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Happy pop culture new year everyone!

Posted on December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 by aussiemoose

Here’s to more movies, books, songs, TV shows, cartoon and comic strips and so much more in 2019!

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“I didn’t think it might actually be real.” Trailer drops for delightful British series Small Prophets
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTSmall Prophets is a comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) who, since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago, has lived a very ordinary life. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad Brian (Sir Michael Palin) and hopes for Clea to return. One Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: I Hate Fairyland Vol. 7: In the Mean Time by Skottie Young and Brett Bean
(courtesy Image Comics) If you have read any of the I Hate Fairyland issues, collected or otherwise, you will know that the one thing, THE ONE THING, that the very angry, usually coated in blood protagonist, or is that antagonist, Gertie wants is to go back to the real world. Continue Reading
Christmas preview: Teaser trailer drops for The Man with the Bag
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Santa’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) iconic red bag is stolen by a rogue elf with a grudge (Awkwafina), Christmas is suddenly at risk. With his biggest night of the year fast-approaching, Santa recruits a thief (Alan Ritchson) from his ‘Naughty List’ who quickly assembles a crew of criminally Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #145: Cherry Bomb, Rose Gray, Tegan and Sara, Taylor Swift + Giulia Mei … and Kylie Minogue performs spectacularly at 2026 AFL Grand Final
(via Shutterstock) The week’s end ushers in a host of tracks, well, five to be precise, and they’re a great way to take a weight off all the accumulated stress the working week has visited upon us. There’s something liberating, even when your nerves are on edge and your body Continue Reading
“I just want everything to be … like it used to be.” Streaming trailer highlight: Phony
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTPhony is a coming-of-age mystery series about a teenager named Sonny (Sam Nivola) who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident to discover his mom Ellen (Connie Britton) — his only parent & best friend — appears to have been replaced by an impostor. Phony Continue Reading
Sci-fi September book review: Not With a Bang by Temi Oh
(courtesy Simon and Schuster Australia) In the very depths of the COVID pandemic, when by rights I should have been wallowing in warm and fuzzy everything, I developed, along with a great many other people I believe, on obsession with apocalyptic tales. If that seems like the most counter intuitive Continue Reading
Christmas preview: All-new Peanuts and Fraggle Rock specials landing for this year’s festive celebrations
(via Shutterstock) One of the most delightful parts of any festive season is watching as many animated specials as time will allow and your hungry-for-happiness soul needs. There’s something quite special not just about the artform, which allows for the kind of visual Christmas energy and colour that live action Continue Reading
Sci-fi September book review: Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) It never ceases to amaze this reviewer that you can pick up a novella, a slim volume of storytelling that thought it might not have the physical heft or presence of its bigger novel counterparts, and that it can pack an almighty storytelling punch that stands Continue Reading
And so the season ends … review of Strange New Worlds S4 E9 “Once La’An a Time” and E10 “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”
(courtesy Star Trek Strange New Worlds Memory Alpha) E9 “Once La’An a Time” If ever you needed proof that Strange New Worlds is not interested in doing things as they have always been done in Star Trek, then “Once La’an a Time” (no prizes for guessing what that’s a play Continue Reading
Sci-fi September book review: The Infinite State by Richard Swan
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Watching the stop-start march of fascism across the globe in recent years, and the resistance of many people to its horrific progress, people who have noted history and are well aware of the sage lessons it teaches, has been unnerving and alarming but also somewhat removed for Continue Reading

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