“BEHIND YOU!” Now before anyone begins to worry that the use of that delightfully hoary old pantomime ritual is a sign that Helix is some sort of over the top homage to English musical comedy stage shows, let me assure you that the use of that phrase has more to do Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The imaginative world of Cardboard Box Office
So here’s a question for you. What would you do if you found yourself in a new country with a very new baby, more cardboard boxes that you can count and whole lot of time within the newly arrived at four walls of your home? Would you (a) start Continue Reading
Movie review: her
John Donne is rightly famous for observing that “no man is an island, entire of itself”, a sentiment with which a separated and soon-to-be-divorced Theodore Twombly ( played with engaging vulnerability and sweetness by Joaquim Phoenix), the protagonist in director Spike Jonze’s latest film, her, might well agree. Adrift Continue Reading
Nurse Jackie takes the high road … or the low road in disguise
Nurse heal thyself! There’s every chance that a nurse as skilled as Nurse Jackie (Edie Falco) could do that in a heartbeat, but she’s also a flawed human being, an addict, a mother and a 1001 other complicating things so the heartbeat has ended up being more like five Continue Reading
Want to do the Walk of Shame? Trust us, yes you do
SHAPSHOT After losing an audition for her dream job, an aspiring Los Angeles TV news anchor goes out for an uncharacteristic night of partying. She awakes in a stranger’s bed to a phone message from her agent telling her the job is hers, if she can make it across Continue Reading
Movie review: 12 Years a Slave
Watching 12 Years a Slave, director Steve McQueen’s masterfully evocative depiction of the story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from Saratoga, New York kidnapped into slavery in the mid-19th century American South, is as you might expect, a profoundly confronting, and deeply moving experience. From Continue Reading
#MuppetsMostWanted #GoldenGlobes #parodypromo #247awards #YES
Can someone please get me a job with The Muppets promo team please? Like immediately, if at all possible. The calibre, wit and originality of promos pouring out of the people responsible for reminding that Muppets Most Wanted is coming to theatres soon – 27 March in USA and Continue Reading
5 things I loved about this year’s Golden Globe Awards
I love the Golden Globe Awards. They are ballsy, brassy and fun, the Sydney to the Oscar’s Melbourne – that only makes sense if you live in Australia but trust me Sydney and Melbourne are the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars respectively in spirit – and a great Continue Reading
The Simpsons pay tribute to Hayao Miyazaki: Let the anime magic ensue
One of the most delightful surprises of my moviegoing life was deciding on a whim one day to see a Japanese animated movie Spirited Away, from the famous Studio Ghibli, which until recently was headed by the justifiably legendary Hayao Miyazaki. Despite studying Japanese at university for three years Continue Reading
Gifted singer ÁLI bridges two musical worlds with new single “Breakout Breakfree”
I first came across ÁLI about nine months ago when I came across her beautiful song “Cocoon”, an impressive melding of the operatic and pop worlds, firm evidence that it is possible to mix the both without coming across as kitsch or a one hit wonder novelty act. So seamless Continue Reading