Over the last year or so since it was violently invaded by Russia, Ukraine has sadly come to be associated with war, blasted buildings, disrupted lives and a great deal of sadness. In the midst of all this suffering, pain and destruction, it’s easy to lose sight of the artistic Continue Reading
Rift made good or is it? Platonic explores the hilarious landscape of a renewed, all-consuming friendship (trailer and poster)
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTPlatonic follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes all consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way. Platonic is a series created by writer / filmmaker Nicholas Stoller (aka Continue Reading
#Eurovision cultural festival 2023: British sitcom Extraordinary
When it comes to people getting superpowers, we are habitually used to two key constants: Looks like, rather happily it should be added, that no one sent the memo to Extraordinary, which explores a world in which superpowers have magically been dispensed to everyone and they are so much a Continue Reading
Book review: Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Humanity has, in many ways, got where it’s got because it’s refused to simply take the universe on the terms obviously presented to it. No matter what the issue is or the challenge to be resolved, we have looked all kinds of supposedly set-in-stone realities of the Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: ROBOTS, Next Goal Wins, and Maggie Moore(s)
Grab that popcorn! Maybe some wine? Definitely some candy and sparkling water and head to your local cinema to lose yourself in a (hopefully) good movie. I say “hopefully” because all we have are trailers to go on, and while they look very fine indeed, they are supposed to look Continue Reading
Movie review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
When the first Guardian of the Galaxy film burst chaotically and gleefully onto movie screens in 2014, it became immediately apparent that Marvel had a sense of humour, after all. Of course, fighting dastardly evil villain’s from here on Earth and in realms both galactic and multiversal is a deadly Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2023: Week 7 – The Big 6 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom (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
Long live the fighters: Dune 2 debuts new trailer and poster and some damn fine giant worm riding
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe film will explore the continuing journey of Paul Atreides, now united with the Fremen on Arrakis. A boy becomes the Messiah of nomads on a desert planet that has giant worms that protect a commodity called Spice. Spice changes people into travelers, mystics and madmen. What Continue Reading
Book review: The Unlikely Life of Maisie Meadows by Jenni Keer
When life falls apart in comprehensive fashion around you, it is all too tempting, and understandably so, to throw your hands up in despair, dive beneath the doona (duvet) and not emerge for a good long while all while telling yourself life has nothing to offer anymore. But the 25-year-old Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #86: Catie Turner, Ellie Dixon, Cannons, Cyn, Avalon Emerson
Music that’s just music is good for the soul; great for the soul in fact. But how much better is it when it has some lyrical depth to go along with it too? When artists pour their heart and soul into their songs and offer not just music to move Continue Reading