Archaeological are by their very nature spectacularly impressive things. Whether it is the discovery of First Nations art in the Kimberleys that is tens of thousands of years old or, for the purpose of this review, an Anglo Saxon ship and gold artifacts in Suffolk, we can’t help but be 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: Low Expectations by Stuart Everly-Wilson
Watch a Disney film or traipse into a bookstore or even just watch an ad or two and you’ll work out pretty quickly that we are supposed to be able to do anything. All it takes is grit and gumption, a tenacious vision and some vibrant creativity and the world, Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: King of Nowhere by W. Maxwell Prince / Tyler Jenkins / Hilary Jenkins
It may not be immediately obvious but at the heart of every fantastical tale, if its told well, of course, sits a vibrantly humanistic core. This is certainly the case in the King of Nowhere written by W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man) with artwork by Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings, Continue Reading
WandaVision: Review of “On a Very Special Episode …” and “All-New Halloween Spooktacular! ” (S1, E5 and E6)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A TV HOMAGE SOAKED IN GRIEF … Would you like to see how powerful grief can be? How it can completely alter the entirety of the landscape of your life, pluck you from good and reason into a maelstrom of senseless and atypical decision-making and the Continue Reading
Book review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra #ValentinesDay
One of the great tropes of any kind of love story is that of opposites attracting, the idea that two people can come from completely different backgrounds, sensibilities, and outlooks and still find common ground in the fertile surrounds of true love. It’s an intrinsically appealing idea but rarely has Continue Reading
Retro romantic movie review: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist #ValentinesDay
Depending on where you look in popular culture, love is either a many-splendoured thing, torturously complicated or an agony beyond all belief. It is not, despite all the romantic comedy storytelling out there that lauds the transcendent beauty and wonder of falling in love, seen to be a simple and Continue Reading
Love, hope and expectations: Thoughts on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 2)
Part of the inestimable joy of watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in all its hyper-exuberant, dazzlingly gorgeous, cleverly quirky glory is simply sitting back and let the vibrantly witty wordplay wash over you like some sort of heavenly linguistic balm. Every character is brilliantly smart and funny, every word they Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: MaskHoles and a humourous clash of robotic colleagues
SNAPSHOTTwo co-workers return to work during the pandemic. One annoyingly disregards the rules while the other annoyingly adheres to them. As the week wears on, nerves get frayed, circuits get shorted and the situation explodes. What follows is an inventive, yet vengeful solution to the entire problem. (synopsis via Vimeo) Continue Reading
Movie review: Minari
As an articulation of hopes and expectations go, it is hard to go past The American Dream. As an idea at least; in practice, of course, as with any headily idealistic thought given voice by people, it is often deeply and unequally flawed in its delivery, more akin to a Continue Reading
Book review: Space Hopper by Helen Fisher
It is impossible not to feel a soul-hollowing sense of devastatingly cataclysmic loss when you someone you love dies. It is the ultimate battle of the heart and mind, the former grief-stricken beyond all reason and the latter desperately trying to make sense of something that will bow to logicality Continue Reading