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Movie review: The Salesman

Posted on March 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by aussiemoose

  If you are to believe the extremists of the world, morality is lived in bright well-defined technicolour, with no room for ambiguity or misinterpretation. However, the reality is that while there are core principles that should be observed, much of them possessing a distinct Ten Commandments flavour, life is Continue Reading

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Now this is music #85: Bad Wave, Rubblebucket, Deidre & the Dark, Fufanu, Grace Mitchell (+ Eurovision 2017 news)

Posted on March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 by aussiemoose

  In those moments when life seems just a little too complicated for its own good, or more pertinently, ours, you might wish that things were a whole lot simpler. And while, yes, there’s a good case to be made for a simple life, there’s a lot to be said Continue Reading

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Bogan* : An hilarious parody that shows how washed-up Wolverine actually is

Posted on March 24, 2017March 17, 2017 by aussiemoose

  You really have to have watched the trailer for one of this year’s best movies Logan – but by all means watching the whole film which is just superb – to realise that Wolverine aka James Howlett is a mere near non-invincible shadow of his former self. In the Continue Reading

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Book review: Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan

Posted on March 22, 2017October 3, 2019 by aussiemoose

  If you have ever fallen in love, you will be all too aware of how all-consumingly wonderful it can be, how it overwhelms you in the best possible way, reshaping your reality so profoundly that it becomes well-nigh impossible to remember a time when the object of your fierce Continue Reading

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Go way back prehistorically when with Aardman’s Early Man

Posted on March 22, 2017March 17, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug, along with sidekick Hognob unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game. It Continue Reading

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Colony: “Tamam Shud” / “The Garden of Beasts” (S2, E9 & E10 review)

Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SPOILERS, DRONES AND VINTAGE PLANES, OH MY AHEAD  It’s time to dig out all your analogue antiques everyone! While you may love your smartphone, adore your tablet computer and feel joined at the hip to your Netflix subscription, the truth of the matter is that, come the alien apocalypse, all Continue Reading

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Can’t an evil Sith Lord get interviewed in peace anymore? (Parody video)

Posted on March 21, 2017March 19, 2017 by aussiemoose

  In this fantastically-fast, interconnected digital world of ours, it doesn’t take long for anyone to see the latest viral video sensation nor for people to begin parodying the hilarious hell out of it, mostly to great effect. Such was the case when a video of Professor Robert Kelly being Continue Reading

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Movie review: Kong Skull Island

Posted on March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 by aussiemoose

  By and large, big, dumb fun monster blockbusters are not exactly known for pushing the envelope. Beholden by their very nature to an A to B narrative – they are, if nothing else, escape from danger movies on an epic scale – with little to no wiggle room, they Continue Reading

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Life after un-death is harder than you think: The Burning World book trailer

Posted on March 18, 2017March 17, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT R is recovering from death. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love. He can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart – building a new world from the ashes of the old one. And then helicopters appear Continue Reading

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Coco: We are all a part of those who came before (trailer + poster)

Posted on March 17, 2017March 16, 2017 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead Continue Reading

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    (courtesy IMP Awards) Is grand larceny the path to true love? Not typically, no, but this is Christmas and when the festive season comes calling, it seems that anything and everything is possible. Which is just as well for Jingle Bell Heist, a festive London-set romcom which asks what might Continue Reading
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    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Ever since I discovered her breakthrough sitcom Miranda, I have loved the whimsy and old-fashioned chatty cheerfulness of comedian/writer/actor Miranda Hart with the sort of enthusiasm that people much younger than me reserve for zeitgeist-heavy K-Pop bands. She embodies all of the fun and silliness of Continue Reading
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    (courtesy AppleTV) Losing yourself in a documentary is one of life’s great, often unsung, pleasures. If they’re done well, and many are, they are gateways to magical places of knowledge and experience, a chance to find yourself somewhere you’ve never been or to get lost in the rapture and wonder Continue Reading
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    (courtesy NetGalley) Life is full to the brim with traumatic moments. Hardly a surprise there; while most of us head into life all wide-eyes, enthusiastic and bushy-tailed, believing no harm can befoul us and all we will have are sunshine and rainbows, we soon discover life, alas, has other ideas. Continue Reading
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    (via Shutterstock) I know there is a significant school of thought that rails against the materialism and rampant consumerism of Christmas. And yes, while I can see it, and it’s valid point as far as it goes, it leaves aside the fact that much of that drives this need to Continue Reading
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    (courtesy IMP Awards) If you only watch one parody of a festive romcom movie this year, and let’s face it, much as I love many of them, the actual films are almost parodies of themselves, then make sure it’s Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie. The Continue Reading
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    (courtesy IMP Awards) Christmas is the season where love is all around us, and you’ll be happy to know, it’s not just Love, Actually that thinks so. A Merry Little Ex-Mas is also a big believer in the power of the season to change hearts and minds and even wind Continue Reading
  • Festive book review: It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
    (courtesy Hachette Australia) When you think about it, Christmas as a concept and an idea, as opposed to the reality of the season, is full to the tinsel-draped, eggnog-soaked brim with magical realism. It’s in the original Biblical tale – not a diss; I grew up in the church and Continue Reading
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    (courtesy IMDb) In 2024, the beloved special is streaming on Apple TV+. Stephen Lind, University of Southern California It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched into traditions across generations like decorating the tree or sipping hot Continue Reading
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