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Literally the best place ever: Say hello to the mystically fabulous world of Hilda

Posted on September 15, 2018September 14, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Life can be scary when you’re taken away from everything you’ve ever known. Hilda, the star of an acclaimed graphic novel series by Luke Pearson and now a gorgeous-looking whimsical new animated show on Netflix, knows a thing or two about what that feels like as IO9 explains: “In Continue Reading

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The City in the Middle of the Night: Charlie Jane Anders’ new futuristic tale

Posted on July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. And living inside the cities, one flush with anarchy and the other Continue Reading

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Driving! The Coen Brothers and The Waltz of the Road

Posted on July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Original Video Essay to explore the narrative in the Coen Brothers Style. The importance of the road in all their filmography let them explore the different emotions of their characters. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) One of the great rewards of watching a film by the ridiculously-talented Coen Brothers, Continue Reading

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Not everyone was me: Artist captures the poignancy of re-discovering your childhood bullies as an adult

Posted on July 21, 2018July 18, 2018 by aussiemoose

  I was bullied ceaselessly and mercilessly as a child. Every day at school was hell and I spent my time trying to maintain as small as profile as possible, a necessary strategy which robbed me of all kinds of academic and sporting activities I would’ve been damn good at. Continue Reading

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Come to the “strange machinations in our heads”: My Brother Rabbit adventure game trailer

Posted on July 10, 2018July 9, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT A picture-perfect, loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help both of them cope. While the outside world offers tragedy, these pure children Continue Reading

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Adam Rex dares to ask – Are You Scared, Darth Vader?

Posted on July 7, 2018July 6, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Darth Vader scared? C’mon as if that would happen! Ah yes, but what if he was left alone with a young kid on a sleepover who in that playfully relentless way kids have decided to see if he could scare a man who is the author of fear, and Continue Reading

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Lost in the woods? Let Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods hilariously teach you how to survive

Posted on June 13, 2018June 6, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT We took Silicon Valley’s awkward mother hen into the wild, dressed him in the splurgiest tech wear, and learned how to be men. ( (c) GQ magazine) Zach Woods is one on my favourite actors. A master of comic timing, his deadpan delivery, suffused with sweetness and quip-ready Continue Reading

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Purrr-fectly literate! The gloriously-good pairing of cats and bookshops

Posted on June 8, 2018June 4, 2018 by aussiemoose

It could be because I love cats and I can’t think of anything better than curling up for hours with a good book – providing of course, at my age, my physio is standing by to un-curl me at a moment’s notice – but somehow cats and bookshops seem the Continue Reading

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Slack Wyrm: Subversive philosophy, dragons and hilarious volcano cakes

Posted on May 20, 2018May 17, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Slack Wyrm – the ongoing comic story of unconcerned dragon in an uncaring world by Josh Wright. Set in an ill-conceived medieval/fantasy realm of fabulous monsters, princesses, towering castles, creepy woods and houses made out of confectionery. There are witches and wizards and talking animals who sometimes wear Continue Reading

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The Weatherman: The Future’s Only Hope … Has A Zero Percent Chance

Posted on April 27, 2018April 20, 2018 by aussiemoose

  Memories are fallible things. We forget where we put the keys. What day our niece’s birthday falls. Where we hid that present that would be perfect for Aunty Jean? But being responsible for genocide? Yeah, no, that, THAT, is something you’d definitely remember. Unless you’re Martian weatherman, Nathan Bright, Continue Reading

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    (courtesy IMP Awards) There is a fearful moment when something known only in the abstract, but horrific even so, suddenly becomes real, takes manifest palpable form and you are unable to pretend even for a second that within humanity lies the kernel for great evil if so nurtured. (Thankfully, great Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Thunderbolts*
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Once as close to a sure thing as any blockbuster can be, Marvel’s prodigious output of epic superhero storytelling has stumbled more often than not over the last few years, offering up films that felt they were mere Xeroxes of the studio’s previous glories which, if you Continue Reading
  • Book review: Letters to our Robot Son by Cadance Bell
    (courtesy Ultimo Press) I know, I know, I KNOW that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover (unless you’re part of a publishing company’s marketing team in which case that’s all you want to do). BUT, and in the case of Letters to our Robot Son by Continue Reading
  • Graphic novel review: I Heart Skull-Crusher! by Campbell/Zonno/De Santiago
    (courtesy BOOM! STUDIOS) SNAPSHOT18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, aspiring to the heights of her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Continue Reading
  • “Let’s keep our distance… because someday, I’ll be flying off to space.” The push-and-pull of love in Lost in Starlight
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOT“Don’t forget. Out here in space, there’s someone who’s always rooting for you.” In 2050 Seoul, astronaut Nan-young’s ultimate life goal is to visit Mars. ✨ But she fails the final test to onboard the fourth Mars Expedition Project. The musician Jay buries his dreams in a Continue Reading
  • Book review: Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells
    (courtesy Tor Publishing Group) There have been more than a few stories of artificial lifeforms who have ended up being considerably more human than their creators. But is there anyone more human than the eponymous protagonist of this marvellous series by Martha Wells, a robot created to enforce, with extreme Continue Reading
  • “If it goes up in flames?” “It will burn”: Andor S2, E4-6 review
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor is a superlatively impressive show on all kinds of levels but where it is really excelling in this humble reviewer’s opinion is the way in which it is deconstructing a host of romantic myths about what it means to be standing in defiant opposition Continue Reading
  • Dance your pain away with Mon Montha #StarWars #Maythe4thBeWithYou #Andor
    (image courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor, now four episodes into its second season, is a remarkable show in many ways. But one of the things that really sets it apart is the sheer raw humanity of many of the characters, best exemplified in the third episode, “Harvest”, where a Continue Reading
  • Road to Eurovision 2025 – Week 6 – Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia (semi-final 2, part 3)
    What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing 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
  • “I’m starting to think I am better at being in the closet.” Full trailer for Overcompensating
    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTA24 and MGM’s Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny, a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Continue Reading
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