One of the great drawbacks about living in Australia – next to, of course, the great many advantages (he says patriotically while balancing on a wombat and holding a stubby of beer) – is that some TV shows take quite a while to reach our shores. While this can work Continue Reading
Movies in a hurry! Movie pictograms from H57
My lord there are some enormously creative, visionary people out there! Take Gianmarco Milesi and Matteo Civaschi from design studio H57 in Milan, Italy and the authors of lifeinfiveseconds) who have gained themselves quite a following with their imaginative Star Wars typography posters. I discovered their work on the amazing Continue Reading
Sneak Peek: Steven Moffat spills on what’s up next for “Dr Who”
Ah March 30 2013, you seem so far away. After having my Dr Who yearnings satisfied by the Christmas special, “The Snowmen” with its sentient snow, disgruntled Time Lord and overly curious nanny, I am once again staring down the barrel of months of no TARDIS-driven grand adventures in Continue Reading
Movie review: “Zero Dark Thirty”
Zero Dark Thirty, Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s first movie since the much-acclaimed Hurt Locker (2009), is in many ways a very brave movie. In an era where fact is often obscured by rabidly-argued opinion, and everyone seems to have fractured into tribalised camps sniping and trolling each other with vengeful Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Trance” movie trailer + poster
Anyone fancy a trippy rummage around James McAvoy’s mind? Yes? (As if you wouldn’t want to!) Well then you’re in luck! The handsome actor, who surely must have a brain worth poking around in, is starring in Danny Boyle’s new trippy psychological thriller, Trance, as Simon, a fine art Continue Reading
“Haven” : Normal has left the building
Right. So let’s say your housemate/husband/wife/erudite pet has been watching a show for 3 seasons and while you have caught glimpses here and there, you haven’t had time to stop and watch an episode due to life being crazy/more TV shows that you know what to do with / Continue Reading
Music review: “A is for Alpine” – Alpine
I love accidental discoveries. The joy of finding something utterly unexpected when you’re digging around for something else entirely, or perhaps not even looking for anything at all, is what keeps life interesting and elevates unremarkable moments into the pantheon of memorable points in time. And so it was Continue Reading
Phoenix rise with new album “Bankrupt!”
One of my favourite bands in the entire world – it could be the universe but having failed to leave orbit, I can testify to the complete veracity of that claim; although as a child, I had no such reticence, and proclaimed everything to be “the best in the Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
I have missed Middle Earth. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a welcome return to the magical land that exists somewhere in an alternate version of medieval England, brought to life in spectacularly vivid fashion once again by director Peter Jackson, and his collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens Continue Reading
Review: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is wizard … smashing … keen on stage
Last night, for exactly two hours and thirty-five minutes, I was a kid again. A whooping and hollering kid, delighted with life, and frankly not caring who knew it. No, this delightful reversion was not due to some bizarre act of DNA-reversing science, cooked up in some off-the-grid lab Continue Reading