SNAPSHOT We took Silicon Valley’s awkward mother hen into the wild, dressed him in the splurgiest tech wear, and learned how to be men. ( (c) GQ magazine) Zach Woods is one on my favourite actors. A master of comic timing, his deadpan delivery, suffused with sweetness and quip-ready 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!
Book review: The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
One of the first things that strikes you within a few words of diving into the wonders of The Hoarder is how exquisitely well Jess Kidd writes. She is that rare talent who can spin the most lusciously poetic of phrases and yet never once lose the kind of Continue Reading
How It Should Have Ended: The Five Stages of Watching a Star Wars Movie
Leigh Lahav is a fan’s fan. She is as much a fan of a slew of franchises as the rest of us, and yet also has a rare, deeply-talented ability to poke fun at them in a way which is respectful but also hilariously insightful. Take her latest effort, Continue Reading
Get on down Sesame Street: Elmo’s Food Rap Battle feat. Carrot vs. Sweet Potato (Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal)
SNAPSHOT Earth’s Best is proud to present Elmo’s Food Rap Battle! Elmo is hungry and has to choose a food to eat! DJ Lobster is in the kitchen to help Elmo pick what to eat with a Food Rap Battle! Crunchy Carrot (Daveed Diggs) goes head to head with Continue Reading
Book review: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
(cover image courtesy Harper Collins) One of life’s great delights is having your expectations of something completely and utterly challenged and subverted, in the best possible way. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal is such the latest example of assumptions being made, in this case based on Continue Reading
Squared Away: Clever short film pays affectionate homage to the cartoons of The Far Side
SNAPSHOT Director Tim Wilson is a huge fan of The Far Side and wanted to bring a couple of the comics to life. So he assembled the team at Bruton Stroube and after many hours of reading through old Far Side books they landed on their two favorite comics. Continue Reading
Mass of movie trailers: Lego Movie 2, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Occupation, Bumblebee, Mortal Engines
There are so many movies on the schedule right now. True, that could be said of any year but 2018 seems to be delivering up a bumper collection of films such as that my self-care limit of one movie a week – I want going to the movies to Continue Reading
Movie review: Aurore (I Got Life!)
Time is not particularly good to anyone. Oh, it bestows some blessings, if you would like to call them that, such as wisdom, emotional maturity and insight, and even material gain if that’s what rocks your existentially long-in-the-tooth boat. But we all make do, grabbing those precious moments of Continue Reading
The short and the short it: Flies, love and the adorableness of Darrel
SNAPSHOT Exchange of glances in the subway. How many opportunities have you let slip? Darrel will do everything possible to not let this one escape. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Is it possible to win the heart of an attractive lady chameleon by flies alone? Darrel, the adorably awkward star Continue Reading
Book review: Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
Time brings both blessings and curses for mortal creatures such as ourselves. While the ticking of the clock brings a host of wonderful friendships, precious family moments and memories and experiences we often treasure for a lifetime, it can also bring a sizable amount of loss, regret and grief. Continue Reading