I just watched a preview screening of the science fiction film Oblivion and quite both liked it. It's a fitting name because Oblivion means both the state of being completely forgotten like the main protagonist Jack (Tom Cruise) who has lost Read more [...]

Set in a small American island community in the mid 1960s, Moonrise Kingdom is a typical quirky Wes Anderson film with a theme of complex broken interpersonal relationships in common with several of his other films. If at all possible avoid Read more [...]

The London 2012 Paralympics will be broadcast exclusively in Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and ABC2 TV as well as streaming via ABC iView video online between August 30th and September 10th. Channel 9's coverage Read more [...]

People of Australia rejoice. There's a new crime drama on TV and it isn't Underbelly 52: NSW Rum Rebellion. The Straits is a new ten part series set in far north tropical Queensland and the Torres Strait. I just watched the media preview disk Read more [...]

Several months ago I published a feature article about Augmented Humanity and the consequences of Cyborg implants in human beings. Ben from Madman Entertainment read the article and sent me a DVD of Ghost in the Shell 2.0 to review because he Read more [...]

Last week I watched a media preview IMAX Sydney screening of Sir David Attenborough's 1st 3D documentary. Flying Monsters 3D tells the story of winged lizards called Pterosaurs (also known as Pterodactyls). They were the first backbone animals Read more [...]

Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA Agent who operated a network of informants in the Middle East. Her husband Joseph Wilson was an ex diplomat who publicly questioned in the New York Times whether the Bush administration manipulated intelligence Read more [...]

Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his friend Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) are back on the big screen in Cars 2, Disney/Pixar's new animated film. Car 2's James Bond-esque plot is centred around a series of World Grand Prix races in London, Read more [...]

As a big fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost I had high hopes of being entertained when I walked into the Australian media preview of their new science fiction roadtrip comedy movie, co-starring Seth Rogan as the voice of PAUL. My worry was Read more [...]

This is an analysis of Network 10 TV (Channel 10 / ONE HD) exclusive Australian live TV coverage of the 2006-2015 Formula One Grand Prix World Championship (Practice & Qualifying sessions, Race Day and highlights packages) on ONE HD, Channel Read more [...]

Babylon 5 is my favourite science fiction TV series for many reasons including the continuous 5 season story arc, feeling that it's like a future UN Security Council in space "our last best hope for peace", first real use of good visual effects Read more [...]