The Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett famously observed that there is “a fine line between pleasure and pain”, but the same could well be said for the all too often permeable barrier that exists between fact and fiction. While many would argue the two are mutually exclusive, never the ‘twain shall meet, Continue Reading
Time is ticking tocking away for Continuum in the trailer for its final season
Why syfy why?! (*add agonised wailing and gnashing of teeth, and if you’re Old Testament Biblically-inclined, maybe even some sackcloth and ashes; yes it’s that serious) Why must you end series so earlier in their runs? Why shoot the horse – relax! It’s a metaphorical horse – before it’s Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Non-Essential Personnel” (S5, E5 review)
*SPOILERS AND BALD, GRIEF-STRICKEN SOCIOPATHS AHEAD* It’s official! Rage Tom (Noah Wylie) is now our Messiah. (Sorry Jesus, Buddha, and Sponge Bob Squarepants but the aliens have spoken and there’s nothing we can do to dissuade them apparently). And not just any Messiah either, nosirree Cochise. He has been anointed Continue Reading
Get on and up dance Ned Stark! Games of Thrones now has a catchy dance remix
Life is Westeros is not usually a lot of fun for its inhabitants. Sure people occasionally fall in love … well not for long but you know it happens … and they hold weddings … and um, OK moving on … and they don’t get eaten by White Walker Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Lovebites, a story of love, sweetly delicious, insect love
Awww, ain’t love edible? Wait, what? You mean “grand” don’t you? Not if you’re a female praying mantis, no. As Love Bites, a delightful 2014 short film by Agaki Bautista, Aram Davern, Michael De Caria, and Jonathon Iskov (then students at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Sydney), with music by Peter Continue Reading
Michael Keaton stars in the captivating true story Spotlight
SNAPSHOT Spotlight stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schrieber, and Stanley Tucci. It tells the riveting true story of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigation team who uncovered a scandal that would rock the city and shock the world. For years, whispers of the Boston Archdiocese’s cover up Continue Reading
A trio of TV trailers: Colony, The Expanse, The Shannara Chronicles
Back in 1979, Rupert Holmes released a song called “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” which mused that all you really needed was a shared love of Piña Coladas, getting caught in the rain, and making love in the dunes at midnight to effectively get away from the banality of the Continue Reading
Franklin, it’s going to be a great movie! New The Peanuts Movie TV spot
SNAPSHOT In the film, Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace – embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest. The Peanuts Movie is being Continue Reading
Movie review: Trainwreck
If you’ve ever been a recipient of Cupid’s mostly-accurate arrow, you would be among the first to admit there is rarely anything “old” or boring above love. But the movie genre that celebrates this most delectable, transportive and logic-scrambling of life events? Ah well, that is another thing entirely. Romantic comedies Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Disney princes imagined as handsome real men by Jirka Väätäinen
You’ve got to admit that when it comes to time in the Disney sun, the Disney princesses get pretty much all the attention. But what about the poor Disney princes? Well fret no more for Finnish-born, Australia-resident Jirka Väätäinen has more than made sure than the likes of Prince Eric Continue Reading