(via Shutterstock) Such diversity this time around! Fantasy, beautiful queer drama and some comedy from two big stars – there’s something for everyone my friends, whether you’re heading to the cinema of cosying up in front an enormous screen at home. Grab some popcorn, lick those choc tops and glory 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!
Hello TV shows! My three favourite AppleTV+ opening credits right now
(via Shutterstock) Opening credits once upon a time were a big thing, almost as big deal as the show they introduced and often encapsulating the premise of the show is one handy, very musical package. But while the golden age of opening sequences might be long gone, there are still Continue Reading
Movie review: Hit Man
At this heart of this most lacklustre of films sits an intrinsically appealing idea. That if we are unhappy with our current selves, and want to make a change to who we are and how we live life, then all we have to do is live it out and we Continue Reading
Something sinister this way comes … Review of Star Wars: The Acolyte (S1, E1-2)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you ever wondered, and honestly haven’t we all at one point or another, what it would be like if you blasted Agatha Christie into space where she played Cluedo/Clue (a Jedi master in hyperspace with a lightsaber) and got to sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes and far Continue Reading
Movie review: Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga
(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s always risky to make a sweeping generalisation – but highly enjoyable which is why we do them – but by and large films set in grimly apocalyptic environments are usually big on the shock and awe, the blockbuster and the epic and harrowingly short on engaging Continue Reading
Big reveal! Feast your eyes on the stunning cover for Dan Hanks’ forthcoming novel, The Way Up is Death (Angry Robot Books)
(via Shutterstock) If you’re after novels that are packed to the imaginative brim with clever ideas, fantastically engaging characters and fantasy/sci-fi/horror premises that absolutely come alive and practically fly off the page, and yes, a buoyant sense of escapist adventure with lots of heart, then British author Dan Hanks is Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #107: BRUX, The Aston Shuffle, Brad Mullins, Jamie xx + Låpsley + Eurovision 24 winner Nemo goes orchestral
(via Shutterstock) We’re heading to the club this time around and honestly you may not ever want to leave! The five songs featured are not out and out furious dance numbers but they are all beat heavy in their own way and come with lyrics and a mix of tempos Continue Reading
Book review: Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle
(courtesy Text Publishing) As someone who spent much of my childhood and youth stuck well and truly out of the mainstream – that’s partly true now really but adulthood affords you far more options for ameliorating its worst effects and doing it on your terms – bullied and harassed, there’s Continue Reading
“My name is Harriet Manners, and I’ll always be a geek.” Thoughts on Geek Girl S1
(courtesy and (c) Netflix) Is it possible to have your fairytale dream come true – even when you know don’t know at the time that it IS your fairytale dream – and keep your sense of self intact or does the former swallow the latter whole and you are left Continue Reading
Will summer end before it even begins? That ’90s Show season 2 trailer
(courtesy IMDb (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTIt’s 1996 and Leia Forman is back in Point Place for another summer of fun with her friends and grandparents, Kitty and Red. Leia and Jay are excited to be together again after nine months of long distance. But she’s on edge since Jay still doesn’t Continue Reading