April 29, 2026 – SparklyPrettyBriiiight

(courtesy IMP Awards) You have to feel sorry for Dan Levy. Not because anything terrible has happened to him; rather, because of the crushing weight of expectation placed upon the immensely talented creator, writer and one of the superb ensemble cast of the legendarily funny Schitt’s Creek from people waiting Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: Trick Pony by Greg Lockard (writer), Anna David (artist) and Lucas Gattoni (letterer + designer)

(courtesy Dark Horse Comics) Making peace with your past is never easy. Oh, wellness gurus and not a few self improvement books will guarantee it’s a simply a matter of throwing away the past, embracing the present and voila! a shiny new future awaits you, shorn of trauma and loss Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

(courtesy Hachette Australia) As deaths in murder mysteries go, the one that that graphically kicks off all the fantastical sleuthing in The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is hard to beat. That doesn’t escape the two people assigned by nervous local authorities – idiosyncratic, fiercely intelligent and socially awkward Continue Reading

We need to understand how it all began … Silo drops an intriguing teaser trailer for season 3

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTSeason 3 of Silo continues the saga of a dystopian society of 10,000 people living underground under mysterious circumstances, while revealing an origin story from centuries earlier. In the present, Juliette (Ferguson) survives her forced “cleaning” but returns with memory loss as the silo recovers from rebellion Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes Book 2) by Travis Baldree

(courtesy Pac Macmillan Australia) Prequels aren’t always a good idea. While we naturally want to know, being the endlessly curious creatures that we are, what led to the characters and places of a story we have come to love, it’s not always a satisfying journey to go on. But as Continue Reading

Songs, songs and more songs #136: RAYE, Harry Styles, MEEK, Vera Blue and Lindsey Stirling PLUS ABBA in Australia music clips … and new Madonna album

(via Shutterstock) I love songs with heart and soul. While dancing or bopping along to a track is a joy in and of itself, having an artist pour real and affecting thought and emotion into the songs they produce, and have them have an effect on you, is a real Continue Reading

It’s hilariously on! Trailer drops for animation/live action hybrid Coyote vs. Acme

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAfter every last product made by the Acme Corporation has backfired on Wile E. Coyote in his pursuit of the Road Runner, down-and-out human billboard attorney Kevin Avery (starring Will Forte) is hired to represent Coyote in a lawsuit against Acme. A growing friendship between Coyote and Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

(courtesy Harper Collins Australia) Have you ever wanted you could live inside a book? This phrase, replete with melancholy longing and wishful hopefulness begins and ends The Astral Library by Kate Quinn, its use embodying the need many of us have had at one point or another in our lives Continue Reading

Movie review: Outcome

(courtesy IMP Awards) The poster is technicolour promising. The cast dizzylingly impressive. And the premise? Well, who wouldn’t want to watch a movie about a relatively newly sober A-list star who discovers that in his decidedly drug and alcohol-addled years that he upset a metric ton of people and now Continue Reading

We’ve all heard stories … Final trailer drops for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWe see Grogu with his new Anzellan friends and using a tiny telescope as he works alongside Din Djarin. The Mandalorian’s Zeb Orrelios is back, featured in poster art that also includes Sigourney Weaver’s new character and a pair of Hutts. From toppling Imperial remnant AT-ATs to Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst

(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) “I wanted to write a book that felt like a warm hug.” Reading that sentence in the Acknowledgement section of The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst was not only delightful because who doesn’t know want to know the author of a book they loved actually Continue Reading