This is a meta game that reminded me of a choose-your-own-adventure version of Italo Calvino’s “If on a winter’s night a traveller”. In this game, all your choices in the game are preempted by a narrator and you can choose whether or not to follow them. Most of the intended amusement comes this narrator and […]
“How Reggae Changed The World” A good mix of Bob Marley covers and history about Jamaica, reggae and the artist. I learnt a lot of new things such as: I was not prepared for how cold the air conditioning would be in this tiny venue and I spent the majority of the show trying to […]
Max and a small ensemble performed the albums “In A Landcsape” and “The Blue Notebooks”. The first was nice, but featureless and I fell asleep several times. The second was okay but felt like a inferior experience to my memory of the album, sounding in part like it had been very cheaply produced
Compelling page turner but but strangely empty for me Sally Hepworth’s novel “Darling Girls” is an extremely easy-to-read thriller, that investigates the discovery of human remains at the childhood foster home of three adult women. The book’s blurb has a quote from the New York Times that perfectly describes the book: “A blueprint for how […]
Possibly have not given this album enough time to grow on me, but a slight disappointment when considered against the title single
A promising story about a group of three women with supernatural powers tasked with avenging the rape and murders of girls. Unfortunately ended up being very predictable and misandrist. “The Change” by Kirsten Miller tells the story of three women (Harriet, Jo and Nessa) with super natural powers, inexplicably drawn together to avenge the rape […]
A unique black and white movie with people in mascot outfits enacting Looney Tunes plot lines. I didn’t expect it to be as funny as what it was but the movie was too long in the end
Stunning cinematography with a very straightforward plot. Constant tension from the possibility of horrible things happening
Visually spectacular movie that displays the artist directors signature style. Light on plot, but still emotionally very impactful
A really dumb book about premature ejaculation Published: 2007 Completed: 28/06/2024 Pages: 166 I feel quite conflicted about this short novella about a couple’s first night together following their wedding. Essentially due to them both being virgins, their first sexual encounter is a disaster, with the man prematurely ejaculating and the woman revolted by the […]
Unremarkable but accomplished. An enjoyable performance. First time I’ve attended a gig at the Hordern
Sound was very muddy. I felt tired. It’s possible if I had gone and seen this without Rob I might have enjoyed it more, but Rob really loathed the performance making it hard for me to enjoy it
Above average, but predictable horror. Was not really scary at all and felt very low energy for me
A female strip show first, theatre second. Not much insight into the central character’s biography and a lot of the interest was drawn through the very accomplished strip act. Highlight of the show was a spectacular simulated ejaculation https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/a-body-at-work-af2024
The cabaret genre seems to demand personal anguish and trauma as sacrifices at the altar of entertainment. Gemma’s troubles are relatable and entertaining enough – but I think it needs either to be more polished or less so and more conversational. At this level it feels like a developing school presentation https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/galah-galah-af2024
I think with the right frame of mind, this improv, audience driven choose your own adventure would be side splitting funny. Despite the incredible skill, it however didn’t quite click with me https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/john-robertson-the-dark-room-af2024
Probably the most enjoyable opera I’ve been to yet. Though having said that, production was a bit of a mess. So many different styles, so many rough edges – at first, this was kind of charming, but towards the end, it became almost amateurish
A generic and forgettable crime novel set in the Australian outback that uses every cliche available to the genre and setting Published: 2022 Completed: 25/02/2024 Pages: 356 Outback by Patricia Wolf is a novel that goes over some fairly well trod tropes of the crime genre. The title, tagline (“Two backpackers disappear without a trace”) […]
An intriguing movie with lots of signature Lynch flourishes and striking images. I still don’t fully understand it but can see how it has inspired a lot of media since
Was hard to enjoy this uniquely and beautiful animated movie that, like Spiderman, had too much going on visually – and also because Rob loathed it from the outset
Average movie that I forgot I had watched. Was fun but forgettable. Featured a scene with a fully nude Jennifer Lawrence that appeared to have zero social impact
Barely understood what was going on in this movie, but it was fascinating to watch
Technically impressive, but plot wise incomprehensible to me. I guess that fault is with me? But part of that must be worn by the execution of this script
I feel like they threw a lot of money at this but the cynic in me could just not enjoy it. The casting was off, the songs poor and the VFX lumpy. Not my type of movie
Strangely edgy children’s movie that was foolish enough to take on chicken nuggets given it’s the most popular meal amongst kids. Can see why this didn’t get a cinema release
True it was better than a marvel movie, but I find this genre so tedious. Annoying characters and predictable outcomes
Intriguing premise, but annoying and inconsistent characters. The stoic central character was particularly annoying. A lot of loose ends that are unnecessarily left untied
A very accomplished and confident album with 2000s pop call backs. However I just couldn’t get into it despite repeated listens
A dreary but well written book. I can appreciate why others would like it, but I guess I really do not like the detective genre Published: 2018 Completed: 13/10/2023 Pages: 380 Rúin is an intriguing detective story that links two apparent suicides that occurred more than 20 years apart. It is compelling and well written, […]
There can be no doubt that there was superb skill in the execution of each dish, however in the 6 course tasting menu I found the texture of each dish too similar to each other. The beetroot, the marron, the fish were too similar – that is, something soft, on a bed of some type […]
This was a very easy and light hearted read about Don Tillman, a university academic with autism and his efforts to find a partner via an exhaustive and awkward questionnaire. Along the way he meets Rosie Jarman, who, despite being completely incompatible in theory, inspires Don to change and ultimately fall in love with her. […]
Visually interesting and daring but suffers from old school pacing issues. Not really sure what I watched and I fell asleep part way through
A cruel and rambling movie that is senselessly sexually explicit
Strangely bad special effects, hampered by some weird casting and wardrobe choices. Funny, but way too long
Light, easy watching comedy drama about two awful people who use robots doubles of themselves to get out of boring jobs and relationships
Can appreciate that this was very ground breaking at the time of release, but this lacks vitality that would make this interesting to listen to now
An interesting enough anime that would have been spectacular at the time of its release. However I have no nostalgia attached to this and subsequently, the movie has diminished impact on me
A plainly written, colourless romance novel Published: 2020 Completed: 2023/02/28 Pages: 371 A very straight forward and easy to read novel about two women – Ashley and Nikki – and their relationships with each other, their children and respective partners. Despite a plot that was obvious from the very beginning, there is some enjoyment in […]
Enjoyable and relatable but kinda background music. Possibly because I was work stressing
I am tired of depictions of violence against women. As well produced as this movie is, I didn’t see the point. Not sure it sheds any new light on mental illness or that there was any character development during the course of the movie
Mildly amusing TV series that is essentially a variation on Squid Game but suffers the same issues of over staying its welcome
Fantastic and hugely influential production design and aesthetic but poor pacing that let it all down
Interesting non fiction facts about cats. Was a bit repetitive after a while
Some stand out tracks, but the after taste for me was boredom despite the very obvious Oneohtrix Point Never production signatures
Very raw, very personal album that was able to let go of some of the intense music theory in service of some more typical melodies
An uneven album that gets worse on repeated listens. Some very good singles, but also some really cringy songs
Not as cohesive as previous works. It also annoyed me how obvious most of the work was? Very left, very predictable in its appraisal of the Trump presidency
Lightyear and his cat Sox were great, but the supporting characters were so annoying that it dragged down the whole movie