“Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. The spirit of Anzac, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have 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!
Anzac Day classic movie review: Gallipoli (1981)
“Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. The spirit of Anzac, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have Continue Reading
The alluring mystery of When Marnie Was There
SNAPSHOT Anna hasn’t a friend in the world – until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn’t all she seems…An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship, families and loneliness. Anna lives with foster parents, a misfit with no friends, always on the outside Continue Reading
Movie review: The Age of Adaline
You couldn’t blame life immortal for thinking it might need a new PR team. Time after time of late, in TV shows like Forever and Helix, and movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and now director Lee Toland Krieger’s The Age of Adaline, the idea of living forever Continue Reading
Open wide! Jurassic World has lots of new posters and a trailer for you to devour
SNAPSHOT Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, an island located off Central America’s Pacific Coast, near Costa Rica, now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This new park is owned by the Masrani Global Corporation. Owen Continue Reading
Outlander: The Devil’s Mark (S1, E11 review)
*SPOILERS AND “WITCHES” AND EYE OF A NEWT AHEAD!* “Looks like I am going to a f**king BBQ!” (Geillis Duncan) It’s been obvious to every viewer of Outlander, and most acutely to its protagonist Claire Randall/Fraser (Caitriona Balfe), since the show began that we are not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Continue Reading
Back on record – the reasons behind vinyl’s unlikely comeback
The world recently celebrated Record Store Day (April 18), a big day in the life of often-beleaguered bricks-and-mortar record stores, and courtesy of Lee Barron, Northumbria University, Newcastle of The Conversation, we get insight into the ever-increasingly re-popularityof vinyl, and what its resurgence means for the future of the music industry Continue Reading
What are we doing here? The do-or-die mysteries of syfy’s Dark Matter (trailer)
SNAPSHOT In Dark Matter, the crew of a derelict spaceship is awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal and hidden secrets. The Continue Reading
You thought winter coming was a downer? Try having Jon Snow as a dinner guest (Game of Thrones parody)
We’ve all been to dinner parties like it. What seems at first like it will be a relaxed evening over great food and fine wines with very good friends suddenly becomes weird, awkward and interminably long thanks to the presence of one unexpected, strange and oddly-self-involved guest with the Continue Reading
Nanu nanu indeed: Jamie Costa pays a first class rapid tribute to the great Robin Williams
I think it is safe to say that there will be never be another man as funny and talented as Robin Williams, a uniquely-talented comic force of nature who managed to be zany and intense, jocular and intense throughout a career marked by one stellar performance after another. So Continue Reading