(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) If you have ever had an existentially restless moment in your life, and who of course hasn’t (whether we consciously acknowledge it or not), and wondered where it is that you truly belong, you will find with which to deeply identify in Diana Evans’ beautiful novel, Continue Reading
Mini-mass of movie trailers: Shortcomings, A Fluorescent Sky, Landscape With Invisible Hand, Grey Matter + Fremont
(Photo by Meg Boulden on Unsplash) There are times, and granted they are few, where I begin to tire of going to the cinema, feeling as if I have watched too many films and gone out too many nights after work and that I should just rest up and forgo Continue Reading
COMING UP! Streaming gets a boost with Frasier reboot, Still Up and Our Flag Means Death S2
(Photo by Sindy Süßengut on Unsplash) So much shows to watch! That could become a source of stress and let’s be honest, it often does, or it could be viewed, much as a book-laden TBR should be, as an opportunity for great storytelling in which to lose yourself. This reviewer Continue Reading
War comes to every world: Rebel Moon releases official teaser trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes Rebel Moon, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, Continue Reading
Show the world what love is made of: Thoughts on Heartstopper season 2
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you were fortunate to grow up as an integral member of a mainstream social group, then you will be well acquainted with how good it is to feel like you truly belong somewhere. But if, like many of the characters in Alice Oseman’s wondrously good Heartstopper Continue Reading
To understand life, we must go back to the beginning: Life on our Planet teaser trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThis is the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our planet, yet what we see is just a snapshot in time — 99% of earth’s inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The Continue Reading
Book review: Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Falling out with someone you are close to is never, ever pleasant. In fact, it’s downright traumatising, made especially more so if there’s no chance for any sort of resolution or closure – hopefully of the positive variety but this is life in all its chaotic Continue Reading
Movie review: Nimona
(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s a rare thing indeed to walk away from a movie, any movie, glorying in how absolutely perfect it is. There’s always an imperfection somewhere, a moment, however fleeting where you think the narrative baton was dropped or some dialogue jarred a little too much, and while Continue Reading
Book review: We Are Mayhem (A Black Star Renegades novel) by Michael Moreci
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the reasons that franchises like Star Wars have done so well is that they tap into an inherent need we all have for life to feel epic and adventurous. To be fair, it very rarely is with commuting, bill paying and other day-to-day detritus Continue Reading
Only Murders in the Building season 3 review: E1 (“The Show Must …”), E2 (“The Beat Goes On” and E3 (“Grab Your Hankies”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) “Cosy murder” is one of those deliciously contradictory genre labels that somehow leaves you feeling simultaneously alarmed and reassured. If you stop to think about it, there really isn’t anything truly comforting about murder which, it’s inherent life-ending qualities apart, suggests trauma, violence, pain, loss and soul-scarring Continue Reading