SNAPSHOT When a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve, they find that laughter, romance, and a little holiday magic will get them through—and change their lives in unexpected ways. Starring Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, James Roday, Cheryl Hines, Max Casella, Julianna Continue Reading
aussiemoose
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!
Movie review: Tanna
It was Shakespeare, through the character Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who eloquently observed that “The course of true love never did run smooth.” It’s a universal truth that resonates powerfully in Tanna, the first feature film by Australian documentary makers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, which tells Continue Reading
“We’re just specks of dust in the pop culture universe”: The agonised anticipation of Waiting For That Movie
We’ve all been there, especially in this information-rich, social media-drenched age. Word leaks that a movie, THE movie you have ALWAYS wanted to see, is finally in production! Hallelujah! Let the weeping angels rejoice! A release date is announced and all seems well with the world. Sure, it’s WAAAAY Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Always Accountable” (S6, E6 review)
* SPOILERS, CHARRED BIKES AND THE WEIRDEST PICK-UP LINE EVER AHEAD * “Always Accountable” saw The Walking Dead back out beyond the walls where the deer, the antelope and the walkers roam – though likely not together given the former would find themselves on the menu of the Continue Reading
Happy 25th anniversary Home Alone! Now you can read about Kevin’s adventures too
Home Alone turns 25 today. I’ll step and let that sink in for a moment – right, all good? Yes, the Christopher Columbus-directed film about one 8 year old boy, Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) who is mistakenly left behind at home by his family on Christmas Eve when his Continue Reading
Movie review: Spectre
When you sit down to watch a James Bond film , now up to its 24th instalment with the Sam Mendes-directed Spectre, there are a number of well-tested tropes that you expect to be presented and accounted for. Bombastically-large, awe-inspiring, edge-of-your-seat opening scene? Check. A pivotal scene set somewhere Continue Reading
Dancing like no one’s watching: Girls season five drops its un-self conscious teaser trailer
If there’s one thing, and there are many, that I love about Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls, it’s the unwillingness of its lead character Hannah Horvath (Dunham) in all her poorly-judged, often even more poorly executed glory to simply do her own thing. Granted it’s meant that both she Continue Reading
Christmas comes early: Touching ad #TheManontheMoon reminds us everyone deserves some festive cheer
I ordinarily don’t feature ads, no matter how creative they are, on this site. But there’s something so delightfully cinematic and heartwarming about the annual Christmas ads released by British department store John Lewis, which have become quite the festive institution in their homeland, and now worldwide, that they’re Continue Reading
Popped Culture: Dan LuVisi’s gloriously twisted take on pop culture icons
SNAPSHOT POPPED CULTURE features 64 pages of Dan LuVisi’s bizarrely skewed takes on popular culture in one eye-popping book. Some of the images contain short stories, explaining the disturbing and/or sometimes thoughtful backstories behind the characters. The book also includes some amazing work from several guest artists: Chase Conley, Continue Reading
Opa! It’s time for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
SNAPSHOT Gold Circle Entertainment and HBO present the Playtone production of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, written by Academy Award nominee Vardalos, who stars alongside the entire returning cast of favorites. The movie picks up with Toula and Ian struggling to find time for each other while managing Continue Reading