(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) Stepping out of comfort zones is easier for some people more than others. But the truth is that no matter our willingness to push those envelopes and test those boundaries, all of us have well-mapped and comfortably known places that we prefer to inhabit over Continue Reading
Discover the secret that connects us all with Our Living World
(courtesy & (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTAt first glance, the grazing patterns of reindeer in the Arctic may not appear to have much to do with the day-to-day lives of hippos in Africa. Despite the physical distance between these herds, however, their survival is bound together in a vast and intricately linked Continue Reading
Movie review: Ghostbusters – Frozen Empire
(courtesy IMP Awards) Is it possible to stuff too much into the gargantuan frame of your average blockbuster? Yes, as it turns out, it is; no matter how big and epic they might seem, it is entirely too throw far too many ideas and plot points and character moments into Continue Reading
Destiny awaits: Thoughts on Halo (S2, E6-8)
(courtesy IMP Awards) —————- SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!! ————— Up to this point, Halo has been a relatively straightforward military-intensive drama about two species at war and very much at each other existential necks – humanity on one side and the Covenant on the other side. There were mystical elements to Continue Reading
Things seem to be turning more and more supernatural: Doctor Who trailer for upcoming season
SNAPSHOTThe fourteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who is set to premiere on 11 May 2024. It will be the fifth series led by Russell T Davies as head writer and executive producer and the first since his return to the show, having previously worked on Continue Reading
Mini-mass of marvellous trailers: Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Fall Guy, Alien: Romulus, House of the Dragon S2 + Star Trek: Discovery – Season 5 … and Heartstopper S3
(via Shutterstock) Is your streaming and cinematic schedule full to bursting? Then get ready to have it bulging even more dangerously at the seams, with all kinds of great and varied movies and TV shows heading your way. It’s imagination writ large, action everywhere and danger and intrigue around every Continue Reading
Movie review: A Great Friend (Les choses simples)
It’s often not until you are placed in a situation way outside your norm that you discover that your satisfaction with the way your life may not as substantial as you think it is, and that what looked like rock-solid and certain is far more fragile than you could ever Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 1 – Australia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland (Semi final 1, part 1)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Book review: Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Is it possible to forge a meaningful and fulfilling present from a past laced with great sadness, fear, abuse, pain and loss? That’s a metric ton of existential hellishness to craft something currently good from and as Cool Water by Myfanway Jones opens, Frank Herbert has more Continue Reading
I sensed darkness: Trailer drops for Star Wars – The Acolyte
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“In an age of light, a darkness rises…” An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems… Continue Reading