There is something almost indescribably wonderful about watching someone come to life again. Perhaps that’s because of the simple of beauty of watching something rich and vibrant spring forth from seemingly nothing – that’s never strictly speaking completely true; there’s always something there, it’s usually just deeply repressed and dormant 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!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Uh-oh! The festive baking mishaps of Nailed It! Holiday! season 2
Following a recipe is easy. A dash of this, a pinch of this, a cup of this, and a handful of that and voila … something that looks nothing at all like the picture in the book (or, of course, on the iPad). NOTHING AT ALL. For most of us, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The bright lights and dedication of Mr #Christmas
SNAPSHOTAn offbeat, touching portrait by director/editor/producer Nick Palmer of a man who has spent three decades turning his small Northern California home into a beautiful, towering Christmas display people travel across the country to see. (synopsis courtesy Vimeo) As someone who adores, lives and breathes Christmas – now, I think Continue Reading
Book review: Star Wars – Resistance Born by Rebecca Roanhorse
One of the more curious aspects of human nature is the lengths that people will go to, and the pernicious accommodations they will make, for the sake of a perceived peaceful existence. Politicians, particularly those of a more authoritarina bent, of which the world has a surfeit right now, take Continue Reading
Movie review: Knives Out
If you think you have seen every possible cinematic permutation of classic whodunnit storytelling, then Knives Out is here to show you that there’s some mileage left yet in this classic genre. Sporting an exuberantly zestful approach to its narrative that is in evidence even in the more nuanced parts Continue Reading
Comics Review: Snug Harbor Stories by Will Henry #WallacetheBrave
The best comic strips offer something far beyond beautiful art and pithy, clever lines of often funny dialogue – they take us somewhere reassuringly special, a place removed from our own reality that reminds us of things we have either left behind or which have fallen, hopefully just temporarily, off Continue Reading
Is there still magic out there? Two brothers find out in the fantastically real Onward
SNAPSHOTThe story is set in a world with no humans, only elves, trolls and sprites. The film centers on two teenage elf brothers whose father died when they were too young to remember him. But thanks to the little magic still left in the world, the boys embark on a Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #20: Galantis + Dolly Parton, Bishop Briggs, Silver Sphere, Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys, Daughters of Noise! + Eurovision update
Working to your own vision can be powerful but so can joining forces with other likeminded creative souls. Just how powerful is made manifestly plain in these five songs from artists who have joined with others, either in songwriting or production, to craft pop songs that make their presence gloriously Continue Reading
Josh Thomas is sure that Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
SNAPSHOTFreeform announces Josh Thomas’ return to television with Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, premiering THURSDAY, JAN. 16. Critically acclaimed for his series Please Like Me, Thomas once again takes on a multifaceted role as creator, writer, executive producer and star of the 30-minute comedy, which introduces Nicholas (Josh Thomas), a neurotic Continue Reading
Book review: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Diving into an already well advanced series of books, where the character has already done a fair amount of living and a great deal of narrative has already flowed under the literary bridge, is akin to walking into a conversation that is well underway. Weirdly uncomfortable and more than a Continue Reading