SNAPSHOTCreated, written and executive produced by Star, Emily In Paris centers on Emily (Collins), a driven twenty-something American woman from the Midwest, who moves to Paris for an unexpected job opportunity, tasked with bringing an American point of view to a venerable French marketing firm. Cultures clash as she adjusts 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!
Retro movie review: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
It is well nigh impossible not to love a movie that features Death aka the Grim Reaper in a dress, Martians that resemble the love children of Ewoks and Cling and Clang from H. R. Pufnstuf and good and bad stoner dude robots of various levels of technological sophistication. Which Continue Reading
Book review: Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna
Love in our modern age has been reduced in many ways to an almosy infantile, fey semblance of its former vigorous self. Where once love compelled great Shakespearian sonnets or set in motions the events that led to the Trojan War, it is now imprisoned in cutesy greeting card rhyming Continue Reading
Heroes comes in all sizes: Tiny Earth (narrated by Paul Rudd) comes to Apple TV+
SNAPSHOTMeet nature’s littlest heroes and see the extraordinary things they do to survive in the new Apple Original docuseries, narrated by Paul Rudd. (synopsis (c) Apple TV+ via Laughing Squid) We live in a world that is obsessed with the bigness of things. We equate being noticeable with being important, Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: You’re never too old to recreate an iconic album cover
SNAPSHOTThe photography project – recreating Classic Album covers, with the Residents and Carers has raised awareness globally but with no funds for the home which was my original intention. Elderly people will remain in lockdown for a long time, and I want to make their time as happy and full Continue Reading
Book review: The Origin of Me by Bernard Gallate
Figuring out who you are, where you belong and what you want to be is tough enough in the teenage years without a whole lot of other, somewhat weird and emotionally taxing stuff being thrown into the chaotic mix. One fifteen-year-old who can attest to the robust truth of that Continue Reading
Do you want to Wish Upon a Snowman? You can, with Olaf’s help, very soon
Frozen‘s Olaf is beyond adorable. Voiced with pizzazz and a cheeky but heartfelt sense of fun by Josh Gad, the snowman sprung to life is in, many ways, quite beyond his role as undeniable comic relief, the heart and soul of Disney’s animation powerhouse. Rather fittingly then Disney is going Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #34: Tei Shi, Glass Animals, Jordana, Ella Vos, Ralph Castelli
There is a real art to expressing what you feel in a song. Unless you plan to write a magnificent, hours-long opus, which to be fair is unlikely to gain you too many listeners (except those of The Atlantic-reading ilk), you are usually limited to 3 to 5 minutes of, Continue Reading
To Africa … and beyond! Space opera graphic novel Yohance debuts trailer
SNAPSHOT“An epic space opera with a purely African aesthetic, Yohance is the story of a master thief who gets caught up in an intergalactic conflict that reveals a centuries-old war and dark secrets of his own past.” (official synopsis courtesy CBR.com) One of the most exciting things that is taking Continue Reading
It’s going to be epic! Dune releases first trailer
SNAPSHOTA mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, the Dune movie tells the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family Continue Reading