Its Friday! And like pretty everyone on planet earth at the working week, what you want to do is escape. But what if there’s no time or money to head to a cosy beach house or sit for hours on end at a poolside bar watching the world go 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!
Oh hell yeah I wanna go to The Good Place
Ah yes the Afterlife. Many of us believe in it in some form or another – the ancient Egyptians gave Tutankhamen at entire tomb of gilded objects to make his transition there as rich and luxurious as possible – quite a lot of us don’t but you can be Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Sicut Cervus” (S2, E6 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND ZOMBIE-OBSESSED PEOPLE WITH AN UNNATURAL AFFINITY TO DEATH* So the apocalypse huh? Can’t live with its side-effects – all those pesky, flesh-craving zombies and humanity’s basest desires writ large – and you can’t hang onto your sanity. Well, not if you’re Chris (Lorenzo James Continue Reading
Where are you my true love? Match Not Found dares to (hilariously) ask the question
Those wise pop cultures sages ABBA observed very early on in their career that “Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)”, a sentiment as true now as it was in 1973. And while Match Not Found, a web series by playwright Alex Oates and actress Katie Sheridan Continue Reading
Eurovision 2016 wrap-up: Who saw that winner coming?!
Well cover me in a glitter and call me a poorly-synchronised back up dancer but you could’ve knocked me, and I suspect much of Europe over with a very small feather when the Ukraine was announced as the winner of this year’s event. Talk about coming out of left Continue Reading
The epic adventure of Kubo and the Two Strings
SNAPSHOT Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of Game of Thrones) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Continue Reading
J.R.R. Tolkien vs George R.R. Martin: Epic rap battle over whose king of the fantasy mountain
Who is the greatest fantasy storyteller of them all hmmm? That is the great conundrum of the latest instalment from Epic Rap Battles of History which pits the revered writer of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien against HBO’s wunderkind darling George R. R. Continue Reading
Deadpool gets a really meta honest trailer thanks to Ryan Reynolds
Deadpool is the reason I fell in love with superhero movies. OK, some superhero movies. Right, to be fair, and perfectly honest, why I fell in love with Deadpool, and continue to think fondly of the far more PG Guardians of the Galaxy. I mean, c’mon! The movie has: Continue Reading
We love Pixar! Here’s an animated explanation of exactly why
There’s an almost endless list of things to love about Pixar. Its characters are fully-fleshed out joys that live and breathe with all the verve, wit and warmth of real people. Its storylines are substantial, rewarding excursions into wonder, thrills-and-spills and sheer exuberant silliness and happiness, resonant with deep Continue Reading
Love changes all: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT The black and white feature is based on the true story of the Finnish boxer Olli Mäki and his highly hyped 1962 championship match against the American featherweight champion Davey Moore. The film follows Olli as he unexpectedly falls in love and becomes more committed to pursuing a Continue Reading