You have to feel that Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin would be mightily impressed with Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, a book which goes all out to celebrate sisters doing it for themselves. Well, in this case, Mrs. Claus, who, when she discovers Santa still in bed right when he Continue Reading
What’s under the bed? Find out in Rosie Paints With Ghosts by Cassie Daley
SNAPSHOTWhen Rosie finds a secret door under her bed, it leads her to a spooky town with two BIG problems – they’ve lost all their color, and Rosie can’t seem to get back home! With the help of a new friend, Rosie has a new goal: repaint and restore the Continue Reading
Lots of festive fun with Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa
The moment you realise Betty White is voicing Mrs Claus is the moment you will realise you will love the 2010 cartoon joy that is Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa. The fabulous Ms. White, channelling all the sweet mischief and fun that have made her a much-loved figure Continue Reading
Love is messy and complicated: Thoughts on Starstruck
Unless you’re heart is made of concrete and you sold you soul to a devil of your choosing at some poorly-chosen time in the past, there’s a pretty good chance you really love, love. You know, romantic love with all its starry-eyed moments, roses and chocolate and trigger-happy arrow-shooting ancient Continue Reading
Still boldly going … new trailers for Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 2) and Star Trek: Prodigy
Here in Sydney, the never-ending Delta variant COVID lockdown now in its fifth week, is set to continue for another four weeks. Which, apart from a growing case of cabin fever, means that we need distractions, and many of them, more than ever before. Thankfully, Star Trek is boldly coming Continue Reading
Why be normal when you can be … Special (season 2 review)
Life is full of choices about all manner of things but one fairly fundamental one, that we often make a decision without any conscious thought, is whether we are going to play it safe or follow our heart. It might seem like something so important that you’d sit down, strategise, Continue Reading
New zombies! Fear the Walking Dead (season 7) and World Beyond (season 2) SDCC 2021 reveals
You have to hand it to The Walking Dead franchise. If it wasn’t bad enough having the dead walking around you and wanting to chow down you at every opportunity, now survivors have to contend with an irradiated wasteland (Fear the Walking Dead) or being stuck between a destroyed home Continue Reading
Book review: The Rabbits by Sophie Overett
There are some books that are so beautifully, exquisitely well-written that you want to stop almost every sentence and exult in the sheer love and skilled use of language they represent. More, you feel an insistent need to type out every sentence you adore, and let’s be honest in books Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly Disney retro animated fun: Pluto’s Christmas Tree
You have to feel sorry for poor old Pluto, the much put-upon protagonist in 1952’s Pluto’s Christmas Tree. In the 125th Mickey Mouse short to be produced and the second for that year, Pluto (Pinto Colvig) sets off amid festive, “Deck the Halls” soundtracked vibes, to help Mickey (Jimmy MacDonald) Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly movie review: Last Christmas
Reviewing a film as reviled as Last Christmas seems to be approximately eighteen months after its release is an interesting exercise. There is the almost debilitating weight of all those negative judgements, some of them almost unnecessarily scathing, and of course, that twist, which while not even remotely in the Continue Reading