(courtesy IMDb) Taglines on film posters are often quite pithy, one sentence sneak peeks into what a film has to offer, and while they often do that job briefly and intriguingly well, you’d be hard pressed, most of time to attribute any real weight to them. They are disposable marketing Continue Reading
Book review: The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp
(courtesy Ultimo Press) Diving into any book comes with certain expectations – there will be a beginning and an end, a middle that connects them both in ways that are emotionally fulfilling and intellectually satisfying, and there will be characters you come to care deeply about, people (and not; this Continue Reading
Mini-mass of marvellous trailers: Renegade Nell, Boy Kills World + Damsel
(via Shutterstock) So much to see, so little time! But are we daunted? No! Well, maybe a little bit – I mean who’s got the time to see everything? None of us, really but that doesn’t mean we won’t give it a red hot go and fire up a streaming Continue Reading
Streaming review: A lot can happen in just One Day
(courtesy IMP Awards) We’re well used to romantic comedies that offer us epic love, sweeping heartstopping moments and happy-ever-after moments in abundance. If real life does intrude, it’s all but tangential and near accidental, and so, as reality swoops relentlessly and often disappointingly ordinary in its scope and effect around Continue Reading
It’s time for one last dance with Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s official trailer
(courtesy IMDb (c) Paramount+) SNAPSHOTThe final installment of [Star Trek: Discovery] sees “Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But Continue Reading
Movie review: The Mattachine Family #MGFF24
(courtesy IMP Awards) Working out what we want from life is one of the greatest challenges we’ll ever face. In theory, it all sounds delightful and empowering, a chance to really know yourself, to set your existential sails off in pursuit of things you are passionate about and to live Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #102: Pet Shop Boys, Heartaches + Golden Vessel, Tourist, Gold Fang + Justice … and Eurovision 2024 update
(via Shutterstock) Be in the moment. Be swept out of the moment. Whatever you need, and whatever you’re feeling, these five artists can deliver it, with each of their songs reaching into the very heart of what it means to be human, to be alive and to be present and Continue Reading
Indulge your major issues with the trailer and character posters for Borderlands
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT[In Borderlands] Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected Continue Reading
Book review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Humanity, for all its curiosity and insightfulness, is not that good, by and large, at seeing anything that doesn’t sit well within its established physical frames of reference. Thus, while we happily explore the implications of a multiverse, which has its roots in actual physics, we tend Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The soul-reviving tenderness of Soft Rain
(courtesy Omens Studios) SNAPSHOT[Soft Rain is] an award-winning short film by Sacha Goedegebure and Omens Studios about a man suffering from depression who is caught in a sudden downpour of pink, fluffy balls. At a crowded bus stop, a cheerful looking woman offers him a spot under her umbrella, and Continue Reading