If you have ever lost someone you love, and sadly it’s highly likely that you have, you will be painfully aware that their death is never the end of your grieving. Not by a long shot. Every time a major event comes up like their birthday, a significant anniversary Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Hearts Still Beating” (S7, E8 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AD MORE OF NEGAN’S POINTLESS, NASTY POSTURING … OH, AND WATER ZOMBIES! This is the end, my friend, the friends and yet as we draw to a mid-season 7 close, you can’t help feeling that it’s just the beginning. You see, after being bullied, harassed and Continue Reading
On 5th day of Christmas … I listened to Amy Grant’s new Christmas album
It would be a rare person indeed who would describe Christmas as a quiet, reflective time of the year. But there’s something about Amy Grant’s fourth Christmas offering – it follows 1983’s A Christmas Album, and A Home For Christmas and A Christmas to Remember (both 1990s releases) – that Continue Reading
Now this is music festive chill: Jai Wolf, ECHOS, Jordan Rakei, NxWorries, Whilk and Misty
So you’ve been busy, what with decking the halls, falalalalalalalala-ing and watching chestnuts roast on an open fire – not to mention all those sleigh rides and worrying about how cold it is outside – and things don’t look like slowing too soon. Behold the festive stress reducer – Continue Reading
Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire? (curated article)
Peter Allen, University of Melbourne Star Wars: The Force Awakens left audiences desperate to know WWLS? (What Will Luke Say?) But fans will be waiting quite some time to find out. The new film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which opens in Australia on December 15, does not Continue Reading
On 4th day of Christmas … I enjoyed A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas
If you were to imagine a Calvin and Hobbes Christmas, the odds are you wouldn’t imagine a traditional Norman Rockwell moment. Oh sure Calvin’s parents would love that kind of Christmas with everyone grouped around the table in blissful, festive repose, but the reality is that Calvin, who never Continue Reading
Baby Groot totally steals the new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
SNAPSHOT Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Continue Reading
Festive weekend pop art: awesome pop culture Christmas cards from P. J. McQuade
As a pop culture junkie, I love the idea of combining my passion for movies, books, TV shows and music with my equally enthusiastic love of Christmas. So heartfelt thanks to Brooklyn illustrator P. J. McQuade who has designed a range of awesome Christmas card, which you can buy Continue Reading
On 3rd day of Christmas … I read The Green Road by Anne Enright
Christmas is a strange time of year for many families. By turns wondrous, magical and one-of-a-kind, a chance for far-flung and emotionally disparate members to come together in some form of togetherness, it can also feel like an endurance test, a trial of of sorts that begins at the Continue Reading
Movie review: La La Land
Ask most people what springs to mind when you mention musicals and you’ll likely be peppered with words like “romantic”, “fairytale”, “escapist” and “otherworldly”. And it’a true that a lot of musicals do tend to live up to these word pictures, evoking a magical sense of wonder at the Continue Reading