Fitting in anywhere new is always a challenge. But that would not exactly be a revelation for introverted 14 year old Duncan (Liam James), who prefers the company of his recently-divorced mother Pam (Toni Collette) and the safety of their apartment to venturing out into a wildly unpredictable world 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!
Judging a book by its cover #4: “Beneath the Shadows”
The object of this series, which I am running in conjunction with my wonderful friend, Elle, who blogs at Inkproductions.org (well-written, entertaining and thoughtful articles on all things writing and blogging-oriented) is to grab a long-neglected unread book off our shelves, speculate on what we think the book’s about based solely Continue Reading
Movie review: “What Maisie Knew” (#SydFilmFest)
What Maisie Knew, a contemporary retelling of the 1897 Henry James novel of the same name set in contemporary New York City, is the heart-wrenching tale of love gone slowly, then explosively wrong and the sad-eyed but emotionally-agile child caught in its messy wake. It is told from the Continue Reading
“Hart To Hart” remade: Adam Scott and Amy Poehler paid homage to the ’80s TV icon
SNAPSHOT Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who moonlight as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. It ran from 1979 to Continue Reading
Fear your enemy: “Falling Skies” returns!
WHEN SEASON 3 OPENS … When “Falling Skies” season 3 begins, seven months have passed since the 2nd Mass arrived in Charleston, and Tom (Noah Wyle) is the new President, but he’s also still out there fighting with the resistance. His decision to have the rebel skitters fight alongside Continue Reading
Get ready to enrol in “Monsters University”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Adoration” (previously “Two Mothers”)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS A gripping tale of love, lust, and the power of friendship, Two Mothers [now Adoration] charts the unconventional and passionate affairs embarked upon by two lifelong friends, Lil and Roz, who fall in love with each other’s sons. Afraid of facing the ire and judgment of their Continue Reading
It’s time to watch the Muppets again … “That Puppet Game Show” announced
More Muppets in a brand new fun-filled format? Yes please! News that Disney-owned The Jim Henson Company is working closely with the BBC on a brand new show, That Puppet Game Show, to be shown on BBC1, sent a madcap shiver of excitement through my Muppet-loving veins. Consisting of Continue Reading
TV review: “The Revolution” season 1 finale, ‘The Dark Tower’
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Now this is how you stage a finale. Power plays, shifting alliances, plot twists, explosions (some bigger than others; or at least with the potential to be), fist fights, gun fights, relationships broken, relationships rebuilt … and death. Lots and lots of death. It had everything you Continue Reading
Where is the love? 5 shows I have inadvertently neglected … and how I plan to remedy that
It is often said nowadays that we live in a new, glorious golden age of television. And to a large extent that is true with television increasingly the medium where gifted storytellers choose to tell their stories in preference to movies, many of which tend to be relying on Continue Reading