peak Glut TV for any more programs in their schedule but Continue Reading

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Weekend pop art: A pop culture A to Z by Otis Frampton

Posted on June 30, 2018June 29, 2018 by aussiemoose

  I remember fondly the days of learning my ABCs, when my kindergarten teacher Miss Allen and Sesame Street jointly taught me – contentions about how to pronounce the letter “Z” aside -how to go from the beginning to the end of the alphabet (love the song!) and how to Continue Reading

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Book review: The Book Ninja by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus

Posted on June 29, 2018June 15, 2019 by aussiemoose

  I believe it was those pop sages ABBA who once intoned in one of their marvellously-attractive songs that “Love isn’t Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)”. A perfect mix of early ’70s folk-pop, Swedish harmonies and life truisms doesn’t feature anywhere in The Book Ninja by Ali Berg Continue Reading

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The hunt has evolved … all-new killing-happy The Predator

Posted on June 29, 2018June 28, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only Continue Reading

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Movie review: Incredibles 2

Posted on June 27, 2018November 26, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Sequels occupy an odd place in the pantheon of Hollywood films, often eagerly-anticipated and existentially-dreaded in equal measure. They are usually, though not always, a response to a film making a cratering impact on the pop culture firmament, and while the studios make them because cash registers will likely Continue Reading

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It’s a Jurassic World … or is it?! A professor weighs on the accuracy of TV and movie dinosaurs

Posted on June 27, 2018June 25, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Like many other people, I have long held a fascination for dinosaurs of all shapes and stripes. Doesn’t matter if its Stegosaurus or T-Rex, Velociraptor or a plesiosaur, dinosaurs captured my imagination very early on, and to my very adult joy, haven’t loosened their hold at all in the Continue Reading

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Colony: “Lazarus” (S3, E8 review)

Posted on June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS DUPLICITY, ARROGANCE AND SOME UNNERVINGLY OPAQUE AGENDAS So how’s that whole Seattle as the promised land of post-grief/current-grief/no one is talking about the grief living going there Bowmans? I mean Daltons? Ah whatever the hell you’re calling yourself today. Not so great, I’d Continue Reading

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HBO is hoping you won’t avoid these Sharp Objects

Posted on June 26, 2018June 24, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT The limited series’ chilling new trailer follows journalist Camille Preaker (Adams) as she returns to her hometown to cover the story of two murdered young girls. (synopsis (c) Paste Magazine) You know how small towns are supposed to be warm, cosy bastions of love, acceptance and a surfeit Continue Reading

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Retro movie review: The Incredibles

Posted on June 23, 2018June 22, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Being a superhero is, for the most part, a grimly singular endeavour. Sure, Marvel’s crop of cinematically-popular fighters of evil and catastrophe such as Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man and the like come together when needed as The Avengers, and even Batman, Superman and a cameo-like Wonder Woman have Continue Reading

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Weekend pop art: Reading books made quick and easy with abridged illustrations

Posted on June 23, 2018May 12, 2021 by aussiemoose

  I love reading books. Losing myself in books, long and short, big and small, has been a passion of time since I can remember but even I have to admit it’s well near impossible to read everything (not that I don’t give it a red hot go!). Riding to Continue Reading

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  • Book review: Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
    (courtesy Scholastic) If you have grown up and are comfortably ensconced as a member of the heteronormative majority, you will have likely seen little to trouble your secure worldview. Almost everything caters to the idea that society, and indeed civilisation as a whole, has been shaped in its entirety by Continue Reading
  • Eurovision 2025 wrap-up: No “Wasted Love” as Austria wins this year’s contest
    (courtesy Eurovision.tv) We’re off to Austria! The superbly passionate and gloriously operatic performance by Austria’s JJ aka Johannes Pietsch, a singer at the Vienna State Opera, garnered 258 points from the international jury vote, which was allocated first by the traditional appearance of representatives from all 37 competing countries, and Continue Reading
  • Building something … ICONIC: First trailer lands for Ironheart
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTSet after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel’s Ironheart series pits technology against magic when Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but Continue Reading
  • We reach the end … or is it the end of the beginning? Thoughts on Andor S2, E10-12
    (courtesy YouTube (c) Star Wars/Disney+) One of the enduring strengths of the flawless perfection that has been Andor right throughout its two superlatively good seasons has been its attention to detail when it comes to joining up the dots with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: A Continue Reading
  • Take a big swing … the heartfelt trailer for Stick
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOT“His comeback is a long shot.” In Stick, Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his Continue Reading
  • Eurovision 2025 cultural festival Swiss movie review: The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse)
    (courtesy IMDb) There is one line towards the end of this singularly charming but emotionally meaningful film with which anyone who has ever grown up in an oppressive environment where they cannot be themselves will readily identify. The titular protagonist of The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in Continue Reading
  • Songs, songs and more songs #122 – Eurovision 2025 cultural festival music review: 5 great Swiss music artists
    (via Shutterstock) One of the great gifts of the Eurovision Song Contest is discovering the incredibly talented and richly imaginative music artists that each country possesses. But while we meet a new artist from each country each year, the truth is that beyond that one person or group are a Continue Reading
  • Eurovision 2025 cultural festival Swiss book review: Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier (translated by Barbara Harshav)
    (courtesy Allen & Unwin Australia) The weight of life upon us can often be considerable; but for many people, it is not until a sudden event or change of heart hits them that they become aware of just great a load they are carrying. For some people, of course, it Continue Reading
  • FESTIVE PREVIEW: Get merry … be jolly … and spread cheer … early trailer for Christmas movie Oh. What. Fun.
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTClaire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together every holiday season. From perfectly frosted cookies to meticulously wrapped gifts, no one “decks the halls” quite like Claire. But this year, as her grown kids & distracted husband get swept up in Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Cicadas (Zikaden)
    (courtesy IMDb) It’s not often that you emerge from a movie and wonder what on earth the point of it was. Usually even the films you don’t quite love, or outright dislike, have a clearly defined reason for being and you can very easily reconcile with what you liked and Continue Reading
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