We are officially in the new Golden Glut of TV. Yes I know I am supposed to say “golden age” and yes it is in many ways, but when your cable PVR and Netflix (and in Australia) Stan are crying out for viewing attention to the point where you Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Ice Cream Books proves reading and dessert go sweetly together
Granted it’s winter in Australia but such are our mild temps at the moment – it was 25 degrees Celsius in Sydney yesterday just to give you some idea of how un-Siberia-like things are at the moment! – that these wonderful suggestions from Instagram account Ice Cream Books can be Continue Reading
Now this is music #72: Strong Asian Mothers, L U M E N, Phoria, Molly Moore, SLUMBERJACK
It’s the weekend! Well almost and in the midst of all that relaxing and chilling, you have a chance to think and ponder and wonder. And what better way to do that than with some awesomely good music that is deeply transportive but also richly intelligent? These five artists Continue Reading
Movie review: Ghostbusters
It is a rare moment indeed when considering the merits of a rebooted film in a much-loved franchise such as Ghostbusters than you can say with complete confidence and not a small amount of happiness that the re-imagined product is every bit a match for the original, if not in Continue Reading
Wayward Pines: “Pass Judgement” (S2, E8 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND GUNSHOTS, MISTIMED TEENAGE PASSION AND A FEMALE ABBIE WITH MORE STREET SMARTS THAN YOUR THE AVERAGE BEAR* Let’s hear it for the new Wayward Pines cardio programme! With life in the prettiest apocalypse ever – make no mistake, old-fashioned US town notwithstanding, that humanity has Continue Reading
Marvellous mass of movie trailers: Quitters, I Am Not a Serial Killer, Five Nights in Maine, Table 19, A Monster Calls
So many movies, so little time. Short of camping out in the movie theatre for weeks at a time, a fun idea that unfortunately comes with some real hygiene and livability issues, you need to take a good hard look at trailers for upcoming movies and work out which Continue Reading
Grace and Frankie: A whole new definition of “It’s Complicated”
On a scale of things you really don’t want happening to you late in life, when the kids are grown, you finally have the time to pursue your passions and work is close to being a distant memory, having your partner leave you for someone else would have to rank Continue Reading
A rebellion built on hope: Rogue One – A Star Wars Story (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT “Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters come together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor’s rule.” (synopsis via Monkeys Fighting Robots) Pity the poor prequel, Continue Reading
Porcelain: The story of Moby is at a bookstore near you
SNAPSHOT Porcelain is about making it, losing it, loving it and hating it. It’s about finding your people, and your place, thinking you’ve lost them both, and then, finally, somehow, when you think it’s over, from a place of well-earned despair, creating a masterpiece. As a portrait of the Continue Reading
Scooby Doo: So You Think You Know Cartoons? Think again
I have loved Scooby Doo since the first time I set sight on the snack-loving goofy Great Dane and his four human mystery-solving cohorts. There was, and still is, something inestimably wonderful about the inherent silliness of the premise, and all its many recurring jokes from the “And I Continue Reading