Life, pretty much any way you stretch it, is disconcerting. Few of us actually admit to such a thing since to do so would be to admit that the bricks-and-mortar sanity of the everyday, the bills, the commute and the meals that anchor us to comfortingly set routines, is Continue Reading
aussiemoose
Come meet Dante! He’s a dog after a bone with a mind of its own #Coco
If the average dog could talk, and last we checked they can’t, at least not in a language we can understand (save for love, which they fluently and exuberantly), they would tell you that bones not supposed to be able to lead them on a merry dance, eluding them every Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2017: Week 2 – Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Latvia
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 Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Film and TV show icons get the stamp of approval
These stamps are gorgeous aren’t they? Not real unfortunately, and you won’t be licking them onto an envelope any time soon or at all, but they are, nevertheless, gorgeous. They are the work of Clark Orr, who has imagined in the most visually arresting of ways, what an impressive Continue Reading
Silicon Valley: Changing the Way Things Change (season 4 trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill) brings his irreverent brand of humor, and his own experiences working in Silicon Valley, to Continue Reading
Kedi gives voice to the cats of Istanbul (trailer)
SNAPSHOT Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, the cats of Istanbul live between two worlds, Continue Reading
Movie review: Beauty and the Beast
Remaking any beloved film, especially one loaded with as much deserved nostalgia and reverence as 1991’s animated triumph Beauty and the Beast comes loaded with an impossible weight of Solomonic dilemmas. Do you slavishly recreate it for a new generation, a resolutely pointless exercise given there is very little Continue Reading
It’s true, animated Mariah! All I Want For Christmas is You (teaser trailer)
SNAPSHOT According to the official press release, All I Want for Christmas Is You will center around a young Mariah (voiced by Breanna Yde), who wants a puppy named Princess for Christmas. But before Princess can be hers, she has to pet-sit Jack, described as “a scraggly rascal of Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Other Side” & “Something They Need” (S7, E14 & E15 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A CHASM OF MORAL RELATIVITY BIG ENOUGH TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH* Moral relativity, thou are king in the apocalypse! That’s hardly a surprise with The Walking Dead, pretty much from episode one, making it clear that the collapse of civilisation might, or might Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Meet the delightfully creepy critters of Dark Dark Woods
SNAPSHOT Young princess Maria has had about enough of her royal life – it’s all lesson, responsibilities and duties on top of each other, every hour of every day. Overwhelmed, Maria is swept away on an adventure into the monster-filled dark, dark woods. (synopsis courtesy Vimeo) Created by a Continue Reading