Quite apart form the puntastic title, which celebrates hilarious misuse of the English language in the service of Easter-y jokes going back eons, Daffy Duck’s Easter Egg-citement is an unmitigated joy to watch because we get to watch the eponymous star of the show characteristically lose his you-know-what in not 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!
Songs, songs and more songs #64: Go_A, MUNA, Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor, The Regrettes, Manila Killa + new ABBA “Waterloo” lyric video
The world is a bleak place right now. What with the nightmarish presence of war, the endless disruption of the pandemic or the prevailing hell of climate change, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed, exhausted and unsure how to respond to it all. The following five artists don’t claim to Continue Reading
War is coming – the Upside Down is coming for everyone in the new trailer for Stranger Things season 4
SNAPSHOT“So much of the season is about Max. We open the season with her struggling with [her grief] and her trying to navigate that, and Max, on the other hand, is also someone who doesn’t easily open up to people. So a lot of what she’s dealing with, she’s struggling Continue Reading
Book review: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
People like to think that, above all else, they know their family well. In a world where a great many other things will disappoint, horrify or surprise, we can be assured, so we tell ourselves, that we know the ins and out of family members, for better or worse, especially Continue Reading
Movie review: Sing 2
Pixar has been the main game in the animation town ever since Toy Story came alive in a deserted metaphorical toy room in 1995 and won our hearts with vividly-realised characters, clever, smart, emotionally insightful scripts and visuals so sharply drawn that you swore Woody, Buzz and the others were Continue Reading
Graphic novel preview: Far from Wonderland, is it a one-way ticket to the asylum in Alice Ever After?
SNAPSHOTAlice first visited Wonderland as a child. Now grown up, it’s become her only escape from a cold, harsh world that feels even less real—a distant family, a tormented lover, and a father with secrets he’ll do anything to protect. But in order to return to her fantasy, Alice will Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 3 – Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine (semi-final 1, part 3) + Semi-final 1 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
Book review: Her Fierce Creatures by Maria Lewis
Over a series of eight immersively engaging novels, all set in the same shared paranormal universe – think Marvel but with way more werewolves, sprites and immortal beings – Maria Lewis has told the story of empowered supernatural women reshaping the world in an image which is far more just, Continue Reading
“I prefer the term ‘time prisoner'”: Nadia makes her feelings clear in Russian Doll season 2 trailer
SNAPSHOT“Discovering a fate even worse than endless death, this season finds Nadia and Alan delving deeper into their pasts through an unexpected time portal located in one of Manhattan’s most notorious locations, the New York City subway,” the official Season 2 synopsis reads. “At first they experience this as an Continue Reading
The gloriously funny and loving dysfunction of family: The Great North (S2, E1-10)
There is so much great modern animation on television and streaming platforms. Shows like Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Bojack Horseman, and South Park, not to mention Centaurworld which was a highlight of 2021 for this reviewer, sparkle with incisive writing, sharp humour, pitch-perfect, fully-rounded characters and a sense of time Continue Reading