Earlier this week, while touring London, Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull gave a speech outlining the founding philosophy of the Liberal Party’s founder, Sir Robert Menzies. The PM basically stated the party was set up as a centrist small ‘l’ liberal party or, a party philosophically based in essentially classical liberalism i.e. individualism, equality, low taxing small decentralised government, entrepreneurial,

Listening to Awesome Audible. I Just Finished Antony Beevor’s Second World War at 39 Hours and 23 Minutes. The Narrator: Sean Barrett gives a great performance. Amazing narrative of a turbulent period of global history. 5Stars.   Beevor is an erudite, meticulous historian of the period, who makes you feel like you were ‘there as

I’m getting right into David Mamet’s Masterclass. At US$90 it’s Good Value. Students of this Masterclass get great tips, insights and advice from one of the masters of the craft. I’ll post a review once I finish the course. Take Care & Cheers Jason

I just saw on the news a memorial crowd in Manchester singing Oasis’ iconic hit: ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger; I heard her say’. https://binged.it/2qhOmq9 A person started singing the lyrics on her own then a few people sang along then someone yelled: ‘C’mon Sing Up!’ And the whole crowd joined in and sang with passion. Very

I enjoyed this movie: 3.5 Stars. The problem with successful movie franchises like Alien and Star Wars in particular, is you have to watch the movie in context of the other movies. Accordingly, you judge the film in comparison of how the story fits in with the movie franchise as a whole. The Alien storyline is

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 Nearly, but not as good as the original: 3.5 Stars. Don’t get me wrong, sequels always have a much harder job to impress audiences, especially when the original was really good; the bar has been set much higher. The movie has a great story with impressive special effects. However, my only complaint is how some scenes

I enjoyed this Movie more for it’s special effects than it’s adaptation as a story: 3 Stars. Ghost in the Shell is an intricate blend of futuristic, sci-fi anime; and it works.   I particularly liked the Aristotle- like philosophical statement that is mentioned a couple of times throughout the movie;   I am paraphrasing but it goes

I didn’t know what to make of this movie when I watched the trailer. I could tell it was an inter-racial couple; going by the old but increasingly irrelevant term that characterised a black white intimate relationship. An African-American man, Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) is dating a white woman, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). Ok, I thought, looks interesting. Initially, judging

Life is based on the International Space Station where a six member crew have discovered there is extraterrestrial life in the universe. Roy Adams (Ryan Reynolds), with the aid of a space arm, manages to catch a wayward space probe that’s been knocked off course by a meteor storm. A small cellular organism from Mars

I enjoyed this fantasy movie. Suspending disbelief and allowing yourself to come along for the ride is what Kong: Skull Island is all about. Its fun, scary, suspenseful and occasionally touching; but never dull. Based in the early 1970s, a secret US government funded operation is set in motion concerning the identity of a mysterious