Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen tells the story of a decrepit old man in a nursing home named Jacob who can’t quite remember whether he is ninety or ninety three.  Although Jacob has many children and grandchildren, he feels lonely and abandoned.  Through Jacob’s narration we flash back to his life in prohibition-era America where, in the span of ...

Fight for your right

In the latest instalment of Visually Interesting Obscure Films, I present Cargo, a shoestring budget German-language Swiss produced sci-fi film.  It’s actually pretty darn good.  If you can find it screening anywhere in your local cinema, check it out! This is what a $4 million dollar budget in the Swiss film industry gets you: My review of Cargo can be ...

Emotional baggage

Jen and I recently went to check out the Australian stage production of Wicked – The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz.  The Australian adaptation of the enourmously popular Broadway musical boasts an impressive cast of young local talent, television icon Bert Newton performing as The Wizard and big budget production values.  Just how big is the budget?  The ...

NB: After blogging about a 30 round A-League season over the past seven months, I’m feeling a little bit drained writing about The SportsWebsite all the time so I’ve decided to cut back on the Super 15 blog to just the Reds’ home games. The Queensland Reds were a revelation in the 2010 Super 14 after coach Ewen McKenzie re-invented ...

I hope everyone had a great week.  Here’s a clip from a Danish gameshow where contestants have to guess a smell in the dark to close out the week.

We clocked off work a little early after putting in some hard work for the first half of the day (no, really). Then we spent the rest of the time at Gilhooleys and Fat Louie’s in town.    

A friend of mine Jess held an Eighties themed party recently.  It was pretty great.  Any excuse to bust out the Def Leppard Hysteria shirt really. It was a pretty messy night.

I was never any good at drinking Guiness. Hope everyone enjoys the day!