Ever picked up a “best of” album, looked at the back cover and said, “What?! That’s so NOT best of!!”?
The past few years, I keep getting nostalgic for 80s music - must be getting old, I guess -and I’ll be wandering through a store, see a CD with title like “Essential 80s” and grab it [...]

Today, I’m thinking of pot-holed plots, bizarre or wooden performances, and of course, just plain bad directing (direction?). So with a choice of the following movies, what’s worse?

The Lake House

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Bean
Junior (what was DeVito thinking??)
Lost in Space
Star Trek: Generations
Batman & Robin
True Crime (did Eastwood make two movies and stick them together with gum?)

Any of the Spy Kids [...]

Woah!
Ninja (my wife) & I had the pleasure of going to the live version of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds last Saturday night.
And it was the greatest live event I’ve ever been to, partly because of it’s nostalgic nature. Wayne’s original soundtrack came out in the era of my life that also spawned the [...]

That title is another wierd Aussie expression whose origin is mysterious. It basically means “it’s good” or “everything’s cool.”
In this case, it was my oh-so-clever way to introduce you readers to Chris Owen at Pink Apple, a relationships specialist here in Melbourne who does some tremendous work helping couples revitalise their, well, relationship.
Personally, I think she [...]

Took my own fantastic four (my 2 boys plus a friend each) to Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer the other day. What a blast!
This movie has received lukewarm and critical reviews from movie critics and comic officiandos.
That’s usually a sign it’ll be good.
And it was. It had everything you look for in a [...]

Taking a leaf out my friend Markk’s book (see Five Word Coffee Shop Reviews), I thought I’d do a quick review of 3 “kids” movies I’ve seen this year + a rating…

Spidey 3 - Venom will scare little children, romance will bore everyone else. (9 out of 10)
Meet the Robinsons - Script written by monkeys [...]