Using a glowing pink miniature elephant as the vehicle through which to address the moral and ethical complexities of genetic research may not at first seem to be the most obvious idea in the storytelling book. But Elefant, a tale of one such quite unnatural, lovable oddity, the people 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!
TV Trailer Trio: Maniac pops a pill, Kidding is definitely not and Outlander teases
So much TV, so little time. Honestly, while other people may fantasise about having lots of money and time to lie on a beach in the south of France, float idly on a riverboat down a quiet burbling river or indulge their love of extreme macrame-making (trust me, it’s Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
We are an easily frightened species it seems. While we like to cloak ourselves in the spirit of the enlightenment and speak to our embrace of reason and logic – not everyone, of course, as current events in certain countries give confronting testimony to – it doesn’t take much Continue Reading
You can ask Saoirse Ronan 73 questions! Well, vicariously anyway
SNAPSHOT While packing for an Ireland-bound flight, Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan answers 73 questions from Vogue. Saoirse talks about her famously difficult first name, the causes closest to her heart, and best advice she’s ever received. (synopsis via Laughing Squid (c) Conde Nast Entertainment) You only have to see Continue Reading
Colony: “What Goes Around” (S3, E13 review) #seriesfinale
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND NO FURTHER STORYLINE OF ANY KIND, THUS UNDERSCORING HOW STUPID THE WHOLE TV SYSTEM IS, PERPETUALLY LEAVING US WITH HALF-TOLD STORIES The making of TV shows is a curiously cruel business. Unlike books, which arrived fully formed, or movies which come with a complete narrative Continue Reading
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies – the ultimate superhero film?
I love cartoons, yes even as an adult, and I love inventive parodies, so it mystifies me how I managed to miss a single episode of the hit Cartoon Networks’ show Teen Titans, an animated superhero series created by Glen Murakamia based on a series of 1980s comic books, Continue Reading
Christmas in July #5: I took joy in Mutts A Shtinky Little Christmas by Patrick McDonnell
Mutts, a delightfully retro, self-aware comic strip by Patrick McDonnell is not your usual humourous newspaper diversion. First published in 1994, and described by the immortally-great Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) as “one of the best comic strips of all time”, Mutts has always had a keenly-felt beating heart at the Continue Reading
The City in the Middle of the Night: Charlie Jane Anders’ new futuristic tale
SNAPSHOT January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. And living inside the cities, one flush with anarchy and the other Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Romance is undeniably alive and well in A Date in 2025
SNAPSHOT In the year 2025, a young man’s super-intelligent AI system tells him that he must go on a date or face certain suicide from loneliness. (synopsis via Vimeo) Going online has really made a huge change to the way we find the love of our life. (Exhibit A Continue Reading
Movie review: The Breaker Upperers
We live in an age where pretty much everything is outsourced. IT, phone services, shopping, even essay writing if you’re an unscrupulous uni student; so why not breaking up with someone, which I think we can all agree is of the worst things anyone ever has the misfortune to Continue Reading