SNAPSHOTIn this innovative romantic comedy about the power of chance, alternate versions of the same wedding unfold as Jack (Sam Claflin) tries to make sure his little sister has the perfect wedding day. But he’ll have to juggle an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep 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!
COVID-19 retro movie festival: Eagle Vs. Shark #MovieReview
With COVID-19 cutting a swathe through just about everything worldwide, it’s no surprise that cinema is being as affected as anything else. In just one day, one of my favourite cinema chains temporarily closed, the Sydney Film Festival was cancelled, the French Film Festival was postponed and my other favourite Continue Reading
Book review: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
In 1993, ABBA released a song by way of More ABBA Gold that they first recorded in 1982 – “I Am the City” gave a persona to the urban conurbations most people now live in and replete with a pounding, upbeat insistent beat and penetrating lyrics, it felt like the Continue Reading
It’s okay to cry Marge and Tina: Tim Brooke-Taylor (The Goodies) dies of COVID-19
It is always desperately sad to learn of the death of a performer who formed such an essential part of your childhood. The death of Tim Brooke-Taylor, one third of the legendary 1970s British comedy act The Goodies, from COVID-19 is a body blow, coming far too close to that Continue Reading
Easter festival 2020: Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies
SNAPSHOTThe Easter bunny is ill, Granny needs to find a replacement for him and suggests Bugs Bunny. When she reaches the Warner Bros. lot, she finds to her disappointment that Bugs is tied up in filming Knighty Knight Bugs but offers to work out a solution after filming wraps up. Meanwhile, Daffy Duck, partially overhearing the Continue Reading
Book review: The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd
History tends to be remembered by most of us in big broad brushstroke terms. We can rattle off dates and times, impressive statistics and jaw-dropping moments but if pressed, we are usually unable to talk about this or that epoch-defining event affected the people who lived through it. Fortunately we Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2020: Week 2 – Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, North Macedonia, Norway
This is normally how I begin these review posts … What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is Continue Reading
Easter festival 2020: If I Were the Easter Bunny (illustrated by Louise Gardner)
If you were the Easter Bunny, and who knows you may well be, I imagine you, like I would be a wholly happily giving type of bunny, right? I mean, it stands to reason; how could you be in charge of dispensing so much selfless joy, all in brightly-coloured chocolatey Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The wonder and renewal of Treasures in the Trash
SNAPSHOTFor 34 years, New York Sanitation worker, Nelson Molina collected items in the trash on his route in East Harlem. Over 45,000 items, all catalogued and organized on the second floor of the M11 garage. Nelson retired from the job in 2015, but comes to the garage routinely to check Continue Reading
Easter festival 2020: Vicar of Dibley’s “The Easter Bunny”
One thing that British sitcoms have always excelled at is mixing serious moments into their usually buoyant silly comedy. It’s not easy to do; when you’re cracking jokes at a million miles an hour, whether verbally or visually, misplaced moments of serious emotion can arrive like hard-slammed brakes, stopping the Continue Reading