In the Flesh, created and written by Dominc Mitchell, deserved every accolade it received during its short but powerful three episode first season. Deftly exploring a whole raft of social issues such as apartheid and fear of those outside the societal norm, it offered a rare glimpse into how 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!
Movie review: Belle
When poet James Thomson penned the words in 1840 to “Rule Britannia” the patriotic affirmation of the power and glory of the then already ascendant British Empire, with its rousing refrain of “Britons never, never, never shall be slaves”, he was, of course, not thinking of the people who Continue Reading
Now this is music #28: IYES, GusGus, Paperwhite, Wilfred Giroux, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Shakespeare once said “If music be the food of love, then play on.” It spoke of music’s ability to create and sustain an air of romance, but referred to the idea that it is as vital as anything else in sustaining life. (Honestly that’s possibly not even close to Continue Reading
Movie review: Captain America The Winter Soldier
It is rare to walk away from any of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feeling as if you have been a part of a unique moviegoing experience. This is not to run down those films in any substantial way since they are expertly well made, with robust Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2014: Week 6 – Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
WHAT IS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST? Started way back in 1956 as a way to draw a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Farewell Warehouse 13: “Secret Services” (S5, E2)
Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) sitting in a tree … K-I-S-S-I-N-G ?? Dear God I hope not. It’s not that they wouldn’t make the cutest couple – although what do you give people who have pretty much everything they could want, all stored in a giant secret Continue Reading
The enchantingly warped world of Sebastien Millon
The world needs more people with a gleefully twisted view of the universe. No, I am not talking the need for more TV crime shows about sociopaths happily dispatching all and sundry with artistic brio and philosophical justification, although to be fair what would Dexter, The Mentalist and the Continue Reading
The meaning of Muppet life: Fozzie the Bear and Kermit try their hand at ’70s style existential banter
The recent movie-driven resurgence of Jim Henson’s marvellous creations the Muppets,largely thanks to The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), in which Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear and the the rest of the gang have jumped back into the zeitgeist in all their hilarious, madcap glory, is as Continue Reading
You cannot erase us! Falling Skies’ action-packed sizzling new season 4 trailer
“You have taken everything and everyone I have ever loved.” (Anne Glass – played by Moon Bloodgood – to an unseen adversary) There is no doubt that surviving the alien apocalypse unleashed upon the earth by the Espheni, a highly intelligent, imperialistic and cruel race from far beyond the Continue Reading
My how I love these Jellyfish Eyes (movie poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Jellyfish Eyes tells the story of Masashi, a young boy who moves to a sleepy town in the Japanese countryside with his mother in the wake of a natural disaster. After returning home from his new elementary school one day, Masashi discovers a flying jellyfish-like creature whom he Continue Reading