It’s been busy. You need some peace and quiet BUT you also want to think … to feel … to ponder. Another one of life’s wondrous contradictions which lends itself to being soundtracked by people who get the human condition, who have lived it and who have the talent to 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!
The best endings are Atypical: Trailer released for fourth and final season
SNAPSHOTCreated by showrunner and executive producer Rob Rashid, Atypical tells the story of Sam Gardner (Kier Gilchrist)— a young man on the autism spectrum looking for love and independence. Atypical season 4 promises to find all of the characters facing down challenges they never anticipated. For Sam, specifically, that includes Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The Beginning” (S6, E16 review) #SeasonFinale
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A WHOLE LOT OF IRRADIATED EXISTENTIAL ANGST … Sooooo … what do you do when ten nuclear warheads are about to rain down at points unknown around you and you may have only minutes to find shelter or die in the attempt? Do you … (a) Continue Reading
Book review: Geraldine Verne’s Red Suitcase by Jane Riley
One of the enduring myths of grief is that at some unspecified point, the person caught in its enervating and seemingly endless grasp will simply get up, reassess the sorry state of their life and walk happy into a bright and shiny new life garlanded with alluring possibility, renewed hope Continue Reading
Movie review: Army of the Dead
For beings that are essentially nothing more than reanimated corpses, zombies are doing rather nicely at the whole evolving to a higher life form thing. It’s highly unlikely Charles Darwin had them in mind when he penned Origin of Species, but momentous scientific breakthroughs in understanding aside, zombies have taken Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: We Only Find Them When We’re Dead (issues 1 – 5) by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo
The prospect of finding out the truth about something is powerfully and motivatingly intoxicating. Operating as we so often do in a veil of lies and half-truths, much of it motivated by necessary social lubrication or the unwillingness of certain groups in society to gaze upon the authentic face of Continue Reading
Book review: Breathe Deep and Swim by Jenna Marcus
Grappling with a traumatic situation is never easy. But as Breathe Deep & Swim from Jenna Marcus explores with quiet intensity and a real sense of belonging, there is a power that comes from going through something so challenging with someone you love solidly and unswervingly by your side. Wolfgang Continue Reading
Get ready to go around in Iceland in a kayak in Against the Current
SNAPSHOTHow far do you have to travel to find yourself? And what sacrifices are you willing to make to get there? Veiga Grétarsdóttir is the first person in the world to attempt to kayak the 1,300 mile circumference of Iceland, counter-clockwise and against the current, an achievement that has been Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Mother” / “USS Pennsylvania” (S6, E14 & E15 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … CLOSE QUARTER WALKERS, KABOOM APLENTY AND SOCIOPATHIC MIND GAMES If you stop and think about it, and let’s be honest even if you don’t, the zombie-filled end of the world madness that is Fear the Walking Dead, really doesn’t need any more crazy stirring into its already Continue Reading
Laugh, don’t scare! Monsters at Work gets ready to clock in for a very funny shift
SNAPSHOT takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It will feature the return of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Bonnie Continue Reading