Where do grown-ups go if they love playing with toys but believe they will be doomed to a life of raised eyebrows and the sad shaking of heads if they publicly display their wares? Have no fear; Thunderdog Studios have your toy-loving derriere covered.
ThunderMutts, ZuluQueen, BillyBananas and KidRobot figurines will look very hip and cute [...]
This is ‘Australia’…
The intricacies involved in making a film, especially one as large scale and logistically demanding as Baz Luhrmann’s newest film ‘Australia’, are largely lost on most of us. As consumers we demand entertainment in its slick, finished form. The process of how it came to be may flicker across our consciousness momentarily but [...]
“Bland…James Bland” should be the catch cry in the 22nd film in the Bond franchise. Like a salad without dressing there is nothing too tempting about Bond’s latest adventures…
With a lot of hype and out-of-this-world expectation Quantum of Solace arrived in cinemas with a bang but delivers with a limp. The latest Bond installment falls [...]
You wouldn’t have to be a die-hard basketball fan to have been absolutely sickened to have heard the news that the Sydney Spirit basketball franchise is teetering on the brink of extinction. Indeed, you’ve probably asked yourself the same questions that I did upon hearing that club owner Greg Evans has been forced to put [...]
I apologise for straying into the subject area of my esteemed colleague Jo Jo Zep, but some things just need to be said. Sneaky Sound System are the without doubt the most creatively bereft, musically ignorant, worst ‘band’ in Australia.
I know, I know, it’s a tough call to make with competition of the standards of [...]
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the ascendance to power of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
To help celebrate this milestone it’s instructive to put Kruddy’s story into the context of his past – as a prime dork. The type of guy at school who would sit under shadecloth at lunchtime rolling 25 sided dice in [...]
Burn Baby Burn
The world of spies, plastic surgery and internet dating collide in a fast-paced tumble-set in the intelligence capital of the world, Washington D.C, and Big Brothers Coen are watching…
Joel and Ethan Coen, known colloquially as The Coen Brothers, have been creating left of Hollywood cinema for over 20 years. Jacks of [...]
Bruno Colin is an unlikely name for a Burgundian wine producer, but this is modern times and here is modern wines. Short and sharp for this wine. Its a 2006 Bourgogne, but is varietally labeled for the uninitiated. I’d love to be snide and churlish about varietally labeled French wine, ranting from my pedestal would [...]
What girl doesn’t love a bit of Tiffany??? The exclusiveness, the romance, the prestige, the sweet little treasure inside that iconic “Tiffany blue” bag mmmmhmmm… most of us are entranced by it all sooner or later. Although, I’m not really a silver spoon girl myself, I have to admit that yesssss I do have one [...]
Berlin is lauded as one of the most influential centers in European politics, culture and science, and a magnet for individuals who are attracted by its reputation for its liberal lifestyle, nightlife and artistic eclecticism. It is also home for a disparate mix of outstanding design and architecture and its cityscape is a unique amalgamation [...]
