Stepping in a science fiction tale ripe with promise only to find it is all that you expect it to be and expansively so much more is one of life’s great pleasures. Well, on the assumption that you like science fiction aka sci-fi, of course. If you do, then you Continue Reading
aussiemoose
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!
Every body has a secret: Only Murders in the Building (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOTOnly Murders In The Building follows three strangers who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one as they investigate the mysterious death of a neighbour in their New York City apartment building. (synopsis courtesy TV Blackbox) I read a lot as a kid. Hardly Continue Reading
Book review: Dog Days by Ericka Waller
Humanity doesn’t do well with brokenness. Not so much the being in it, although god knows none of us like to loiter there for too long, but with the concept of brokenness itself, that troubling, unsettling sense that life is not as perfect or idyllic as we want it to Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The past and the present meet awkwardly in BOUNTY
SNAPSHOTAn ex-bounty hunter makes breakfast with his young daughter, who becomes increasingly curious about his past profession. (synopsis courtesy YouTube (c) Studio Anomi) BOUNTY is a powerfully succinct piece of short form animation. It tells the story of a man whose daughter begins to ask him innocent questions about his Continue Reading
Movie review: Jungle Cruise
If there is one thing movies have had an undeniable lock on since their earliest days, it’s the ability to transport us far away from the world we left outside the cinema doors and do in a way so absolute and complete that only books come close to matching it. Continue Reading
Book review: Eye of the Sh*t Storm (A Frost Files novel) by Jackson Ford
Los Angeles has clearly done something to make the universe determined to wipe it off the face of the map. Or at least that part of the universe that has fantastical powers and a sociopathic, the world-done-me-wrong mindset, the drivers of action in Jackson’s Ford’s first two Frost Files books Continue Reading
Hop onboard this #ChristmasInJuly as Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins
You have to feel that Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin would be mightily impressed with Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, a book which goes all out to celebrate sisters doing it for themselves. Well, in this case, Mrs. Claus, who, when she discovers Santa still in bed right when he Continue Reading
What’s under the bed? Find out in Rosie Paints With Ghosts by Cassie Daley
SNAPSHOTWhen Rosie finds a secret door under her bed, it leads her to a spooky town with two BIG problems – they’ve lost all their color, and Rosie can’t seem to get back home! With the help of a new friend, Rosie has a new goal: repaint and restore the Continue Reading
Lots of festive fun with Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa
The moment you realise Betty White is voicing Mrs Claus is the moment you will realise you will love the 2010 cartoon joy that is Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa. The fabulous Ms. White, channelling all the sweet mischief and fun that have made her a much-loved figure Continue Reading
Love is messy and complicated: Thoughts on Starstruck
Unless you’re heart is made of concrete and you sold you soul to a devil of your choosing at some poorly-chosen time in the past, there’s a pretty good chance you really love, love. You know, romantic love with all its starry-eyed moments, roses and chocolate and trigger-happy arrow-shooting ancient Continue Reading