Gravity is an upcoming sci fi drama starring two of my favourite actors working today, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and co-written (with his son Jonás), produced, directed and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón (when does the man sleep I wonder?). Delayed from its original release date of November 21, 2012, it 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!
All-singing, all-dancing, lip-reading “The Walking Dead”
Who said zombies can’t dance? Or sing? Or hell, learn a simple line of dialogue? Oh right, just about everyone. Well fear not because by the magic of one fan’s brilliance, they have learnt to sing, dance and trade witty oneliners with the survivors who spent their days trying Continue Reading
Waiting for the … POP! 5 TV shows I love that are on the bubble
It’s that time of year again folks! The end of the ratings year with a million-and-one, or perhaps it just feels like that, shows throwing up their season finales for our viewing pleasure like there is no tomorrow. Sadly for many shows that’s exactly what it will be like. While Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision: week 5 – Bulgaria, Iceland, Greece, Israel, Armenia, Hungary
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 to Continue Reading
Save “Community”! The campaign to rescue a sitcom
Community, NBC’s beleaguered sitcom, much beloved of critics and a hardcore group of fans (including naturally yours truly), is in peril once again. Not that, truth be told, it has ever not been in trouble, spending almost its entire four year run perched precariously atop what is known as Continue Reading
First impressions: “Orphan Black”
Orphan Black is one of those buzz-worthy series that I had heard a great deal of positive talk about but hadn’t had the time to check out properly. You know the drill – so many TV shows, so little time. Having finally, and yes I appreciate I am way Continue Reading
New “World War Z” trailer debuts with “Star Trek Into Darkness”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. It may have been plagued by rewrites and production delays Continue Reading
Movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness is that glorious rarity among movies. It is a sequel worth seeing. Not only worth seeing but subsuming yourself into as if you too are an inhabitant of the 23th century along with Kirk, Spock and the rest of the iconic Enterprise crew who return Continue Reading
Weekend pop art #3: What lies beneath the pop culture veneer?
Roaming across one of the most interesting, fun sites on the internet recently, Flavorewire.com, I came across a piece by Johnny Otis on the highly imaginative one-of-a-kind work of Brooklyn-based Jason Feeny, whose artistic modus operandi is to see, in the words of Otis, “what lies beneath the shiny veneer Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “The Place Beyond the Pines”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS A motorcycle stunt rider (Ryan Gosling) turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover (Eva Mendes) and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop (Bradley Cooper) navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective. (source: Continue Reading