(courtesy IMDb) It takes a deft hand to make a sparkling comedy also hum meaningfully with emotional substance but director Joaquín Mazón, working to a story he co-penned with Olatz Arroyo which as written by Joaquín Oristrellm manages it near flawlessly in Too Many Chefs (La Vida Padre). The film Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
The apocalypse’s silver lining: Zom 100 – Bucket List of the Dead has some fun with the end of the (working) world
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTAkira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) works at an abusive, soul-crushing company where he suffers endless late hours, power harassment from his boss, and illogical tasks. He spends his days feeling more dead than alive. One morning, the town is overtaken by zombies and the familiar landscape is already Continue Reading
Book review: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) There is a prevalent idea out there that having money somehow solves all of a person’s problems. Driven no doubt by those without than those with who likely know all too well that while money might make you happy, or at least comfortable, it does not Continue Reading
Movie review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(courtesy IMP Awards) Approaching the ending of anything feels fraught and emotionally difficult. We all want and need goodbyes because open-ended anything isn’t good for the answers-hungry soul, unless it applies to indie and arthouse storytelling in which bring it on, but we dread them too because, for obvious reasons, Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly book review: You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
(courtesy Sourcebooks Casablanca) From the gloriously mischievous play on the lyrics of an old Christmas favourite to the phrase adorning its back cover in Australia (or the front in this artwork) where Santa and “Joy to the World” get short shrift, You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky, Continue Reading
I decorated my #ChristmasInJuly with five fun pop culture ornaments: Scooby-Doo, Chip ‘n’ Dale, Batman, Roger & Jessica Rabbit + Yosemite Sam
(Photo by Andre Benz on Unsplash) Hooray for Christmas in July! Here in the southern hemisphere it’s super duper cold making it the perfect time to rug up in silly sweaters that you wouldn’t dream of wearing at actual heat-filled Christmas, drink and eat yummy things and put up a Continue Reading
Sci-fi review double: Strange New Worlds (S2, E3) and Silo S1 finale (E 10)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Strange New Worlds (S1, E3) As narrative hooks upon which to hang a compelling story, it’s hard to ho past time travel. All that timey-wimey stuff as David Tennant’s Doctor Who used to cutely remark is so far beyond anything we encounter in the spectacularly ordinariness of Continue Reading
Look! Lots o’ movie trailers: Dune 2, Bank of Dave, Scrapper, Happiness for Beginners and Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(Photo by Dim Hou on Unsplash) The middle of the year is a busy one for moviegoers. Whether you’re darkening the doors of your favourite cinema complex or flicking on your preferred streaming platform, there’s a lot of cinematic content to get to and a lot of deliciously immersive storytelling Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #89: henri, hemlocke springs, KC Lights + Låpsley, Arty Ziff and Wongo
(via Shutterstock) Get up and dance people! Life may have stomped all over you or you might be so drained and stressed that it’s scarcely conceivable you could move anywhere, especially onto to a dancefloor but these five gloriously good tracks are here as your official Friday reminder that we Continue Reading
Retro movie review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(courtesy IMP Awards) While review aggregation sites like Rotten Tomatoes may give Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a buoyantly healthy 77% rating, there seems to an anecdotal tendency to dismiss the film as the weakest of the four Indy films released before, of course, the just-released Continue Reading