SNAPSHOT From director Joe Wright comes “Pan,” a live-action feature presenting a wholly original adventure about the beginnings of the beloved characters created by J.M. Barrie.Peter (Levi Miller) is a mischievous 12-year-old boy with an irrepressible rebellious streak, but in the bleak London orphanage where he has lived his 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!
Are Rick and Morty Rap Gods? In Benjamin Robert’s hands you f**king bet they are!
Now here’s a marriage made in cutting-edge pop culture heaven. Rick and Morty, the gleefully subversive animation sensation birthed in the twisted-in-all-the-best-ways minds of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, whose second season is due to land in the US summer on Adult Swim, and Eminem, one of rap’s enfant Continue Reading
Songs for all seasons: Watch Peter Dinklage + Coldplay in special Game of Thrones the Musical clip
*THERE ARE GAME OF THRONES SPOILERS AHEAD … BORNE ON SINGING DRAGONS WINGS* What the world needs now is … love, sweet love? No citizens of Westeros, and further abroad, what the world needs RIGHT NOW is Game of Thrones the Musical … or at least one song from Continue Reading
Movie review: Mad Max Fury Road
Humanity is manifestly, irretrievably broken. That much is clear within seconds of the bleak opening of Mad Max: Fury Road when the eponymous hero, staring out into the burnt orange desert surrounds that spread out remorselessly in every direction, acknowledges that the Earth is broken, humanity is broken, and Continue Reading
Simon Pegg will do Absolutely Anything to save the world (trailer + posters)
SNAPSHOT A group of aliens bestow upon a random Earthling (Simon Pegg) the ability to make absolutely anything happen, to see if he uses the power for good. If he uses it for evil, the Earth will be destroyed. (synopsis via Tribute) Monty Python have reunited in a movie! Continue Reading
Outlander: Wentworth Prison (S1, E15 review)
*SPOILERS AND RAW BRUTISH INHUMANITY AND YES ENDURING LOVE INCOMING* There has never been a scintilla of doubt that the producers of Outlander are committed to showing life in the often mercilessly brutish world of eighteenth century Scotland in its all confronting, intensely dehumanising horror. This unwavering commitment to Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Grand final – Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded Continue Reading
They’re all out to get you in USA network’s intriguing new show Mr Robot
SNAPSHOT USA Network presents MR. ROBOT, a psychological thriller that follows Elliot (Rami Malek, The Pacific), a young programmer, who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader (Christian Slater, The Adderall Diaries) of Continue Reading
Movie review: When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Mānī)
As Anna Sasaki (Sara Takatsuki) knows only too well, it is never easy being the outsider. Remarking in the first luminously-rendered scenes of When Marnie Was There, the light, colour and attention to detail confirming that Studio Ghibli’s breathtakingly beautiful artistic trademarks are very much in place for what may Continue Reading
The Muppets are back on TV! It’s time to light the … well you know …
SNAPSHOT The Muppets return to prime time with a contemporary, documentary-style show that, for the first time ever, will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, break-ups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires; a more adult Muppet show, for kids Continue Reading