Vive la différence: a book that celebrates the new niche markets
In case you haven’t noticed, commerce is an absolute mess. You can look to a myriad reasons why the economy is in such chaos: natural disasters,…
Washed Out deliver an instant classic of a chill-out album
Every now and then a debut album comes along by an act that appears to have come from the heavens, the music as much at home…
New BlackBerry Bold far bolder than before
Why wouldn’t BlackBerry appear to ardent fashionistas? As each new model comes along, just like those that strut the catwalk, we ooh and ahh over its…
New ‘Apes’ film falls short of plausibility… but the FX are fantastic
When this scavenger of pop culture first heard through the grapevine (epochs ago) of a ‘prequel’ of sorts to ‘Planet Of The Apes’, I assumed it…
Chaos in the world of White Knight Chronicles II
As soon as you begin playing this game, you realise the creators are most definitely big fans of the classic ‘World Of Warcraft’. Though it looks…
Google ain’t going to be there to save him when a grizzly bear strikes…
They used to say men weren’t good at listening, and women weren’t good at reading maps. Now there’s a television show that tells us men…
Grooving to Pulp, The Hives & The Kills at ‘On The Bright Side’
Of all festivals, it would have to be the one with the biggest misnomer on the literal front, although definitely living up to its name metaphorically.…
‘On The Bright Side’: Digging in the dirt
Due to all the wet mud about at last weekend’s ‘On The Bright Side’, we figured it an innovative idea to photograph pretty punters, clean faces…
WIM blend gothic wonder with psychedelic pop
WIM have got themselves a national treasure: lead singer, Martin Solomon, croons with an Aussie accent that is clean, emotive and actually more refreshing than cringe-worthy.…
A most memorable new album
Plain and simple: ‘Player Piano’ is a memory tape. It is a soundtrack to some kind of one-size-fits-all nostalgia: a hazy waft of summer sunsets, secret…
Transformers 3: More than meets the eye, indeed
Many a ‘Transformers’ fan has complained about the quality of the last film in the franchise, ‘Revenge Of The Fallen’, stating it was all over the…
A howling good movie
Some people just aren’t into poetry. One might argue that if a writer is unable or unwilling to deliver proper narrative, they oughtn’t bother trying to express…
New Australian cinema points toward horror
Since the successes of ‘Wolf Creek’ and the ‘Saw’ franchise, the horror/thriller genre in Australian cinema has reached sufficiently respectable status. Now comes a supernatural college-campus…
