As always lots of pop culture goodness came cascading out of San Diego Comic Con wrapped up just under a week ago. This intro is far too short a beast to capture it all which is why you check out Den of Geek’s excellent round-up which has all the Continue Reading
Now this is music #109: Beach House, SOPHIE, Loomings, Pizzagirl, Animal Feelings
The scene: 2 or 3 a.m. or the languid period between, when life has slowed down, the thoughts of young men and women (and some of the more nocturnal oldies who’ve had nanna naps) turn to dreamy thoughts of life, the universe and everything. Obviously at this time of Continue Reading
“What should happen if you forget about me?” Remind yourself with lovely photos from Christopher Robin
SNAPSHOT In the heartwarming live-action adventure “Disney’s Christopher Robin,” the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and lovable stuff animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into Continue Reading
Colony: “Bonzo” (S3, E12 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END (FOR REAL AND NOT JUST NARRATIVELY) … So Colony is dead … long live, well, nothing really since in marked contrast to shows like Lucifer and Brooklyn 99 which attracted spirited campaigns from fans and cast & crew, the #saveColony Continue Reading
Lin-Manuel your Miranda! Deadpool 2 is gifted a musical parody
In the beginning was Deadpool and behold he was very good – raunchy, funny, irreverent, in-your-face, trope-smashingly good. He begat, as is so often the way in the mist-shrouded, bottom-line driven ways of Hollywood studios (who also care about artistic creativity too of course; hahahahaha, good one, Andrew) Deadpool Continue Reading
Book review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
As a lifelong avid reader, there have been several key moments in my reading journey when things have taken a quantum leap up to a whole other level. One of those times was around 11 or 12 when I was no longer as challenged by children’s novels as I Continue Reading
Home is calling: Plunge beneath the sea with Aquaman (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT Following the events of Justice League, Arthur Curry, the reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, is caught in a battle between surface dwellers that threaten his oceans and his own people, who are ready to lash out and invade the surface. (Wikipedia) I was never one Continue Reading
Eurovision 2018 songs as the soundtrack to animated films? Yes please, and thank you!
Netta Barzali was a gloriously animated winner of Eurovision this year, bring spark, fun and quirky vivacity to a contest already rich in all three. So it makes perfect sense that YouTube user, known simply as reviewer, would marry up the songs from this year’s crop of artists with Continue Reading
Christmas in July #4: Home alone feeling scrooged? These Christmas movies deserve some love, actually (curated)
Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia The cultural environment in which we watch a film inevitably shapes our response to it. Engaging with the Yuletide ecology by watching Christmas films offers a genuine cinephilic pleasure, be it kitsch, ironic, or sincere. The following taxonomy is by no Continue Reading
A gay and a straight man walk into a press event: Alex Strangelove stars test their LGBTQ+ knowledge
It goes without saying, but hey-ho I’m going to say it anyway, is that there are differences between the gay and straight worlds. Not unbridgeable ones of course, and one of the loveliest most heartwarming things of the modern era (hateful trolls aside) has been to watch the straight Continue Reading