(Photo by Julian Myles on Unsplash) Life needs more than its fair share of uplifting influences. It doesn’t always get them but it needs them and thankfully these five artists are making sure that, for once at least, you get them! Every one of these songs is a shot of 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!
Graphic novel review: Agnes from S.P.A.C.E. chapters 1-3 by Sean Hall
(courtesy Artithmeric (c) Sean Hall) Sci-fi storytelling is always an escapist joy to read because it can pretty much go anywhere. In a universe where anything goes from lifeforms to defiance of physics to alternate universes without count, the narrative shackles are off and stories can be taken wherever the Continue Reading
Mini-mass of movie trailers: Sitting in Bars With Cakes, The Book of Solutions and Ballywalter
(via Shutterstock) One of my happy places is a cinema. Or perhaps more accurately, going to see movies; much of that has to do with the film itself of course, of which there are three fine upcoming titles showcased in this post, but it also means time with a good Continue Reading
Can you tell if you wander into a fairytale? The Changeling challenges you to tell if you can …
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Apollo’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books & strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself–and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo’s old dreams return Continue Reading
Book review: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (A Monk and Robot Book) by Becky Chambers
(courtesy IMP Awards) In our grim present day, it’s near-to-impossible to find anyone who thinks the future might be sunny and bright and that humanity, with its collective back against the wall, might find a way out of certain doom to somewhere sustainable and good for, not just us, but Continue Reading
A fresh bunch of shorts: I am Groot debuts season two trailer and poster
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe troublemaking twig returns to mischief in the second season of I Am Groot. This time, Baby Groot finds himself exploring the universe and beyond aboard the Guardians’ spaceships, coming face-to-face—or nose-to-nose—with new and colorful creatures and environments. Vin Diesel is back as the voice of Groot Continue Reading
Looney Tunes is total comic mayhem … and gorgeous, inspired background art too
(courtesy The Gaze/YouTube (c) Warner Bros. Discovery) SNAPSHOTWhen you strip Looney Tunes from all its characters and movement and music, you discover this hidden dimension filled with beautiful images that are abandoned, silent, and kind of creepy sometimes. It’s the complete opposite of what Looney Tunes is. Filled with life Continue Reading
Movie review: One Day This Will All Be Yours (En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt)
(courtesy IMDb) Getting through life is hard enough without carrying along a metric ton of long buried pain and blame which neither you nor your family acknowledges but which comes along for the ride anyway but that is where Lisa (Karin Franz Körlof) finds herself in One Day This Will Continue Reading
Book review: Duck à l’Orange for Breakfast by Karina May
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) Can something that starts out as flirtatious and diversionary become something far more meaningful? If you believe romantic comedies, whatever the medium, and we want to, we really want to otherwise why watch or read them as obsessively as we do, the answer is most definitively Continue Reading
“It’s almost time.” Loki season 2 drops a trailer, a poster and rushes off to save time and space
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“It’s almost time.” The second season of Marvel’s series Loki sees the Asgardian villain Loki working with Mobius M. Mobius, Hunter B-15, and other members of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to navigate the multiverse in order to find Sylvie, Ravonna Renslayer, and Miss Minutes. It is Continue Reading