Movie Review: A Gift From Bob
If you’ve heard the real life story of street cat Bob or seen the movie made about his life, you’ll want to see his follow up movie A Gift From…
Browsing: Mateship
Movie Review: Palm Beach
When you hear about a drama/comedy movie shot in the NSW northern beaches and starring an array of Aussie movie legends, how can you say no? Throw in an important…
Movie Review: Booksmarts
With a fist full of post-June 30 deadlines in front of me I hoped the movie Booksmart would provide some sense of release. I was definitely up for some fun. I…
Review: The Trip To Spain movie
Third times a charm or so they say, whoever ‘they’ are. That’s certainly the case for The Trip To Spain the latest road trip instalment from these two cheeky lads.
Dunkirk: Movie Review
Let me say up front war movies aren’t usually my thing, so reviewing the new Dunkirk movie was always going to be interesting. WOW!!! What an amazing movie. My first thoughts as…
Movie Review: Jasper Jones
Regular readers will know my penchant for supporting Australian movies. The latest edition, Jasper Jones, makes this all the more easy. What a wonderful Australian movie.
Review Swiss Army Man movie
Swiss Army Man has become known as the movie with the farting corpse of Harry Potter. If that doesn’t make you sit up and take note maybe the fact that…
Comedy Masterclass from John Cleese, Eric Idle
Never in my lifetime did I ever think I’d see a Monty Python sketch performed in person, let alone by John Cleese and Eric Idle no less. This was just…
Where do Bloggers eat on their day off? (The Raw Kitchen)
The other day I meet four fellow bloggers for lunch. While we regularly chat online we rarely have time to catch up in person. This chance meeting had me pondering…
Anzac 100 years on
The past few days have presented several opportunities to ponder the determination, courage and mateship shown by the ANZACs, not least of which was the sunset service held at Kings Park on…
Anzac Day 2014 new community involvement strategy
‘Let silent contemplation be your offering’. These are the words around the external flame in Kings Park, the site of the first dawn service ever held in Australia. Kings Park…
When cultures collide
Turn on the news or pick up a paper and there’s bound to be a story about what happens when cultures collide. Usually it’s a highly emotive negative piece about…
A Game of Human Fetch on Australia Day 2014 (part 2)
What better way to spend Australia Day than with a game of Human Fetch. The ingredients are … Australia Day 2014 © The Ponder Room One long sheet of black…
No more crusty kisses (Movember 2013)
Women everywhere salute the end of Movember and the return of smooth kisses. I’m sure some men will be pleased to see the end of it too, none more so…
Wishing for a speedy recovery from the Sydney fires 2013
Tonight my thoughts go out to all the Sydney-siders battling the fires. Ponder though I might I can’t imagine what you are going through. When the sky went dark around…
My dad the CIA agent (Q&A Scott Johnson Perth Writers Festival)
At some stage most children think their dad is a superhero, a nifty cross between Superman and James Bond. He can drive really fast, has lots of gadgets you can’t…
When life is good # 2 (When the show is free)
Last week I spent most of my evenings at the Perth Comedy Festival, which was held at the Astor Theatre, on busy Beaufort Street in Mount Lawley. As you’ll know from some of…
What makes being a craft stallholder enjoyable (Subiaco Craft Fair)
Next time you’ve wandering around a craft fair looking at the plethora of locally made produce, spare a thought for the people behind the scenes who help make it all…
