Sunday, March 31, 2019

(Mini) Sunday Spotlight: Nilüfer Yanya


Nilüfer Yanya is the daughter of two artists and hails Chelsea, London on March 22, Nilüfer Yanya released her debut album.

After three EP's a debut album finally came, you can stream the entire album below and check out some great music videos too.

The 23 year old also scored the feature album on Triple J this week. Big score for a young artist.

It's Sunday so it's time to discover your next favourite artist. Over on my other blog Flashing off the Record, you can check out a bigger profile of Sydney superstar, Flume.








Saturday, March 30, 2019

Cinema Slut #2019 - Us


Jordan Peele is back! Super hyped film maker's follow up to Get Out is already smashing records in the US @ the box office and now it is set to do the same in Australia.

Horror takes many shapes and Jordan is ditching the bump in the night shit, adding some NWA, Janelle Monae and great pop culture references.

Us was not the most likely film one would choose to see at 10:20am on a Saturday morning, but damn I was glad I made my way over to Fox Studios.



I loved Get Out, and I loved this but not quite as much. I am in love with Lupita Nyong'o she just slays and there is one big fat twist I am not going to go into.

You need to go into this film knowing very little, cause it gets twisted AF!

Some films when you read too much and watch multiple trailers you get way too many spoilers, so watch or ignore the above trailer.

Us is honestly going to get people talking again about race but maybe class as well this time. Us could stand simply for us or the US (ofA). Who really knows.

This is a top notch film, very classy, a great cinema experience, 4 Stars.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Riverdale DOES Heathers


With it's musical episode behind them now, Riverdale is moving into the homeward stretch of episodes for it's long third season.

Heathers was the feature this year following Carrie the Musical last year (sense a theme) with some big performances and lot's of big fun!



I have a love/hate relationship with Riverdale and honestly this was the best episode in a while. It's been a tough/strange season, however they have done enough for a fourth outing, however the failed crossover with Sabrina was disappointing. Apparently though another Riverdale spin off is just around the corner.

Set to conclude mid May, we get one more episode this week before a wee break until around mid April. With another season already in the bag will we see a major cliffhanger this season? When will the Katy Keene crossover commence?

With a couple of big name The CW shows set to conclude next year (Arrow and Supernatural) this leaves Katy Keene a good chance to get picked up. I also think Arrow/The Flash/Supergirl spin off Batwoman fronted by Ruby Rose may be a shoe in.

So how were the Heathers performances? Judge for yourself below or stream the episode (in Australia) on Netflix, it along with all of seasons 1-3 are currently there for your pre winter binge!

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Cinema Slut #2019 - Swimming with Men


Rob Brydon from Gavin & Stacey fame stars as the lead in this rather depressing, older white man problems film. I can say that as I am almost 37, white (yes I may be gay but other than that) I have a feeling these men made getting old as a white man look god awful.

Excluding Adeel Akhtar who ticks the ethnic and gay box, this film and the session I saw got limited if any laughs. My first gut reaction was this film looks awful, a second look at the trailer and the appealing hour of an 9:50am screening made me think twice. I shouldn't have.



There were some moments where this film almost turned a corner, however they were few and far between.

It honestly was a bit of a dull affair. Reviews online weren't too positive and even at only 96 minutes it felt a little over long.

After a dull intro and peek into Rob Brydon, Eric Scott's life and man did it suck. Accounting, a weird relationship with his wife and even stranger relationship with his son.

Not much worked on this film but I am all for older people finding a passion other than listening to Alan Jones and voting for his mate Mark Latham in One Nation.

Oh where is the world going, this gets a lone 2 Stars.

Monday, March 25, 2019

Cinema Slut #2019 - Destroyer


Nicole Kidman is on a roll, Big Little Lies in TV land, amazing, Lion, local, amazing true (based on) story, brilliant, Aquaman in the blockbuster/comic book sphere sensational and Boy Erased, touching and excellent.

Destroyer continues Nicole's new era, she is unrecognisable and delivers and award winning (almost) performance.

Destroyer is dark, twisted and rough AF. I loved this new direction for Nicole and she works on this film with fantastic female director Karyn Kusama.



The pacing at times and near the end is very slow, however I was 100% along for the ride. I am so excited to see more Kidman in the upcoming second season of Big Little Lies, however for now, this is screening and it's excellent.

For a cinema experience you won't forget in a while, Destroyer is on now and gets a solid 3.5 Stars

Sunday, March 24, 2019

(Mini) Sunday Spotlight: Huntly


Apple Music feature stars Elspeth, Andrew, and Charlie make up the three piece from Melbourne Huntly.

Their debut record Low Grade Buzz which has a great title and you can grab a listen or download some of the tricks from their JJJ Unearthed page.

There is a great story plus a link to their fun socials HERE but let's just let the music do the talking below. Huntly, discover your favourite new act NOW!






Friday, March 22, 2019

Bad Mothers


Channel Nine isn't having much luck with drama's lately, Bite Club (probably not coming back), Doctor Doctor (woeful, first episode was a massive turn off), Hyde & Seek was decent but short lived and a reboot of SeaChange and Halifax FP is coming back as Halifax - Retribution.

So how does Bad Mothers rate? Well with MAFS as a lead it, it should be smashing it, but it's audience dropped from just under 700K viewers with episode one to just under 500K this week.

Wrapping up before Easter we have three more episodes of this series to find out who killed Charlotte.



Spoiler alert if you haven't seen any of the series yet, Melissa George dies episode one! Yes episode one!

Dan Hany and Daniel McPherson try their best as two of the husbands to these Bad Mothers, whilst with Melissa George out of the way Tess Haubrich, Jessica Tovey, Mandy McElhinney AKA Rhonda and Shalom Brune-Franklin round up the Bad Mothers.

This show is nowhere near the top shelf Aussie drama like Secret City or Wentworth, it also plays a lot like Playing for Keeps (surprisingly coming back for a second season on the troubled Ten network) with a murder mystery that is actually not that interesting.

Honestly both Playing for Keeps and Bad Mothers didn't need murder to create more interest they needed better scripts.

This show is easy to watch trash why you do your fourth load of washing for the week when it's only Tuesday.

Bad Mothers, screens on Channel Nine.