SNAPSHOT Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga. The Last Jedi is written and directed by Rian Johnson and 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!
Festively changing it up: The delightfully different tale of Santa’s Husband
Right let’s just get it out there then shall we? In Santa’s Husband, Daniel Kibblesmith’s delightful take on the person of Santa Claus who, you may recall, is a teeny-tiny bit central to modern celebrations of Christmas – for those of a religious persuasion, please note I’m not sidelining Continue Reading
On 2nd day of Christmas … I reviewed A Bad Mom’s Christmas
Hollywood, generally speaking, does not have an expansive palette when it comes to films with a festive flavour. Movies are either unbearably sentimental, laden with so much holiday sugar that sugar canes look on in envy, or so brusquely raunchy that even the merest whiff of chestnuts roasting and Continue Reading
Now this is music: Festive chill – SYML, JW Ridley, Liyv, Hundred Waters, Shells
The “Silly Season”, as it’s fondly known in Australia, is well underway, and with it, the swirl of festive fun that is Christmas. Now even if you love the most wonderful time of the year, you’ll have to admit that it can be stressful, busy and bereft of any Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 5 new pop culture ornaments
When you’re a pop culture tragic such as myself – “Hi, my name is Andrew and I’m a pop culture addict”, it tends to infiltrate every part of your life. Your T-shirts display your favourite characters. Your book shelves are lined with books on your favourite TV shows and Continue Reading
Fun festive animation: Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ ever closer to Santa
It’s a question worth pondering, perhaps over a glass of eggnog or while chowing down on some chestnuts, fresh from roasting on an open fire: “If all animals became round overnight, would their daily life still run that smoothly?” And the answer is … not so well and damn Continue Reading
Escape from reality: Maxwell’s Demons takes you to the far worlds of the imagination
SNAPSHOT Maxwell Maas may be the greatest mind the world has ever known, but at 10-years-old he has a lot to learn. Adventuring to distant worlds through his makeshift multiversal closet door, Max will encounter greatness and menace on a cosmic scale. Fans of Gaiman’s Sandman will feel at Continue Reading
Book review: The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard
Imagine for a second that you were plonked down in the middle of a foreign country with limited language skills and only a passing familiarity with the culture after a lifetime spent hidden away from the outside world. What would that feel like? How disorienting would it be? Would Continue Reading
Snuggle up and listen as David Tennant reads The Christmas Bear
Quite frankly, such is my love and admiration for British acting wunderkind, David Tennant – he portrayed my favourite Doctor Who for a start plus he is, as you will no doubt have noticed, rather easy on the eye – that he could read a grocery list or the directions Continue Reading
Tick tock! How time travel is represented in fiction
SNAPSHOT For ages I’ve been thinking about doing a video analyzing time travel in fiction and doing a comparison of different fictional time travels – some do use wormholes, some relativistic/faster than light travel with time dilation, some closed timelike curves, some have essentially “magic” or no consistent rules Continue Reading