Good times or bad, we all need music. Lots and lots of meaningful, thoughtful, heartfelt music, the kind that can make sense of the world around us and make even the worst of things not feel so quite impenetrable or hard to understand. These five artists have clearly thought hard 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!
A loveable trail of destruction on Disney Plus: Turner & Hooch goes TV episodic
SNAPSHOTWhen an ambitious, buttoned-up US Marshal inherits a big unruly dog, he soon realizes the dog he didn’t want may be the partner he needs. Turner & Hooch stars Josh Peck as Scott Turner Jr., the son of Tom Hanks’s character from the original film. Joining him as the titular Continue Reading
Book review: Love Objects by Emily Maguire
How well do we really know those closest to us? There’s an assumption in many families that because we share the same bonds, and often times, the same space, that we must implicitly know what’s going with those nearest and dearest to us; after all, family is the closest thing Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The yellow dream of one young hopeful orphan in Umbrella
SNAPSHOTInspired by true events and filled with messages of empathy and hope, Umbrella follows Joseph’s story, a boy who lives in an orphanage and dreams of having a yellow Umbrella. 2021 Oscar® Qualified Animated Short Film – Created and Produced in Brazil. (synopsis courtesy YouTube) Umbrella, written by Helen Hilario Continue Reading
Movie review: Luca
If you were ever bullied at school for not fitting in, you will be painfully familiar with the peculiar pain that comes from being singled out as different. Even if you love who you are, that kind of sustained negative barrage, especially one borne from unthinking bigotry, can have an Continue Reading
One nerd. Two boyfriends. It’s about to get messy: Never Have I Ever S2 trailer drops
Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, the dramatic comedy follows Indian American teenager Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she navigates family, friends, and high school life. The whole ordeal don’t seem to be getting any easier for her in the second season though, as she’s torn between her physical attraction Continue Reading
Book review: How to Mars by David Ebenbach
Humanity has evinced a sustained proclivity for being, well, human, no matter what momentous technological change throws at us. It doesn’t matter whether we are travelling on Sopwith Camels or jetting from one side of the planet to the other, listening to music on a gramophone or streaming via Spotify, Continue Reading
Mini-mass of movie trailers: Settlers, Gunpowder Milkshake, Reminiscence
It’s been a year. Wait, way more than a year and still the COVID pandemic nips at our heels, dives into our lives at times and causes chaos. Who wouldn’t want to escape from that particular crapfest? Granted, these films are not exactly a warm bubble bath on a cold Continue Reading
One festive bird in the hand: Robin Robin (Aardman) takes flight for Christmas)
SNAPSHOTThe story–which the directors wrote with Sam Morrison–follows a robin who is raised by a loving family of mice after her egg rolls into a dump. As she grows up, her differences become more apparent and Robin sets off on a heist to prove to her family that she can Continue Reading
The true final frontier is time: Trailer lands for Picard season 2
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Picard tells the next story of Picard’s life, which takes place after the events of Star Trek: Next Generation. Series creator Alex Kurtzman previously described the series as a “very thoughtful, psychological portrait in a lot of ways… Things have changed for [Picard] and changed him in some Continue Reading