One of the great pleasures of life is sitting down with a book and finding that the blurb on the back cover, though wonderfully poetic, beautifully written and fulsomely enticing, does not do full justice to the novel before you. Clearly it’s done a brilliant job of luring you in 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 most wonderful time of the year: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist goes festive
SNAPSHOTZoey’s Extraordinary Playlist follows the story of a young woman (Jane Levy) who discovers she has the ability to hear the inner thoughts of the people around her as songs and musical numbers. The series also stars Mary Steenburgen, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, and Peter Gallagher. Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas will Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The Beacon” and “Six Hours” (S7, E 1 & 2 review) / World Beyond: “Exit Wounds” and “Family is a Four Letter Word” (S2, E 3 & 4 review)
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SPOILERS AHEAD … IRRADIATED ZOMBIES, NARRATIVELY CONVENIENT RADIATION LEVELS AND UNNECESSARY NEGAN-NESS … Hands up those of you who, on top of a zombie apocalypse and a nuclease fallout-saturated landscape want another Negan-style Big Bad? Yes, yes I see you hardcore, rusted-on The Walking Dead watchers, Continue Reading
“I am not a bounty hunter”: First trailer lands for The Book of Boba Fett
SNAPSHOTThe Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate. (official Continue Reading
Book review: Daphne by Will Boast
Keeping people at bay is something that Daphne has become frighteningly good at over the years. But before you leap to conclusions about a scarred and lonely childhood (though that plays a part as a result of the initial and ongoing source of trauma) or an abusive relationship that left Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The Orville – Digressions (part 1 & 2) by David A. Goodman / David Cabeza / Michael Atiyeh
You have to hand it to Seth MacFarlane! When he launched The Orville in September 2017, it was styled as a wisecracking, affectionate Star Trek parody that, while possessed of the heart of a great sci-fi storyteller, nevertheless was happy to look askance at the galaxy and muse on its Continue Reading
#Halloween book review: In His Words – Stupid Gets You Killed by M. R. Cullen
For people who have experienced great and enduring trauma, the kind that begins at birth and never really lets up, seeping into every pore of a blighted existence so profoundly terrible there is no adequate way to describe it or exist well with it, reality is a cruel and awful Continue Reading
Mini-mass of movie trailers: Tender Bar, India Sweets and Spices, Being the Ricardos
The Sydney lockdown may have ended but the PTSD of sorts has not. Hence, while I can go to the cinemas if I am so inclined, the reality is, bar a couple of bookings – Eternals on 6 November and No Time to Die on 16 November, I am quite Continue Reading
Glorious farce and dressing up: “Halloween” / “The Kid”(Frasier, S5, E3 & E4)
Frasier, which ran for 11 deeply satisfying seasons from 1993-2004, is a superlative sitcom, boasting the holy TV triumvirate of brilliantly-realised characters, sharp as a tack, clever writing and an ensemble more than capable og breathing captivating life into both. While there are countless episodes where the sitcom’s gift for Continue Reading
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to slay some orcs … The Muppet and Lord of the Rings go together surprisingly well
Have you ever wondered if The Muppets and The Lord of the Rings fellowship go together? Likely, no, but as Nerdist notes, the match up isn’t as strange as it sounds. “What are two great tastes that taste great together? The Lord of the Rings and The Muppets. At a Continue Reading