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Zoom away with the “Man of Steel”

Posted on June 16, 2013June 17, 2013 by aussiemoose

  I will be honest. I have never been a massive fan of Superman. To be fair, I have not exactly been a card-carrying flag-waving (should that be cape-waving?) member of the Superhero Fanclub. As a child I read British comics such as Cheeky, Buster, and Whizzer and Chips instead Continue Reading

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On the up and up: “300 – Rise of an Empire” (poster + trailer)

Posted on June 15, 2013June 17, 2013 by aussiemoose

  SYNOPSIS Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300 this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading Continue Reading

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Can’t wait to see: “The East”

Posted on June 15, 2013June 17, 2013 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT A covert female operative infiltrates an anarchist faction that stages clandestine attacks on major corporations, and finds her mission compromised when she falls for the group’s charismatic leader in this tense and topical thriller from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij — the creative duo behind the indie hit Continue Reading

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Movie review: “Prince Avalanche” (#SydFilmFest)

Posted on June 14, 2013June 14, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Alvin (Paul Rudd) is a man of a very firm ideas. Silence is good for you. Learning languages, particularly German, is vital (especially if you want to converse easily with “the natives”). And taking an entire summer out to manually paint bright yellow lines on remote roads that twist Continue Reading

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Movie review: “L’écume des jours (Mood Indigo)” (#SydFilmFest)

Posted on June 13, 2013June 13, 2013 by aussiemoose

  L’écume des jours (or Mood Indigo/Froth of the Daydreams) co-written and directed by famed French director Michel Gondry is one of the most delightfully odd movies I have ever seen. It clutches the bizarre, the strange, the whimsical and the downright fanciful close to its storytelling breast at all Continue Reading

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“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”: new teaser poster + trailer released

Posted on June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 by aussiemoose

  It’s only six months till the next instalment in Peter Jackson’s epic screen adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit hits the movie screens – 13 December in USA, 26 December Australia – which means of course that the promotional campaign to remind the world of that Continue Reading

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Movie review: “The Way, Way Back” (#SydFilmFest)

Posted on June 12, 2013December 12, 2013 by aussiemoose

  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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Movie review: “What Maisie Knew” (#SydFilmFest)

Posted on June 11, 2013December 16, 2013 by aussiemoose

  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

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Get ready to enrol in “Monsters University”

Posted on June 8, 2013June 9, 2013 by aussiemoose

  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

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Can’t wait to see: “Adoration” (previously “Two Mothers”)

Posted on June 8, 2013June 7, 2013 by aussiemoose

  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

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  • This Christmas in July … I read Confessions of a Christmasaholic by Joss Wood
    (courtesy Harper Collins Publishers Australia) Christmas romantic comedies aren’t generally the time of stories to break the genre mold. And that’s perfectly okay because what you want, I would in fact argue, you need, from these types of tales is that everything that is broken can be fixed, that the Continue Reading
  • He’s gone too far! Trailer releases for a feisty and fun Cat in the Hat movie
    (courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“Today is going to be THE. BEST. DAY. EVER!” Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know! In the whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all-new, epic adventure with Continue Reading
  • One last roll of the planetary dice … Project Hail Mary releases its first gripping trailer
    (courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAstronaut Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) awakens with no memory of himself or his mission. He deduces he is the sole survivor of a crew sent to the Tau Ceti solar system in search of a solution to a catastrophic event on Earth. In his search for answers, Grace must Continue Reading
  • Book review: Rise and Shine by Kimberley Allsopp
    (courtesy Harper Collins Publishers Australia) There’s a popularly-held very binary dynamic at work when it comes to love stories. You’re either falling wildly and hopelessly in love with nothing but wine and roses and sunshine through dew drop eyes ahead of you … OR … you have reached the end Continue Reading
  • This just ain’t his story. It’s our story.” Washington Black makes the leap from book to screen
    (courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFollows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington “Wash” Black, an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When an incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges & Continue Reading
  • Book review: Thoroughly Disenchanted by Alexandra Almond
    (Harper Collins Publishers Australia) What great longing rests in the depths of our seemingly endless hearts and soul? For most of us, it’s really no more than a guess though if pressed we could likely name a few wished and longed-for things that we would like to see manifest like Continue Reading
  • Graphic novel review: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Appearances, as we all know and have been instructed about repeatedly, can be deceiving. For one reason or another, people project one thing while living quite another, a white lie in most cases that avoids emotional entanglement, vulnerability or the need to share in something that Continue Reading
  • Book review: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
    (courtesy Penguins Books Australia) Delving deep into someone’s life over a long period of time is something rarely afforded to us unless they are a family member or close friend. We might know people well and converse, laugh and cry with them over all sorts of life events but really Continue Reading
  • Songs, songs and more songs #124: GRANT KNOCHE, MO, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lil Nas X + Miley Cyrus
    (via Shutterstock) Life is a LOT. And while there’s no escaping that, you can find ways to work through the myriad of emotions that summons, including of course channeling it into some highly cathartic music. These five artists do that brilliantly and well and the resultant songs manage to get Continue Reading
  • Book review: Salvage by Jennifer Mills
    (courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) What would happen if the world “ended” in slow motion? In other words, rather than the big bang and boom of the usual fall of civilisation that we have seen documented in all kinds of apocalyptic storytelling, what if the cataclysmic hell of the end of Continue Reading
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