SNAPSHOTAn ex-bounty hunter makes breakfast with his young daughter, who becomes increasingly curious about his past profession. (synopsis courtesy YouTube (c) Studio Anomi) BOUNTY is a powerfully succinct piece of short form animation. It tells the story of a man whose daughter begins to ask him innocent questions about his Continue Reading
Movie review: Jungle Cruise
If there is one thing movies have had an undeniable lock on since their earliest days, it’s the ability to transport us far away from the world we left outside the cinema doors and do in a way so absolute and complete that only books come close to matching it. Continue Reading
Book review: Eye of the Sh*t Storm (A Frost Files novel) by Jackson Ford
Los Angeles has clearly done something to make the universe determined to wipe it off the face of the map. Or at least that part of the universe that has fantastical powers and a sociopathic, the world-done-me-wrong mindset, the drivers of action in Jackson’s Ford’s first two Frost Files books Continue Reading
Hop onboard this #ChristmasInJuly as Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins
You have to feel that Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin would be mightily impressed with Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, a book which goes all out to celebrate sisters doing it for themselves. Well, in this case, Mrs. Claus, who, when she discovers Santa still in bed right when he Continue Reading
What’s under the bed? Find out in Rosie Paints With Ghosts by Cassie Daley
SNAPSHOTWhen Rosie finds a secret door under her bed, it leads her to a spooky town with two BIG problems – they’ve lost all their color, and Rosie can’t seem to get back home! With the help of a new friend, Rosie has a new goal: repaint and restore the Continue Reading
Lots of festive fun with Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa
The moment you realise Betty White is voicing Mrs Claus is the moment you will realise you will love the 2010 cartoon joy that is Prep & Landing – Operation: Secret Santa. The fabulous Ms. White, channelling all the sweet mischief and fun that have made her a much-loved figure Continue Reading
Love is messy and complicated: Thoughts on Starstruck
Unless you’re heart is made of concrete and you sold you soul to a devil of your choosing at some poorly-chosen time in the past, there’s a pretty good chance you really love, love. You know, romantic love with all its starry-eyed moments, roses and chocolate and trigger-happy arrow-shooting ancient Continue Reading
Still boldly going … new trailers for Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 2) and Star Trek: Prodigy
Here in Sydney, the never-ending Delta variant COVID lockdown now in its fifth week, is set to continue for another four weeks. Which, apart from a growing case of cabin fever, means that we need distractions, and many of them, more than ever before. Thankfully, Star Trek is boldly coming Continue Reading
Why be normal when you can be … Special (season 2 review)
Life is full of choices about all manner of things but one fairly fundamental one, that we often make a decision without any conscious thought, is whether we are going to play it safe or follow our heart. It might seem like something so important that you’d sit down, strategise, Continue Reading
New zombies! Fear the Walking Dead (season 7) and World Beyond (season 2) SDCC 2021 reveals
You have to hand it to The Walking Dead franchise. If it wasn’t bad enough having the dead walking around you and wanting to chow down you at every opportunity, now survivors have to contend with an irradiated wasteland (Fear the Walking Dead) or being stuck between a destroyed home Continue Reading