(courtesy IMDB) There has likely never been an age in which humanity hasn’t had to battle against some form of tyranny or another, but in 2024, the pressing need to take a stand against the monstrous autocracy of fascism and its barbaric intent to shape life in its own twisted 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!
“Guys like us don’t become the heroes.” Find a new place in life with Interior Chinatown
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBased on Charles Yu’s award-winning book of the same name, the show follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural called Black & White. Relegated to the background, Willis goes through the motions of his on-screen job, waiting tables, dreaming about Continue Reading
Deep TBR book review: An Accidental Odyssey (An Exlibris Adventure) by kc dyer
(courtesy Penguin Random House) After watching far too many books sit trapped in my To Be Read (TBR) pile for years and years, I decided it was high time a month was devoted to rescuing them from the reading void and diving into their promising stories. So, for October, each Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Peculiar Woods (Vol. 2) – The Mystery of the Intelligents by Andrés J. Colmenares
(courtesy Simon & Schuster) It’s wonderful when a creator can make a cliffhanger moment pay off. If you recall, the first Peculiar Woods story, The Ancient Underwater City, ended definitively, yes, but a tantalising cliffhanger moment woven in, and in its sequel, The Mystery of the Intelligents, Andrés J. Colmenares Continue Reading
Sitcom review double: Shrinking S2, E1-2 and Frasier 2023 S2, E3-6
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) Shrinking S2, E1-2 Shrinking is ostensibly a sitcom. But while it is indeed very funny, full of smart, snappy, character-driven lines and gleefully absurdist situations, it is also one of the most relatable treatises this reviewer has ever encountered on grief. If that sounds like comedy Continue Reading
Deep TBR book review: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
(courtesy Fourth Estate) After watching far too many books sit trapped in my To Be Read (TBR) pile for years and years, I decided it was high time a month was devoted to rescuing them from the reading void and diving into their promising stories. So, for October, each book Continue Reading
New friends, old enemies … first trailer drops for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTGromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #115: Łaszewo, Orla Gartland, Bea and her Business, Lauren Mayberry + King Princess
(via Shutterstock) Do you like your upbeat songs with a side order of intensely personal lyrics? Or perhaps you just want some effervescent fun to light up your day? Whatever is floating your musical boat, it’s wroth diving into these five songs which give you infinitely repeatable music, cleverly incisive Continue Reading
Rebellion in the offing … Silo season 2 drops its first portentous trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn a toxic dystopian future where a community lives in a giant silo hundreds of stories deep underground, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Silo, formerly known as Wool, is a mini-series created and written by Canadian TV Continue Reading
Played by evil to a ruinous extent: Thoughts on The Rings of Power S2, E4-8
(courtesy IMP Awards) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (S2, E4-8) ——————– SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!! ——————– Many people like to think of the world in purely binary terms. It understandable in one way; with life normally manifesting in all manner of chaotic guises, and consistency and predictability Continue Reading