SNAPSHOTA fifth movie in the Indiana Jones franchise, continuing the story after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Starring Harrison Ford as adventurer Indiana Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Helena. The full cast also features Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Toby Jones, 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!
It’s the Little Things … ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus knits with Sir Ian McKellen again for Christmas
Ever since ABBA released Voyage, their first album in 39 years last year, and with it the daintily beautiful and highly emotive loveliness that is “Little Things”, Christmas has felt a whole lot more Swedishly festive than it used to do. That delightful feeling of ABBA in the heart of Continue Reading
Movie review: #Christmas with You
Who knew there was so much love in the offing at Christmas? Well, clearly lots of people because with the total of new Christmas films this years reaching a whopping 170, pretty much all of them rom-com oriented, it’s very clear that in the words of Love Actually‘s theme song, Continue Reading
It’s time to face the music: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 goes deep in new trailer
SNAPSHOTIt’s time to face the music. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians once and for all if it’s not successful. Marvel’s Guardians of the Continue Reading
#Christmas book review: Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle
Christmas is supposed to be rose, cosy and oh-so-festively nice. Well, that’s the luminously lovely PR anyway; the truth is, it doesn’t always live to the pitch, no matter how hard we try and we arrive at the festive season feeling ill-prepared, all-at-sea and unsure if we have what it Continue Reading
Weekday character movie poster pop art (+ first full trailer): The Super Mario Bros. Movie
SNAPSHOTFrom Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. It is the third feature film adaptation of Nintendo’s Mario video game franchise, following the anime film Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986) and the Hollywood live-action film Continue Reading
Grab your light sabers and your Bantha! We’re going on a LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation
Can you ever take a holiday from being a hero? That’s the question topmost on Rose Tico’s (Kelly Marie Tran) mind when everyone, and by everyone we mean a phalanx of Star Wars: Skywalker Saga including Finn (Omar Miller), Poe (Jake Green), Rey (Helen Sadler), R2-D2, C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and Continue Reading
Movie review: Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den Første)
Humanity exists, all too often, caught between its lofty ideals and the gruesome truth of its natural state, dreaming of peace, love and prosperity but ending up with the bloodied corpse of war and destruction in its hands instead. This reaching for the stars but falling into the mud dynamic Continue Reading
Book review: Lessons by John Purcell
Is there such a thing as a happy ending in real life? We clearly to think so – how else do you explain the prevalence of romantic comedies and gushy love stories in just amount every storytelling medium there is? But it’s that very ubiquity which fulsomely nods its longing Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #79: P!NK, Kinder, Forester, John Legend, UPSAHL + Eurovision 2023 update
DANCE! No, that is not a piece of passive-aggressive instruction giving; rather, it’s a joyful injunction to step away from the day-to-day, switch on some great upbeat music that speaks to your soul and just let loose. But which music to choose? What will bring about this soul-restorative escapist state Continue Reading