The Sony Pictures documentary Inside Job says the 2008 meltdown of world financial markets was avoidable. The global financial crisis of 2008 was an “Inside Job” that led to a global economic recession, millions of people losing their jobs,... Read More
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (IMAX Review)
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 to... Read More
Fair Game (DVD Movie Review): the Valerie Plame Story
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
Cars 2 (IMAX 3D Animated Movie Review)
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... Read More
PAUL Sci-fi Comedy Movie starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Review)
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 that in order... Read More
Formula 1 (F1) Racing ONEHD TV Channel 10 and Internet Video Stream Coverage
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 10... Read More
Hungry Beast – Youth Oriented Investigative Journalism (ABC TV Review)
Hungry Beast is back on ABC1 TV 23rd March at 930pm. But what is Hungry Beast? That’s much harder to pin down. In the title I called it “Youth Oriented Investigative Journalism” which kind of fits. However other accurate descriptions... Read More
Review: Babylon 5 is My Favourite Scifi Futuristic TV Series
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... Read More
Evolving IPTV Poses Worldwide Challenge To Incumbent Broadcast TV Networks
Like it or not, thanks to the rapid spread of internet access and constantly evolving consumer electronics the media industry lives in interesting times. This decade is an inflection point where changes in technology and the media are happening with... Read More
The Adjustment Bureau (Movie Review pre release)
They’re the Adjustment Bureau and they have a plan setting out every major action you’ll take in your life. Freewill doesn’t exist and you can’t change your pre determined fate. Or can you? David Norris (Matt Damon) is a... Read More