Happy pop culture new year everyone! – SparklyPrettyBriiiight

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

UPCOMING READ: As We Fall Through Time by Claire North

(courtesy Hachette Australia) SNAPSHOTFrom the multi-award-winning Claire North comes an extraordinary and epic tale of time travel, betrayal and a love that echoes through the centuries. In the beginning, the world will end. This is the story of what happens next. When Cal meets a soldier of the French Revolution, Continue Reading

He’s back! Ted Lasso S4 drops teaser trailer

(courtesy AppleTV) SNAPSHOTSeason four marks the return of fan favorites including Emmy Award winner Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Emmy Award winner Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift, alongside new additions Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely. In season four, Ted Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: The Dark Lord’s Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) (Guides to Villainy and Love #1) by Tiffany Hunt

(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) One of the most sacred axioms of book buying, assuming you pay attention to such things and honestly this reviewer rarely does, is that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover (but of course we all do so sorry, not sorry). Probably up there Continue Reading

No one likes to feel trapped … Thoughts on the comedic pressures of Big Mistakes

(courtesy IMP Awards) You have to feel sorry for Dan Levy. Not because anything terrible has happened to him; rather, because of the crushing weight of expectation placed upon the immensely talented creator, writer and one of the superb ensemble cast of the legendarily funny Schitt’s Creek from people waiting Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: Trick Pony by Greg Lockard (writer), Anna David (artist) and Lucas Gattoni (letterer + designer)

(courtesy Dark Horse Comics) Making peace with your past is never easy. Oh, wellness gurus and not a few self improvement books will guarantee it’s a simply a matter of throwing away the past, embracing the present and voila! a shiny new future awaits you, shorn of trauma and loss Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

(courtesy Hachette Australia) As deaths in murder mysteries go, the one that that graphically kicks off all the fantastical sleuthing in The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is hard to beat. That doesn’t escape the two people assigned by nervous local authorities – idiosyncratic, fiercely intelligent and socially awkward Continue Reading

We need to understand how it all began … Silo drops an intriguing teaser trailer for season 3

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTSeason 3 of Silo continues the saga of a dystopian society of 10,000 people living underground under mysterious circumstances, while revealing an origin story from centuries earlier. In the present, Juliette (Ferguson) survives her forced “cleaning” but returns with memory loss as the silo recovers from rebellion Continue Reading

Fantasy April book review: Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes Book 2) by Travis Baldree

(courtesy Pac Macmillan Australia) Prequels aren’t always a good idea. While we naturally want to know, being the endlessly curious creatures that we are, what led to the characters and places of a story we have come to love, it’s not always a satisfying journey to go on. But as Continue Reading

Songs, songs and more songs #136: RAYE, Harry Styles, MEEK, Vera Blue and Lindsey Stirling PLUS ABBA in Australia music clips … and new Madonna album

(via Shutterstock) I love songs with heart and soul. While dancing or bopping along to a track is a joy in and of itself, having an artist pour real and affecting thought and emotion into the songs they produce, and have them have an effect on you, is a real Continue Reading

It’s hilariously on! Trailer drops for animation/live action hybrid Coyote vs. Acme

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAfter every last product made by the Acme Corporation has backfired on Wile E. Coyote in his pursuit of the Road Runner, down-and-out human billboard attorney Kevin Avery (starring Will Forte) is hired to represent Coyote in a lawsuit against Acme. A growing friendship between Coyote and Continue Reading

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