It’s a fascinating exercise watching a cartoon show you haven’t watched since you were a kid. Some of the cartoons, such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Flintstones or any and all Looney Tunes shorts, hold up really well, every bit as charming and fun as they were when, snuggled Continue Reading
Let the end times roll … Fallout S2 has a fabulously apocalyptic new trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe new season will pick up in the aftermath of season one’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas. Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #130: INJI, Keli Holiday, Livia Barrell,Em Beihold + Jessie J … plus Eurovision 2026 update
(via Shutterstock) Want to feel good? Or even GREAT? Or freaking brilliant? Then fire up some music, and specifically these five songs from artists who have poured their heart and soul and talent into their music and whose songs give you just the lift you need, especially at the end Continue Reading
Movie review: The Running Man
(courtesy IMP Awards) Way back in 1982, the idea that the world could be as dystopian as it is depicted in The Running Man would have seemed more than a little far-fetched. It’s not that the movie, based on Stephen King’s work of the same name which came out that Continue Reading
Is technology out to get them? Playtime has a new focus in Toy Story 5 (teaser trailer)
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Toy Story 5, we’re introduced to a new character Lilypad, a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet voiced by Greta Lee that makes Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to Continue Reading
Book review: The Everlasting by Alix. E Harrow
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) There are some authors you read because they are the kings or queens of masterfully woven narratives, while still others grab your attention because they inject searing emotion into every word, deed or impactful character moment or they are able to take astonishingly imaginative premise and Continue Reading
The rest of the season … Only Murders in the Building S5, E6-10
(courtesy IMP Awards) While Only Murders in the Building is all about getting to the bottom of the titular murderous mystery, and that indeed happens in the final four episodes of this wonderful show’s fifth season, what has always made it compelling viewing is the way it focuses on the Continue Reading
Happy 40th release anniversary: Back to the Future #AndyAt60
(courtesy IMP Awards) Sticking classic movies back in the cinema has become quite the cinematic catnip for those of us who saw the originals way back in the day when they weren’t confined solely to small streaming screens and home theatre systems. While we’ve all become accustomed, for better or Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Gentle Ben #AndyAt60
One thing I remember quite distinctly from my childhood was the fact that you could move, televisually-wise at least, for TV series where an animal was the eponymous lead. Flipper, Lassie and a host of others including, of course Gentle Ben, gave us whimsically sweet and warm stories where all Continue Reading
Book review: The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) A creatively outrageous premise is nothing new in storytelling; the very best narratives in the hands of masterful writers thrive on them and well executed, they can elevate a story in a trope-heavy genre into something magically alive and vivaciously original. Case very much in point Continue Reading