What a year! So much pressure and exhaustion and dashed hopes and expectations as COVID once again trashed its way across normal life and left us wondering which way is up and what is time. Thankfully, while we have felt trapped in a prison not of our making, some very 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!
Book review: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
There are some words that are thrown around with such giddy abandon and greeting card snappiness that we’re apt to see them as lightweight sentiments that have no real substance and can bear no real weight. “Hope” is one of those words, filled with longing and expectation and optimism, it Continue Reading
The musical majesty of Maya and the Three: Listen to ‘The Tecas Ride”
SNAPSHOT“In a fantastical world, where magic turns the world and four kingdoms rule the lands, a brave and rebellious warrior princess named Maya is about to celebrate her fifteenth birthday and coronation. But everything changes when the gods of the underworld arrive and announce that Maya’s life is forfeit to Continue Reading
Star Trek: Lower Decks – thoughts on season 2 (episodes 6-10)
One of the great delights of watching a show in its second season is witnessing how it matures and grows into something that very much keeps the soul of its season one iteration alive and kicking, which is important since that’s why stuck with the show in the first place, Continue Reading
DC Fandome reveals: Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, DC League of SuperPets, Peacemaker
Massve, worldwide virtual launches seem to be all the rage when it comes to promoting upcoming movies, TV shows etc. It’s been propelled along, of course, by COVID, which has made in-person events problematic at best and has forced companies like DC Comics (they announced this event in response to Continue Reading
Book review: Deficiency by S. C. Eston
There are sage and oft-repeated words of warning that go something along the lines of, depending on your paraphrase of choice, that “if it looks too good t be true, it usually is.” It might feel like that phrase has been intoned so often that it has lost all meaning Continue Reading
Olaf Presents: Disney films as you’ve never heard them before
SNAPSHOTIn Olaf Presents, [a series of new animated shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios], Olaf steps into the spotlight and goes from snowman to showman as he takes on the roles of producer, actor, costumer, and set builder for his unique “retelling” of five favorite Disney animated tales. The charismatic Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Down to Earth – A fair dinkum Aussie take on Stranger Things
SNAPSHOTAlex is a typical shy teenager crushing hard on his space obsessed next-door neighbour, Stacey. Despite the elaborate efforts to attract her attention, often with the misguided help of his doofus of a best friend, Eddie, Stacey barely notices him. This all changes when a meteorite crash lands on the Continue Reading
Movie review: The Guilty
Remakes are interesting creations. The first question you have to ask yourself when you watch one, is did it need to be made in the first place, especially if, in the instance of The Guilty, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as disgraced police officer Joe Baylor, it is widely agreed that the Continue Reading
Weekday movie posters: Eternals (character posters + featurette)
SNAPSHOTAn introduction to the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations. After an unexpected tragedy following the events of Avengers: Endgame, the Eternals—an immortal alien race created by the Celestials who have secretly lived on Earth for over 7,000 years—reunite to Continue Reading