I have loved reading books since before I can remember. Whenever it started, and I suspect it was on the many nights when my mum or dad would read to me when I was toddler, I fell in love with the written word, loving the way words sounded, the Continue Reading
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Uh-oh it’s the infected undead! Fight ’em 8-bit The Walking Dead style
As we wait for the second half of season 7 of The Walking Dead to shuffle onto our screens in February next year, you wish to spend some time re-living the far away days, at least as far as storyline and still-present staff members are concerned, of season 1 Continue Reading
Play it again, Sam! My favourite songs of 2016
I cannot imagine a life without music. It is quite literally the soundtrack to my day, adding lustre to the banality of commuting, providing melodic breaks to otherwise frantic work days and making parties, dinners and just time alone that much richer with atmosphere-enhancing tunes. And unlike many people Continue Reading
Movie review: Moana
Perfection is a quality much sought after in our world but very rarely realised; however with Moana, a superlative animated feature film by just about any measure, Disney has come impressively close to this well-nigh impossible goal. Directed by Ron Musker and John Clements, Moana is the product of extensive Continue Reading
Rewind the reel! My favourite films of 2016
2016 was not one of my finest years – but then that was in keeping with pretty much everyone else so let’s just chalk it all up to a malevolent calendar and leave it at that shall we? – with the lowest point being the death of my dad Continue Reading
Happy Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas one and all! It’s my most wonderful time of the year when I can decorate my tree to within one inch of its much-loved life with pop culture ornaments without number – there are a finite number of them but when I start pulling out all the Continue Reading
Poster me this! Adorable Sing posters show characters and voice actors together
SNAPSHOT In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, a koala named Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) works to keep his theater from closing down. To this end, Buster and his sheep friend Eddie (John C. Reilly) hold a singing contest to raise money, and the entire town auditions for a Continue Reading
Book review: The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick
For a novel that quietly and poetically reflects on the nature of human existence, and the way in which we are either adventurous wanderers or quietly domiciled, The Comet Seekers pulses with a relentless energy, a ceaseless push-and-pull quest for belonging and relevance. That energy largely comes from the Continue Reading
On 12th day of Christmas … I listened to Christmas Party by She & Him
There’s an earthy loveliness to pretty much everything She & Him records. With their retro jazz cabaret sensibilities in high gear, and an ability to channel the very essence of Christmas through each and every song, this is on full display on their second festive album Christmas Party kicks off Continue Reading
Santa is coming! No one wants more for Christmas than Pig the Elf
Santa is rightly regarded as a jolly old man with his fingers on the naughty or nice pulse. So on top of the goodness or otherwise of kids around the world we’re told – even it seems their sleep habits and propensity to cry without reason; as “Santa Claus Continue Reading