Christmas has been long revered for its capacity to bring about new beginnings. Well, imagined new beginnings, anyway; while we might want it to fix reality and reshape our lives in the festive buoyancy and hopeful possibility of the season, the truth is that it often doesn’t do that outside 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!
On 4th day of Christmas … I listened to Holiday Soirée by George Kahn
(courtesy George Kahn) There’s just something about jazz to put you in the festive mood isn’t there? Maybe it’s the chilled yet emotionally buoyant vocals, the relaxed but propulsive melodies or the sheer exuberant artistry of talented musicians losing themselves in the moment; whatever it is, and it’s likely all Continue Reading
First two sci-fi episodes: Reviews of Skeleton Crew season 1 (E1-2), and Silo season 2 (E1-2)
(via Shutterstock) Skeleton Crew S1 (courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars has always been about good old fashioned adventure and fun this long-time watcher of the franchise. Ever since I sat down with my mum back in 1977 in a one-screen cinema in the country town near where I lived to Continue Reading
On 3rd day of Christmas … I read Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) If you have ever wondered, and if not, why not, what might happen if Agatha Christie suddenly turn into a self aware meta murder solving detective, then you need to run, not walk, avoiding pools of blood from the victims, to the wonderfully funny but immensely Continue Reading
Family Guy Christmas special 2024: “Gift of the White Guy” review
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTPeter must recover Lois’ Christmas brooch after gifting it away in a White Elephant exchange. Stewie changes his attitude upon learning he’s on Santa’s ‘Naughty List’. (courtesy Variety) The first thing out of the prettily wrapped Christmas present box is that Family’s Guy’s 25th anniversary festive special, “Gift Continue Reading
On 2nd day of Christmas … I watched Red One
(courtesy IMP Awards) While it’s highly unlikely that you have, there is a slim possibility, especially if you are of a vibrantly fecund imaginative bent, that you have wondered what might happened if someone was to make a Christmas movie that felt, in many ways, like a Marvel bang-boom-bam blockbuster. Continue Reading
Movie review: Moana 2
(courtesy IMP Awards) It was always going to be a tricky thing to follow up a massive success like Moana. Hailed as a near-perfect piece of feature animation by many, and introducing a titular hero who saved her people while growing as a person with animation as beautiful an oil Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 15 new pop culture ornaments incl. Home Alone, Schroeder (Peanuts) +Scooby-Doo!, Monsters Inc., Sonic the Hedgehog + The Golden Girls
(via Shutterstock) It will be pretty obvious if you have even so much as glanced at my blog, that I love pop culture everything. I spend my days, when I am not forced to work to pay for everything pop culture-oriented, watching movies, streaming shows, listening to music, reading books Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more festive songs #119: Brett Eldredge & Kelly Clarkson, Ingrid Michaelson & Jason Mraz, Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, Canaan Cox and Alice Merton + special Jacob Collier live festive recording
(via Shutterstock) There’s so much Christmas music released each year, and while it’s a joy to a Christmas-a-holic like me, it can get challenging to get to it all, let along let yourself festively soak in it. So, I’ve picked four of the tracks that really struck a chord with Continue Reading
Festive book review: Home For Christmas by Heidi Swain
(Simon & Schuster Australia) There’s a host of Christmas romcom novels out there, all predicated on the same deliciously alluring idea the the most wonderful time of the year is the perfect time for miracles to happen and lives to be remade. But not all of these festively restorative delights Continue Reading