It has oft been said, and by far wiser heads than mine, that just because you can do something, doesn’t necessarily mean you should. That axiom could well be applied to Disney and its current mania for remaking its animated films as live-action epics, a strategy which makes sense in 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!
Zombies! Fear the Walking Dead S5 trailer and The Dead Don’t Die
Zombies aren’t dead! Well, OK yes they are technically but as robustly-rambling leading lights of the pop culture zeitgeist, they are alive and kicking. Take the fact that not only does Fear the Walking Dead have a fifth season coming up on 2 June at 9/8c this year on AMC Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “The Red Angel” / “Perpetual Infinity” (S2, E10 + E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … THE IDENTITY OF THE RED ANGEL IS REVEALED AND A RATHER TASTY RECIPE FOR MAC ‘N’ CHEESE … Now that was one impressive reveal! Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie herself would have been proud of the way the identity of the Red Angel, the focus of the Continue Reading
The (verified) truth about Captain Marvel’s Carpool Karaoke
If you were say Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson, currently wowing audiences in Captain Marvel, which is a damn fine movie, what would you want to add to a heartily-fun session of The Late Late Show with James Corden‘s Carpool Karaoke? Well, besides the music of course which is Continue Reading
Movie review: The Lego Movie 2 – The Second Part
If you cast your mind back to childhood – those of you still there, should simply stay right where you are, existentially-speaking, you will recall a tired old routine much indulged in by your parents. It began with an almost pleading entreaty by your parents to please play happily with Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2019: Week 1 – Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia
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 telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
There’s a bird in there! Finding Nemo side by side and avian dentist chaos
Finding Nemo is a gem of an animated film for a whole host of compelling reasons – emotionally-resonant characters, a beautifully-realised narrative full of themes of love, commitment, sacrifice and belonging, gorgeous visuals … and some of the best slapstick comedy you will see anywhere. Case in point is “The Continue Reading
Do you feel Special? Ryan O’Connell does … maybe
One of the truly great things about the current explosion of TV shows available to watch via streaming, broadcast and turtles acting out plays on the back of giant floating rocks – OK so that was last one isn’t a thing but such as is the multiplicity of options these Continue Reading
Our Planet: Netflix unveils trailer for the magnificent new Sir David Attenborough-narrated series
SNAPSHOT “Unprecedented in scope and ambition, Our Planet will entertain and captivate a global audience of all ages. More importantly, the series will help start an important conversation about the home we all share at a crucial moment when the world needs to act. Viewers will marvel at the diverse Continue Reading
Comics review: Haphaven
One of life’s great pleasures, especially after a lifetime spend taking in stories in all kinds of forms, whether it’s through books, TV shows, movies or graphic novels, is coming across a story so breathtakingly-original and imaginative that you are almost leaping out of your chair with the thrill of Continue Reading