SNAPSHOT We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can 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!
On the 6th day of Christmas … I listened to a Kylie Christmas by Kylie Minogue
Recording a Christmas album is not for the fainthearted. On paper it must seem like one of the easiest things to do in the world – gather together your favourite “golden oldies” Christmas carols and songs, write one or two new songs that will hopefully become classics in time Continue Reading
Book review: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
Retirement is supposed to be a golden age. A chance to read your newspaper, watch some cricket (if you’re so inclined), ponder life, and engage in long fattening lunches and idle conversation. And of course, tend to your newly-delivered baby elephant Ganesha left to you by your quirky uncle Bansi. Continue Reading
On 5th day of Christmas … I read The Peanuts Guide to Christmas
When I think of all the people (and one dog) I would like to spend Christmas with, Charles M. Schulz’s endearingly insightful band of characters from Peanuts comes fairly close to the top of the list. (Dear family and close friends, please rest assured you are at the top Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Inspired geeky Christmas sweater designs
Let’s hear it for Christmas sweaters! They go together like eggnog and a roaring fire, chestnuts and am open fire, and “Falalalalalala” and decking the halls! If you’re the sort of person who needs their sweaters, known in Australia as jumpers and most definitely not being worn at the Continue Reading
On 4th day of Christmas … I got ready to watch Robot Chicken’s Christmas special
There’s no arguing that Santa sits pretty atop the pop culture recognition tree? He may only get to strut his toy-giving festive stuff once a year but man does he make the most of it, and even when your thoughts may not necessarily turn to reindeers, tinsel and presents Continue Reading
Movie review: The Peanuts Movie
Peanuts has always been more than just a comic strip. Not that being a comic strip per se is a bad thing; rather that the creation of Charles M. Schulz has always transcended the ephemeral, transitory nature of the medium and the small black and white panels that define it to Continue Reading
On 3rd day of Christmas … I admired The Art of Krampus
Let’s face it – if you had a choice between happy, jolly Santa Claus coming to pay you a visit, laden with toys, a hearty laugh and a longing for milk and cookies, and a cloven-hoofed demonic bringer of retribution and doom as payment for bad deeds done, you’d no doubt Continue Reading
Sisters: The Farce Awakens: Why Amy Poehler and Tina Fey’s film is just like Star Wars
It appears, and you may be surprised by this, that Sisters, the new hilarious comedy from Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a small barely-on-the-radar movie opening soon, have a great deal in common. Yes, really. OK, not at all, but that’s not stopping Continue Reading
On 2nd day of Christmas … I read Stick Man by Julie Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
There’s a very good reason why the song “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, first recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby and written for soldiers fighting overseas and far from their loved ones, is such a Christmas favourite. It encapsulates everything that most of us – I appreciate not everyone Continue Reading