Even though the marketing departments of the various movie studios would never admit to such a thing, there’s all kinds of hyped-up porkies being told in every movie campaign. Trailers are edited, posters designed and and in-person interviews stacked to the rafters with pertinent talking points, all with the 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: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Just like life itself, Caraval is equal parts enchanting magic, and devious darkness, a journey into the very heart of humanity wrapped in a thousand colours of the rainbow. Colour features strongly indeed in Stephanie Garber’s debut novel, which pivots on the idea that magic abounds around us if Continue Reading
Eight boys … one crazy family … new sitcom The Kids Are Alright
SNAPSHOT Set in the 1970s, the ensemble, single-camera comedy follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family, the Clearys, as they navigate big and small changes during one of America’s most turbulent decades. In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys who live out their days Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Deadpool takes over Blu-ray covers of iconic films
All hail the marketing team for Deadpool 2! On the back of a plethora of very clever movie posters, inspired TV show appearances by Ryan Reynolds – singing in a unicorn head on Korean TV anyone? – and some ridiculously clever TV spots, comes Blu-ray sleeves that were slipped Continue Reading
Movie review: Solo – A Star Wars Story
Trying to recapture that effervescent sense of wonder you felt as a child can often feel like a fool’s errand; it’s magical if you succeed but so often elusive that you end up musing on whether all the effort was worth it. So the wise among us don’t end Continue Reading
Reading in public places: Why I love libraries #LIW2018
SNAPSHOT Library and Information Week, held from 21-27 May 2018 with the theme “Find yourself in a Library” aims to raise the profile of libraries and information service professionals in Australia. It gives libraries and information services the opportunity to showcase their resources, facilities, events, contacts and services through different Continue Reading
Colony: “Sierra Maestra” (S3, E3 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DISSENSION, A BIG ALIEN REVEAL AND THE DANGER OF SHOPPING IN THE ALIEN APOCALYPSE Depending on your level of Biblical literacy – as a pastor’s kid, mine is ridiculously high though rarely lived-out these days – you may or may not be aware of a Continue Reading
Wanna bleed-o with Greedo? Check out this rhyming remix in honour of Han Solo
In honour of the release this week of Solo: A Star Wars Story, I present to you, with poetic cadence in hand and a knack for spotting a catchy beat from less than 12 parsecs away, this gloriously good remix from Eclectic Method. Drawing from Star Wars films new Continue Reading
Movie review: Tully
If you are to believe the usual Hollywood depictions of motherhood, it is either a Xanadu-esque idyll of airbrushed, rose-tinted contentment where children smile and fulfillment comes from bake sales and laughter-filled family get-togethers, or, and this is a favourite of the indie crowd, a barren wasteland of suburban despair Continue Reading
Little girl, big city! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt loses its berets over season 4
As a gay man, it’s not an everyday occurrence for me to fall in love with a woman. But I long ago fell head over heels in love, smittenness and eternal like with Kimmy Schmidt (apologies to Sandra Bullock, my other great love), she of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Continue Reading