*SPOILERS AHEAD … A ZOMBIE MEAT-TASTING PARTY AND MORE UNHINGED BEHAVIOUR THAN A HOUSE FULL OF LOOSE DOORS* It won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone that zombie apocalypses – or as Celia (Marlene Forte) rather delusionally calls them “new beginnings”; yep thanks, you can keep your 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!
Forever Calvin and Hobbes: Kristian Williams examines the beloved comic strip’s timeless appeal
SNAPSHOT there’s no such thing as too low and high art. There are creations that either speak to people or don’t. Part of what makes the strips so timeless was that you don’t need to understand the pop culture or political context of the late eighties and early nineties Continue Reading
Grab some string and gum and make a nuclear reactor! MacGyver is back
SNAPSHOT In MacGyver, the twentysomething Mac is behind the formation of a new (but not necessarily publicized) government organization where he can showcase his amazing knack for using science and critical thinking to solve any problem that comes his way. And as you might imagine, some of those problems Continue Reading
Movie review: Alice Through the Looking Glass
As reputations go, the one possessed by Time, who in director James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass is a piercingly-blue-eyed clock man played by Sacha Baron Cohen, is certainly one of the less enviable. He is variously cast as a villain and a thief, a purloiner of life Continue Reading
Don’t Think Twice: You can’t improvise the rest of your life
SNAPSHOT “The film revolves around best friends who are inseparable members of a well-regarded NYC improv troupe. But after two of them audition for a coveted spot on a hit TV show and only one of them lands it, the tight-knit group of friends and collaborators is thrown into Continue Reading
Movie review: The Nice Guys
The 1970s are a ripe period for comic writers – outlandish clothes, supersized politics, society-shaking trends, the overflow of free love and liberal values from the unconstrained ’60s, and the list goes on. Which is possibly partly why writer/director Shane Black (who co-wrote the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi) decided Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The moving truth of The Life of Death
Love and death are inextricably linked. That might sound like a strange connection to make but think about it – in death we find a deep and resonant graphic understanding of how powerful and eternal love can be, how even in loss there can be a profound sense of connection Continue Reading
Where are they now? Now You See Me 2 unveils poster and trailer
SNAPSHOT The Four Horsemen [Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan] return for a second mind-bending adventure, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights and taking them around the globe. One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic Continue Reading
Who do cats love cardboard boxes so much? Simon’s Cat Logic tells all
SNAPSHOT Cats feel safe in enclosed spaces. This explains why cardboard boxes are immensely popular. They feel safe having something enclosed and particularly something with sides. All cats need to be able to hide, not just the scaredy cats or not just when there’s fireworks outside. Even confident cats Continue Reading
Man vs Machine: Battlestar Galactica takes to the stars again
Way back when I was a child in a mythical land called the 1970s – Yes it really did exist; Farrah Fawcett’s hair is proof enough of that – there was a cheesy sci-fi show called Battlestar Galactica that nevertheless held me utterly enraptured. There was something about humanity’s Continue Reading