If only real life could be as good as the ones we imagine for ourselves. Twelve-year-old Ricky Bird, the titular protagonist of The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird, knows how good these made-up wafts of storybook confection can be; while her actual life falls apart around her as her parents 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!
Movie review: Belfast
All of us, to one fundamental degree or another, have a powerful need to belong. It is often what defines and shapes, and gives us a soul-nourishing sense of time and place, and when it is broken or taken away, we lose an immeasurable part of ourselves. This sense of Continue Reading
All aboard the crazy train: Thoughts on Russian Doll (S2)
Most people, but granted not all people will, if they have unresolved issues with their past, head off to see a therapist to talk it all out and hopefully find some sort of closure, elusive though that often proves to be. Not, Russian Doll‘s Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne, who created Continue Reading
Book review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Whenever you pick up a book, the hope, always springing eternal, is that this will be a read that will touch you deeply on some level. After all, what is a book if it doesn’t whisk you off to other realms or peer incisively into your soul, or at the Continue Reading
No longer the apex predator? Humanity gets knocked down a peg or two in new trailer for Jurassic World Dominion
SNAPSHOTFrom Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World: Dominion immerses audiences of all ages in a new era of wonder and thrills where dinosaurs and humankind must learn to coexist. Jurassic World is set against a global backdrop of diverse locations, with a sprawling story grounded in believable science and Continue Reading
Off voyaging with newly-released Star Trek: Strange New World’s opening titles
SNAPSHOTThe series follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. (synopsis courtesy Wikipedia) I am huge fan of multi-layered, season-long or series-long arc storytelling in Star Trek of the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 6 – North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden (semi-final 2, part 3) + Semi-final 2 top 10 picks
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
Movie review: Everything Everywhere All At Once
In a cinematic age of sequels, prequels and leveraged, synergised and rehashed IP utilisation, it is beyond refreshing and frankly quite exhilarating, to come across a film that is boldly, unapologetically and mind-blowingly, heart-stoppingly and gut-bustingly funny in its originality. Everything Everywhere All At Once, from the inspired and joyously Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS: Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings
SNAPSHOTTwo Ships. One Chance To Save The Future. Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be Continue Reading
#Eurovision 2022 – Italian cultural festival music review: Sangiovanni, Fedez + Achille Lauro + Orietta Berti, BLANCO, Colapesce + Dimartino, Capo Plaza
The #1 position of a music chart is always a heady place to occupy. Reaching that coveted spot means lots and lots of people not only love your music but love it enough to stream it, buy it and keep playing it over and over; it makes sense, when selecting Continue Reading