An interesting has happened to my reading patterns of late. Long held in thrall by adult fiction and deeply-detailed non-fiction tomes, it’s now increasingly finding room for quite a few Young Adult (YA) novels such as those by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) and Patrick Ness (Chaos Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The imaginatively dark and quirky claymation art of Evil Corp
Ever since I clapped eyes on the whimsical claymation twosome Wallace and Gromit, I have been enamoured of an artform that requires intense creativity, patience and an eye for detail. You can’t just whip up these figures on a whim – they need a whole lot of time to Continue Reading
Movie review: What We Do in the Shadows
If ever you look around and the glamourously undead denizens of Twilight, Nosferatu, Interview with the Vampire, and yes even the relatively “young” whippersnappers of The Vampire Diaries are nowhere to be seen, then book yourself a ticket to Wellington, New Zealand and you will likely find them, dancing Continue Reading
Now this is music #37: Manfred Kidd, Lemonade, Nick Hakim, Fantastic Fantastic, Perfume Genius
More music to warm the heart, cheer the soul and keep summer alive and kicking no matter where you may be. With the artists hail from diverse parts of the globe – Australia, Sweden, UK and the USA – they all share one thing in common, which is an Continue Reading
“Piglet I am your father!”: What if Darth Vader sounded like Winnie the Pooh?
If there are two enduring pop culture influences in my life, that have sustained and delighted over the years in almost equal measure, it is Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh. So with that in mind, you can likely imagine my great delight when I discovered, via Huffington Post, Continue Reading
Here comes the Fall … TV! 6 MORE returning shows I can’t wait to see again
Yes, yes I know what you’re thinking … and tweeting … and Facebook status updating. You have already reminded of six great shows I should be watching and now you want me to take on six more? To which I reply, with a calmness that is only present before Continue Reading
Movie review: Predestination
A man walks into a bar … No, this is not the beginning of one of those tired old jokes you have heard a thousand times before, and to which there an equal number of groan-inducing punchlines, but the essential starting point for one of the most wildly ambitious, entertaining Continue Reading
Jimmy Kimmel loves hanging with his Friends
Sooooo … how you doing? You know, because it’s been over 10 years since Friends shuffled off its mortal TV coil – yes 10 years! 10 entire Joey-less years – and well, time may just been feeling like it’s completely getting away from you. (To mark the 10 year Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: The Humbling
SNAPSHOT Once an acclaimed thespian, Simon Axler (Al Pacino) has fallen from grace — literally. After swan-diving into the orchestra pit in the middle of a performance, he slides into an intense depression, and quite possibly dementia, leading to a spell in a psychiatric facility. Upon his release he Continue Reading
Movie review: Locke
Bored children kicking the seats of harried parents before them might disagree but a lot can happen in one car journey. It is certainly the case for Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), the protagonist of Steven Knight’s tautly-delivered drama Locke, a building project manager of nine years experience, who finds Continue Reading