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Japanese Film Festival
Well, another year, another Japanese Film Festival has passed. Here’s what I saw this year:
Robo-G
Prior to a big robotics show, three bumbling robotics engineers accidentally destroy their robot and instead fake their entry for the show with an actor inside a robot suit. The twist: the successful applicant for the role is a grandfather, who has ( Read more... ) -
The Case of the Infodumping Suspect
My current project is a fantasy-ish detective novel, written in the first person.
Currently I’ve got the problem where the detective finds a suspect and has to get a large chunk of information from them. There’s a couple of ways of presenting this to the reader, with the goal of making this as interesting as possible.
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GenreCon 2012 Review
I’m just back from GenreCon 2012. Simply put, I had a ball. It was also very conveniently located in Parramatta, which all conventions should be in future. Organisationally, it ran smoothly, and felt rather similar to the Romance Writer’s of Australia convention I went to earlier this year, albeit smaller and covering crime, horror and spec-fic ( Read more... ) -
GenreCon 2012 Review
I’m just back from GenreCon 2012. Simply put, I had a ball. It was also very conveniently located in Parramatta, which all conventions should be in future. Organisationally, it ran smoothly, and felt rather similar to the Romance Writer’s of Australia convention I went to earlier this year, albeit smaller and covering crime, horror and spec-fic ( Read more... ) -
A Dance with Dragons...
... has just appeared on my iPhone, courtesy of Amazon!
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Move Review: Sucker Punch
This film didn’t gel for me.
Load of spoilers below.
I will probably ruin the movie for you if you haven’t seen it yet.
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Book Review: When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
I quite enjoyed the last Kazuo Ishiguro book I read - ‘Remains of the Day’. The portrait of the repressed Stevens stayed with me for some time. Unfortunately, I can’t really say the same about ‘When We Were Orphans’. It’s well-written, but a combination of factors torpedoed the book for me ( Read more... ) -
Muse
I saw Muse last night at the Acer Arena, discovering their visit a few days before almost accidentally. Even with less than optimal seating (I was up the top of the arena and to the side-rear of the stage) it was a fantastic experience. On top of the live music, there was a fantastic use of colour, with the screens and laser lights. The stagecraft ( Read more... )
