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The short and the short of it: Romance is undeniably alive and well in A Date in 2025

Posted on July 29, 2018July 27, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT In the year 2025, a young man’s super-intelligent AI system tells him that he must go on a date or face certain suicide from loneliness. (synopsis via Vimeo) Going online has really made a huge change to the way we find the love of our life. (Exhibit A Continue Reading

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Movie review: The Breaker Upperers

Posted on July 28, 2018July 27, 2018 by aussiemoose

  We live in an age where pretty much everything is outsourced. IT, phone services, shopping, even essay writing if you’re an unscrupulous uni student; so why not breaking up with someone, which I think we can all agree is of the worst things anyone ever has the misfortune to Continue Reading

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Driving! The Coen Brothers and The Waltz of the Road

Posted on July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Original Video Essay to explore the narrative in the Coen Brothers Style. The importance of the road in all their filmography let them explore the different emotions of their characters. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) One of the great rewards of watching a film by the ridiculously-talented Coen Brothers, Continue Reading

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Tons o’ #SDCC trailers: Origins, FTWD, Nightflyers, Disenchantment, SHAZAM! + lots more (bonus The Good Place gag reel)

Posted on July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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Now this is music #109: Beach House, SOPHIE, Loomings, Pizzagirl, Animal Feelings

Posted on July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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“What should happen if you forget about me?” Remind yourself with lovely photos from Christopher Robin

Posted on July 27, 2018July 25, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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Colony: “Bonzo” (S3, E12 review)

Posted on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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Lin-Manuel your Miranda! Deadpool 2 is gifted a musical parody

Posted on July 25, 2018July 23, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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Book review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Posted on July 24, 2018May 22, 2019 by aussiemoose

  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

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Home is calling: Plunge beneath the sea with Aquaman (trailer + poster)

Posted on July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 by aussiemoose

  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

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    (courtesy Scholastic Children’s Books) It’s a big thing to say, given how thick on the ground A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, are on the ground, but Bah! Humbug! by Michael Rosen is quite simply one of the best retellings of the Christmas classic I have ever come a cross. Continue Reading
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  • The short and the festive short of it: A little blue lightbulb learns the true meaning of Christmas
    (courtesy Pipeline Studios, Vimeo) SNAPSHOTLittle Blue, the Christmas bulb, will just do about anything to find his shine this holiday season. Find out what happens when Blue’s determination still needs a little helping hand. From all of us at Pipeline Studios, may your holidays be merry and bright. (courtesy Pipeline Continue Reading
  • Festive book review: Ghosted at Christmas by Holly Whitmore
    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) On the top ten list of things that would wreck your Christmas, absolutely and completely and without a hint of celebratory salvation, surely having your ex turn up would be very high on the list? That’s certainly the way Mia Robinson feels when, after braving a Continue Reading
  • On 12th day of Christmas … I added another 10 new pop culture ornaments to my tree incl. Scooby-Doo, Peanuts’ Spike, Miffy + more
    (via Shutterstock) Forget decking the halls … at least for right now! With Christmas almost upon us, adding more pop culture ornaments to my tree is the order of the day, and yes, while I buy far too many new ones every year – is there such a thing? I Continue Reading
  • Festive novella review: The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull
    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) With 2025 being the 250th birthday of one Jane Austen, it seems entirely fitting that this delightful The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull find pride of place in the festive reviews section of SparklyPrettyBriiiightmas. Now, as far as we know, and primary evidence is not Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Eternity
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Does love survive death? We all like to think so; the innately romantic part of ourselves, which might get trampled down by life but never really goes away, wants to hang onto the comforting idea that not even death can stand in the way of love, true Continue Reading
  • On 11th day of Christmas … I read Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer
    (courtesy St. Martin’s Griffin) This seems to be the Christmas for festive romcoms with cleverly out-there premises and one of the best so far has to be Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer. In this sparklingly fun but emotionally grounded novel, Jill Jacobs, a wannabe screenwriter based in L.A. who’s had Continue Reading
  • Festive graphic novel review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
    It has to be the famous story ever told about Christmas … apart from the obvious other one, of course, where the Son of God born in a manger kicks the whole idea of Christmas off. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall Continue Reading
  • Festive book review: The Christmas Party by Sophie Claire
    (courtesy Hachette Australia) Life, for all its glorious moments, rich opportunities and heartwarming interludes, can also be a cold and brutal place. We all know that; we’ve been there, seen it doing its dark and uncaring thing and wondered how something that can be so good, so uplifting and wondrous Continue Reading
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