(courtesy IMDb (c) Paramount+) SNAPSHOTThe final installment of [Star Trek: Discovery] sees “Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But Continue Reading
Movie review: The Mattachine Family #MGFF24
(courtesy IMP Awards) Working out what we want from life is one of the greatest challenges we’ll ever face. In theory, it all sounds delightful and empowering, a chance to really know yourself, to set your existential sails off in pursuit of things you are passionate about and to live Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #102: Pet Shop Boys, Heartaches + Golden Vessel, Tourist, Gold Fang + Justice … and Eurovision 2024 update
(via Shutterstock) Be in the moment. Be swept out of the moment. Whatever you need, and whatever you’re feeling, these five artists can deliver it, with each of their songs reaching into the very heart of what it means to be human, to be alive and to be present and Continue Reading
Indulge your major issues with the trailer and character posters for Borderlands
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT[In Borderlands] Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected Continue Reading
Book review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Humanity, for all its curiosity and insightfulness, is not that good, by and large, at seeing anything that doesn’t sit well within its established physical frames of reference. Thus, while we happily explore the implications of a multiverse, which has its roots in actual physics, we tend Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The soul-reviving tenderness of Soft Rain
(courtesy Omens Studios) SNAPSHOT[Soft Rain is] an award-winning short film by Sacha Goedegebure and Omens Studios about a man suffering from depression who is caught in a sudden downpour of pink, fluffy balls. At a crowded bus stop, a cheerful looking woman offers him a spot under her umbrella, and Continue Reading
Movie review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(courtesy IMP Awards) Adopting any book to film is a fraught exercise but especially so when it is as beloved and treasured as Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, a book about young gay love released in 2012 which has gone to become Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Indigo Children by Rockwell White and Curt Pires (writers) + Alex Diotto and Dee Cunniffe (artists)
(courtesy Image Comics) One of the rare thrills in life, which rarely is as exciting as we want it to be, is diving deep into a promising science fiction story and finding it is just as brilliantly engaging, if not more so, than you expected. Especially if the story in Continue Reading
Book review: Someone Else’s Bucket List by Amy T. Matthews
(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) If you have ever experienced the true cataclysmic abyss of grief, you will know, all too painfully, how completely it consumes you. You often have no choice but to get on with life but the truth is, for a good long while (let’s be honest, Continue Reading
Slightly late Valentines Day movie review: Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet)
(courtesy IMP Awards) In most romantic tales, love is writ big, large and heart-swooningly bold. We’re told that falling in love is the stuff of epic legend and transformative change, and true, it often can be, and so the stories we see, often on the big screen, are massive in Continue Reading