The Lego Movie has a heart of darkness.
Beneath its glossy façade and messages of friendship, individuality, and freedom, lies the abyss of moral hazard and societal decay. The Lego Movie is, at its core, a capitulation to the venal …
He goes by many aliases: Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Hagios Nikolas, Joulupukki, Nicholas of Myra, Sinterklaas. He’s the jolly bearded man bearing gifts; the herald of good will and joy; an icon for the young; an ally to the old …
It’s the perfect storm for the struggling writer: average author income is collapsing, social mobility is in decline across nearly all wealthy countries, and inequality is on the rise. These structural changes are leading to an inescapable reality: it is …
Fathers are just as capable as mothers at rearing a child. As a stay-at-home father, this seems like a statement of the obvious to me. Rhetorically, it is something we are hearing more and more. 
Yet, culturally, deep prejudice persists …
Paul Verhoeven is one of the great misunderstood satirists of modern cinema.
His work is often dismissed as mindless ultra-violence. Though most critics understand that Robocop and Total Recall were, at their core, satires of corporate culture and greed, he’s …
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
The obituaries for …
As rising Labor star Tanya Plibersek takes her place as deputy opposition leader, we assume she’s come to an arrangement with her husband on taking care of their three young children. She’s managed to find a way, notwithstanding those that …
The imminent federal election brings with it the greatest threat to online poker we’ve ever had in Australia.
Online poker has always flown under the radar. It’s technically illegal for companies to offer Australians online poker under the Interactive Gaming …
“Hell is other people” – Jean Paul Sartre
Nothing brings into focus sharper the contemptible, claustrophobic press that is humanity than does domestic air travel. Nothing makes the gorge rise so quickly, the bile duct pump so furiously, …
With the media having written off the chances of the Federal Labor Government and the opinion polls looking brutal for the Prime Minister, the time is right to look at the biggest comebacks in history. At those politicians he dragged …
