(via Shutterstock) I love big, sprawling, all-encompassing blockbuster movies. Movies so epic and vast you can lose yourself in, get your escapism hit for the week/day/month and still feel some deep emotional connection and reaction to the character and stories. These three films deliver all that and a whole heap Continue Reading
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Songs, songs and more songs #128: Sam Sauvage, Haute & Freddy, Benson Boone, Audrey Hobert and Planet Funk … plus fun with ABBA!
(via Shutterstock) We all feel some sense of ownership with the music we listen to. Pop by its very definition is a shared, expansive group thing but it’s also something special and wonderful and unique that speaks to us and us alone in a way that’s all ours and no Continue Reading
CHRISTMAS PREVIEW: Let it bro, let it bro, let it bro as trailer drops for A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families. From Disney Branded Television and 20th Television, the festive film features Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #127: Dyan Tai & Lupa J, Lydia Night, Alison Wonderland, MØ + Nemo + Eurovision 2026 updates
(via Shutterstock) Pop music is catchy yes but you also want it to say something, mean something and make you feel something. There must be dancing and thinking and dives into the depths of the soul, all of which we get with these five songs from incredibly talented and marvellously Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #126: Sally Shapiro, Parcels, Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams, Juno Mamba & edapollo + Tiësto/Odd Mob & Goodboys
(via Shutterstock) Making music is, like a lot of creative endeavours, driven by individual talent and imagination. But often where the magic really happens is when likeminded, talented souls come together and in this case at least, literally make sweet music together. It’s a thrill to see and a joy Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #125: Classic festive songs to bring joy to Christmas in July
(via Shutterstock) I love music with unreserved devotion but especially at Christmas, and of course, given the timing of the post, Christmas in July which in Australia offers up the chilly accompaniment to the season that December manifestly does not. There’s something about the warmth and cosiness of the characteristically 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
Songs, songs and more songs #123: Maribou State, Moncrief, Hylite, Mild Minds and MYRNE & Shallou
(via Shutterstock) Everything feels so damn fast and intense. We’re all burnt out, we all need to chill and bliss out but apart from going and hiding in am eco-cabin in the woods far from wi-fi (not at all a bad idea, honestly), what can you do to stop your Continue Reading
Eurovision 2025 wrap-up: No “Wasted Love” as Austria wins this year’s contest
(courtesy Eurovision.tv) We’re off to Austria! The superbly passionate and gloriously operatic performance by Austria’s JJ aka Johannes Pietsch, a singer at the Vienna State Opera, garnered 258 points from the international jury vote, which was allocated first by the traditional appearance of representatives from all 37 competing countries, and Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #122 – Eurovision 2025 cultural festival music review: 5 great Swiss music artists
(via Shutterstock) One of the great gifts of the Eurovision Song Contest is discovering the incredibly talented and richly imaginative music artists that each country possesses. But while we meet a new artist from each country each year, the truth is that beyond that one person or group are a Continue Reading