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Nestled in Palm Cove at the Peppers Resort is Nu Nu, one of Australia’s most decorated regional restaurants.  The eatery has a casual, unassuming decor that fits in right at home with the rest of the Williams Esplanade.  The plastic deck chairs remind me of the Serasa Yacht Club that I went to as a kid.  The menu, put together ...

I don’t read many comic books any more.  I used to be a pretty avid reader when I was a kid and then for a brief time during the early 2000s but nowadays, I’ve whittled down to just a couple – I keep up with the new trades of Fables and The Walking Dead and thats about it.  These are ...

Considering the original Scream single-handedly revived the horror genre in Hollywood fifteen years ago, its somewhat ironic and perhaps fitting that the franchise has now mimmicked the sequel fatigue of the cult classic films it took influence from. Scream 4 is a really unremarkable horror film.  There is nothing special about it.  It’s predecessors and dozens of contemporary horror films ...

A fireable offense

50/50 is a semi-autobiographical film written by a guy named Will Reiser who was diagnosed with cancer in his twenties.  The film walks a tightrope – it is a comedy about cancer.  Fortunately, it is a tactful and good-natured film and you suspect that a lot of the film’s observational humour about how relatives and friends cope with the Big ...

Possibly my favourite moment of the current US election campaign. Have a good weekend everyone.

You know who’s a cool dude?  Batman. I know everyone’s excited about The Avengers right now and all the talk is about Hulk this and Iron Man that.  The Avengers was a good movie to be sure but personally, I’m way more hyped for the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.  Batman is the greatest of all of the ...

There are pretty much only two Australian films.  Just two.  There are really dark morbid films about death and misery (Snowtown, Animal Kingdom, Lantana, Wolf Creek) and there are Aussie battler movies about unlikely underdogs who overcome the odds or stick it to The Man (The Castle, Australia, Crackerjack, The Dish). I mentioned before in the Queensland election blog that ...

I may as well hand in my Bruneian expat kid credentials now because I went and got my driver’s license yesterday.  I’ve been having weekly lessons for about 3 months.  In particular, it took me a while to nail the reverse parallel park.  I finally mastered it and…they didn’t make me do it during the actual test.  Oh well. What ...

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