Film, Film Reviews
Advertising, Advertising News
They Tried To Make Chokito Go To Rehab
JWT’s new ad campaign for the classic chocolate bar Chokito uses the tagline “No No No”. This seems like a rather unoriginal and negative way to spruik a revamped product.
The Stage, The Stage Reviews
Review: 100 Proofs The Earth Is Not A Globe
How do we assemble our knowledge of the way the world is? In their Next Wave Festival project, media art collective Tape Projects turn scientific and philosophical questions into a magical mystery tour.
The Media, The Media Columns
The Stupid Question: What Is ‘Meow Meow’?
There’s no OED for drug slang. The names of prohibited substances are usually hashed out (!) by users and dealers, not defined by the media… until the curious case of hip new high ‘meow meow’.
Film, Film Reviews
Review: Love, Lust & Lies
The latest instalment in Gillian Armstrong’s 7-Up-style documentary portrait of three Adelaide women raises some tricky questions about class and family secrets.
TV, TV News
Good News For A Guy Who Deserves Some Sunshine
Matthew Perry hasn’t been able to catch a break in years. But his new sitcom Mr Sunshine is among this year’s most hotly anticipated new series.
The Media, The Media Columns
SAAS: Such A Great Story, They Ran It Twice
On page 17 of yesterday’s Herald Sun was a story about heartless burglars who stole an old lady’s teddy bear. And on page 19 was a story about heartless burglars who stole an old lady’s teddy bear.
TV, TV News
These Were Their Stories
NBC has just axed crime procedural series Law & Order after 20 years of representing the people. But given its many spinoffs, will the people care?
Books Reviews
Review: Eaarth by Bill McKibben
Did you know most environmental efforts are merely pissing in the wind farms and recycling the deckchairs on the Titanic? That we’ve completely fucked our planet already? Bill McKibben does. Be afraid.








