History doesn’t always make for good stories. In-between all the big battles and epic moments, there’s an awful lots of business-as-usual incidents that don’t lend themselves to exciting storytelling, no matter how much extra made-up oomph Hollywood might inject into proceedings. And then there are stories like the one behind 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!
Sitcom review round-up 2! Ted Lasso (S3, E4-6) and Not Dead Yet (S1, E 6-10)
Ted Lasso Good lord but Ted Lasso has a big heart. When it has a mind to, of course, which, granted is much of the time, although not as strongly in season 3′ first three episodes as had previously been the case. While the episodes – “Smells Like Mean Spirit”, Continue Reading
They went tiny and now they’re going larger – say hello to Big Beasts …
SNAPSHOTTravel from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who prove being big comes with enormous challenges. Narrated by Tom Hiddleston, the 10-episode series, premiering across five weeks, features the gray whale, the elephant seal, the giant otter, the gorilla, the hippo, the brown bear, the Continue Reading
So much gorgeously fabulous quirk: How to become Accidentally Wes Anderson
SNAPSHOTIt’s hard to find a director with a more distinct visual style than Wes Anderson. In this video we’re going to learn how to recreate it photographically. …What are the elements of Wes Anderson’s visual style that make him so recognizable? (courtesy Laughing Squid (c) Imitative Photography) There is so Continue Reading
Sci-fi streaming round-up! The Mandalorian (S3, E7-8) and Picard (S3, E9-10)
It is the end of things in these episodes from Star Trek: Picard season 3 and The Mandalorian season 3, and yet at the same time, very much not. While The Mandalorian has a clearly flagged fourth season beckoning, Picard ends its three-season run with this series of ten episodes, Continue Reading
Get ready for supper at 6! Lessons in Chemistry comes to AppleTV+
SNAPSHOT“Your mother needs a moment to herself.” Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2023: Week 5 – Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia and Greece (Semi-final 2, part 2)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Book review: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
There’s something innately beautiful about each and every book that TJ Klune releases. That beauty comes from the fact that he infuses every single novel, from The House on the Cerulean Sea to Under the Whispering Door to Wolfsong, all of which occupy a quirky, cosy slice of fantasy-goth/dystopian-apocalyptic literature, Continue Reading
66 million years ago is closer than you think: Prehistoric Planet season 2 trailer’s epic new past worlds
SNAPSHOTPrehistoric Planet, from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, combines award-winning wildlife filmmaking, the latest paleontology learnings and state-of-the-art technology to unveil the spectacular habitats and inhabitants of ancient Earth for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. The series is produced by the world-renowned team Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS: Myriad by Joshua David Bellin
SNAPSHOTAgent Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that undertakes short-term time travel to erase crimes before they occur. Haunted by the memory of her twin brother’s unsolved murder at the age of six, Miriam thinks of herself as Myriad — an incarnation of the many lives Continue Reading