The Best Medicine I don't generally consider myself a laugh out loud person. It has been known to happen but it is not exactly the norm for me. Some people I know are laugh out loud people, to the point where it seems as if they are laughing not because they think something is funny, but … Continue reading Things That Make Me Laugh
Critiques
30 (+1) Years of Film
As you may or may not be aware, I'm a huge fan of re-visiting things. What does that mean? I have no idea. Regardless, 373 days ago I wrote a rather extensive list of my favourite films for each of the 30 years since my glorious birth. Now, over one year later, I've added to … Continue reading 30 (+1) Years of Film
The Golden Age of Television
Back in 2012 I had a short lived desire to write a weekly blog concentrating on the medium (art form if you will) of television and how I believed we were living in what I referred to as 'The Golden Age of Television'. I didn't get very far with it - I only wrote 3 … Continue reading The Golden Age of Television
The Best Books I’ve Read
I don't really remember when it was that I first got into reading. I don't really remember when I stopped reading or when I got back into again. I read a lot as a child, the usual suspects including Choose Your Own Adventures, the Goosebumps books, Roald Dahl as well as celebrated Australian authors Paul … Continue reading The Best Books I’ve Read
Review – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The middle chapter of the (possibly) much anticipated Hobbit trilogy hit screens here in Oz back on Boxing Day and, rather impressively given my inability to get to the cinema much last year, I have managed to see it (in a cinema no less!) within a week or so of it's release. Unfortunately though, while the … Continue reading Review – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013: My Favourite Films
My Favourite Films of 2013 My biggest regret of 2013, aside from effectively giving up writing in the 2nd half of the year, was the fact that I didn’t get to the cinema anywhere near as often as I would have liked. At the beginning of December my thoughts, as they often do, turned to … Continue reading 2013: My Favourite Films
The 10 Greatest Television Shows. Season 2.
The introduction for this piece is included in the file. If you were reading my stuff a year ago, you'll know what this is all about. If you're new to my stuff, you'll find out soon enough (awesome rhyme). Enjoy. The 10 Greatest Television Shows. Season 2 (v1.1)
30 Years of Film
30 Years of Film I’ve recently been trying to decide what my favourite film of 2012 is/was and in thinking about it (pretty sure it’s Argo by the way) I have also started thinking about what my favourite films of previous years are. Like a lot of people I have a list of my favourite … Continue reading 30 Years of Film
Movies in 2012
Back in 2011, before the world ended (I'm sticking with those clever, clever Mayans. The world ended we've just been too busy to realise it.), I started a list of my favourite films of the year. I wrote it in a sort of Bill Simmons-y manner with pseudo awards and small paragraphs explaining my choices … Continue reading Movies in 2012
Movies in 2011
I started this all the way back in January but never finished it and so it has remained in my draft file since then. i don't really have an intention of finishing it now, 2011 being so long ago, but hopefully in January next year I'll have a little it more motivation to do a … Continue reading Movies in 2011
Small Tall Tales 