Alvin (Paul Rudd) is a man of a very firm ideas. Silence is good for you. Learning languages, particularly German, is vital (especially if you want to converse easily with “the natives”). And taking an entire summer out to manually paint bright yellow lines on remote roads that twist Continue Reading
Miranda Hart as Doctor Who? Such fun!
No sooner had Matt Smith announced his intention to leave the role of Doctor Who after this year’s 50th Anniversary special, which airs in November and also features his predecessor as the lone remaining time lord, David Tennant, that speculation about who would replace him zoomed straight into hyperdrive. Continue Reading
Movie review: “L’écume des jours (Mood Indigo)” (#SydFilmFest)
L’écume des jours (or Mood Indigo/Froth of the Daydreams) co-written and directed by famed French director Michel Gondry is one of the most delightfully odd movies I have ever seen. It clutches the bizarre, the strange, the whimsical and the downright fanciful close to its storytelling breast at all Continue Reading
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”: new teaser poster + trailer released
It’s only six months till the next instalment in Peter Jackson’s epic screen adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit hits the movie screens – 13 December in USA, 26 December Australia – which means of course that the promotional campaign to remind the world of that Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Way, Way Back” (#SydFilmFest)
Fitting in anywhere new is always a challenge. But that would not exactly be a revelation for introverted 14 year old Duncan (Liam James), who prefers the company of his recently-divorced mother Pam (Toni Collette) and the safety of their apartment to venturing out into a wildly unpredictable world Continue Reading
Judging a book by its cover #4: “Beneath the Shadows”
The object of this series, which I am running in conjunction with my wonderful friend, Elle, who blogs at Inkproductions.org (well-written, entertaining and thoughtful articles on all things writing and blogging-oriented) is to grab a long-neglected unread book off our shelves, speculate on what we think the book’s about based solely Continue Reading
Movie review: “What Maisie Knew” (#SydFilmFest)
What Maisie Knew, a contemporary retelling of the 1897 Henry James novel of the same name set in contemporary New York City, is the heart-wrenching tale of love gone slowly, then explosively wrong and the sad-eyed but emotionally-agile child caught in its messy wake. It is told from the Continue Reading
“Hart To Hart” remade: Adam Scott and Amy Poehler paid homage to the ’80s TV icon
SNAPSHOT Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who moonlight as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. It ran from 1979 to Continue Reading
Fear your enemy: “Falling Skies” returns!
WHEN SEASON 3 OPENS … When “Falling Skies” season 3 begins, seven months have passed since the 2nd Mass arrived in Charleston, and Tom (Noah Wyle) is the new President, but he’s also still out there fighting with the resistance. His decision to have the rebel skitters fight alongside Continue Reading
Get ready to enrol in “Monsters University”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of Continue Reading