September 10, 2026 – SparklyPrettyBriiiight

(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTArchie is devastated to learn of the death of his beloved aunt. He makes the long journey to the home she’s left him in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and a new day brings renewed hope for Archie and his dog. Archie is written and created by Domenica Continue Reading

Sci-fi September book review: The Traveler by Joseph Eckert

(courtesy Macmillan Publishers) One of the marks of an exceptionally good writer is the ability to take a story steeped in a fantastical premise, one ripe with all kinds of imaginative possibility and to do something impactfully meaningful with it. It’s a real art; lean too hard into the fantastical, Continue Reading

Aliens and foxes and a journey across the cosmos: The Saga of Rex trailer

(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTA little fox. A flying saucer. An alien world. A journey that will change his life forever. Abducted from his home and taken across the cosmos, Rex is paired with a mysterious being named Aven and forced to face a series of extraordinary trials. As they struggle Continue Reading

Wocka Wocka! It’s The Muppet Show’s 50th anniversary!!!

(courtesy IMDb (c) Jim Henson Productions) I remember in the dim, dark days of the mid-seventies when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and the Egyptians were building the pyramids (yes, I am that old) lying on the floor of the loungeroom of our house in Alstonville, up in northern NSW, excitedly Continue Reading

Sci-fi September book review: Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell

(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) It is always a pleasure of the greatest magnitude when you dive into a sci-fi novel which always promises some thrillingly big and sweeping storytelling and it goes even bigger and bolder than you expected. It’s hard to be surprised in our everything-on-the-table preview-manic digital Continue Reading

Movie review: The History of Sound

(courtesy IMP Awards) Love in its purest form is supposed to elevate, enlarge, enthrall us, building and growing what was into something altogether bigger and better and different. That’s the grandly idealistic promise that romantic love makes to us and much of the time, if allowed free and full expression, Continue Reading

Songs, songs and more songs #141: Jain, daine, ANAÏS MVA, hemlocke springs + Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue

(via Shutterstock) Pop which gives your ears a happy burst of musical escapism are always welcome. Even better though is when those slice of transportive musical delight come with lyrics which say something profound and which mean something real and relatable; marrying the two isn’t for everyone but for the Continue Reading

Her fresh start is just getting started … Thoughts on Leanne 2

(courtesy Leanne Morgan Comedy Instagram) Moving on with your life after a traumatic event is always going to be a challenge, and not simply in the immediate aftermath. In season 1 of the Chuck Lorre sitcom, Leanne, we see the eponymous protagonist of this gentle comedy, played by stand-up comedian Continue Reading

Sci-fi September book review: Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne

(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the most enduring motifs in space operas is the idea that a renegade, diverse bunch of people, all of good heart and relatively pure soul, which is rare in a rough-n-tumble, dog-eat-dog galaxy, can find each other, come together, forge a found family against Continue Reading

Movie review: Enola Holmes 3

(courtesy IMP Awards) In an age where everything feels more than a little serious and there’s nothing, it seems at least, but doom and freaking gloom, then we should all give thanks for franchise such as a Enola Holmes which, on its third sprightly outing, proves there’s great diversionary and Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries

This graphic novel was read at Kalimna, Yeranda Cottages, August 2026 The power of human connection is a recurrent theme in human storytelling for one very good reason. While we are very much individuals and should always be firstly defined by who we are alone, it’s an undeniable truth that Continue Reading

Is it too late to be me? … Thoughts on Lucky

The short and the short of it: The emotional canine journeying of Archie