In 1977, an Australian woman set off on a 1,700-mile journey from Alice Springs to the west coast of Australia – with four camels and her dog. Some people simply thought she was crazy, others assumed she would be dead ...
Read More »In Your Eyes: I’m not having an affair, I’m just crazy!
It is tough for a creative person – be they a writer, director, artist, actor, etc – once they’ve made it big. Everything else they do is measured up against the great success. With Joss Whedon, he’s been lucky enough ...
Read More »Get your kit off, blokes: Nudity and popular culture
After I fell in love with Game of Thrones, I knew that my parents would enjoy it, but I sold it to them in very different ways. To my mother, it was all ‘amazing fantasy series mixed with political thriller’, ...
Read More »Captain America: The Winter Soldier – This isn’t freedom. This is fear.
*Spoiler free* Marvel’s cinematic universe has tended to lean towards fun films, with lots of humour despite the serious good vs. evil type plots. It’s been a nice way for them to carve their own unique direction, in opposition to ...
Read More »The importance of a good soundtrack: The mood is in the music
I have always loved film and TV soundtracks. Often they introduce me to artists I haven’t heard of before and provide an interesting variety of songs and artists with a common mood or theme. Soundtracks have become more important in ...
Read More »Veronica Mars: The movie – Our story is epic. Spanning years and continents. Lives ruined and blood shed.
Fear not lovely marshmallows, this review comes to you completely spoiler free. The Veronica Mars movie came out on March 14th, released worldwide (practically) in selected theatres and in almost every possible digital download format. After a record-breaking Kickstarter to ...
Read More »Who are your Guardians of the Galaxy?
Update The film is out now and it’s as glorious as I predicted in this article way back in March. If you’re looking for the Pop Verse review then look no further than HERE! Otherwise read on and check out ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: The Terminator
An inexperienced young filmmaker had a big idea – an idea that had come to him in a nightmare during a bout of food poisoning. That idea – of a killing machine coming from the future to assassinate him – ...
Read More »Veronica Mars: Noir’s most haunted P.I.
The Veronica Mars Movie is almost here. I can smell it in the air. Excitement. Anticipation. Brilliance. After an astoundingly successful Kickstarter, we have been waiting a year for this. Well, more like seven years for those of us who ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: An American Tail – Fievel Goes West
These days, kids films aren’t considered ‘good’ unless they have lots of laughs for the adults as well as the kids. They aren’t really kids films at all any more, if you ask me… if they try to please both ...
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