(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the reasons that franchises like Star Wars have done so well is that they tap into an inherent need we all have for life to feel epic and adventurous. To be fair, it very rarely is with commuting, bill paying and other day-to-day detritus 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!
Only Murders in the Building season 3 review: E1 (“The Show Must …”), E2 (“The Beat Goes On” and E3 (“Grab Your Hankies”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) “Cosy murder” is one of those deliciously contradictory genre labels that somehow leaves you feeling simultaneously alarmed and reassured. If you stop to think about it, there really isn’t anything truly comforting about murder which, it’s inherent life-ending qualities apart, suggests trauma, violence, pain, loss and soul-scarring Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #91: Baby Storme, Chenayder, Jazmin Bean, G Flip + Amy Shark
(Photo by Nik on Unsplash) Wearing your heart on your sleeve might seem like a requirement for being a certified pop star but not everyone in the field really lets it all hang out. Many stick to bright and light and pleasingly shallow and while that’s absolutely fine and still Continue Reading
Mini mass of movie trailers: Maestro, A Million Miles Away, Uproar, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt and Poor Things
(via Shutterstock) When life feels like a ton of bricks weighing down upon a bowing back, stories are the one thing you an count on to transport you away from it all and make things feel less heavy, more full of life. It’s even better when you can experience the Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Once Upon a Time at the End of the World – Book one: Love in the Wasteland by Aaron, Tefenkgi & Loughridge
(courtesy Simon & Schuster) Apocalypses are, even by the sound of the word, loveless, thankless, dark and ugly affairs. That makes sense – aliens/zombies/nuclear-crazed warmongers or climate change-stoking fossil fuel addicts have ended the world and with it, all the things we loved and that made the ugly hand of Continue Reading
Book review: Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Life is supposed to be something wonderful, alive, free, giddily good and delightfully joyous right? Add it to anything and it immediately adds buoyancy and zest to proceedings, a sunshiney vibrancy that stands as a direct counterpoint to death, pain, loss and fossilisation of personality and Continue Reading
Sci-fi double x 2: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds S2, E9-10 and Foundation, S2, E4-5
(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2, E9-10 Episode 9 “Subspace Rhapsody”At first glance, the idea of a totally musical episode of any Star Trek show might seem a little frivolous and fanciful. After all, some avowedly comic episodes aside such as The Original Series‘ “The Trouble With Continue Reading
Movie review: Asteroid City
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you head into Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s latest retro pastel-toned opus expecting a coherent story and a hard-hitting message-rich narrative you may be disappointed. That’s not to say it’s lacking in either of those two things; in fact, as storytellers go, Anderson is very good at Continue Reading
Let’s celebrate glorious uniqueness with Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
(courtesy IMDb 9c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTOne-of-a-Kind Marcie follows Marcie, an introvert who loves her solitude but also enjoys helping her friends. As they train for the school golf championship, Marcie assists Peppermint Patty as her caddie, offering thoughtful and deliberate advice to help her win. Meanwhile, after coming up with brilliant Continue Reading
Book review: Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie
(courtesy Penguins Books Australia) If you’ve left for anything beyond a sliver of a slice of time, you will be well acquainted, often painfully so, with the fact that life is messy, chaotic, unruly beast. It doesn’t meekly slot into the round holes we assign it nor does it compliantly Continue Reading