Jupiter Ascending was, in a word, Fabulous. In two words it was Absolutely Fabulous. My slightly longer review is that I think I understand why reviewers aren’t liking it much: …
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Theatre review: Les Misérables (Sydney)
Dave and I went to see the new Sydney production of this show recently – he has never seen it on stage before, although he has of course seen the …
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TV Review: House of Cards
One of my all-time favourite tv adaptations is House of Cards with Ian Richardson and Susannah Harker. It was a 4-part BBC mini series based on a novel by Michael …
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Game review: Some thoughts on Mass Effect 3
I am currently doing my second play through of this game, with my original Shepherd character that has been with me since the original Mass Effect game. She is a …
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Book review: A Pliocene / Intervention / Galactic Milieu reflection
Seeing as The Great Intervention is nearly upon us (due next year in fact), I am doing a reread of the Julian May books – Saga of the Exiles, Intervention …
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Game Review: Fallout New Vegas
I have put off writing this review for a while, because I really wasn’t sure what to say. I loved Fallout 3 so much and spent hundreds of hours playing …
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Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online (Part 1)
I have never been interested in Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games in the past, I’ve had a bit of a look at some of them and there was no appeal. …
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Movie review: The Lovely Bones
We saw this movie in January. I knew it was a murder mystery, and based on a book, but not much more than that going in. The movie was set …
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Movie review: Avatar
I saw this on Boxing day and have been meaning to write something but couldn’t be bothered. It has pretty much been said, but just in case my opinion is …
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Series review: Ultraviolet
This is a classic BBC miniseries from 1998. I had seen the first two episodes when it originally screened, but never seen the whole series. Dave had not seen it …