TET.Life (The Extraordinary Tourist Life)

ANZAC Centenary Memorial Walk, Adelaide SA. Australian's love to honour their war heroes and so they should. South Australia is no exception, with memorials to fallen soldiers in almost every town and city. Adelaide even has road bridges named after famous battles from the Vietnam war. ANZAC Day (April 25th) is the one day where we put all those war memorials to use in memory of all who served from World War I onward with parades and dawn services attended by thousands. Arguably, ANZAC day is more popular than it ever has been in Australia, with pilgrimages back to Gallipoli in Turkey now a thing that many Australians hope to do at least once. To see and attend services where it all began.

If the animals in The Jungle Book didn't speak like humans and simply acted exactly as you'd expect animals to act you'd be hard pressed not to believe you aren't actually looking at real animals. The CGI is that good. If that wasn't impressive enough, all the jungle environments are CGI too, however, to me at least, none of it felt like CGI at all. Everything feels very real - other than the fact the animals all talk like humans.

This book was given to me as a gift and I imagine that's how most people acquire their copy of How to Have a Very Bad Dog: 8 Proven Methods To Help You Raise and Ruin Your Pooch Deliberately and With Skill . Knock Knock is a publisher of witty books on various subjects and that is how I would describe this book's intention; witty. You'd expect this book to be filled with humorous cartoons, funny stories and crazy lists for how to have a very bad dog. A fun read to pass the time over a few lazy hours perhaps? However...

I first became aware of Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer  as the ill-fated  TV show of the same name, which I was enjoying immensely back in late 2009 until the first season went on hiatus for the televising of the 2010 Winter Olympic games. I  don't even recall if the remaining episodes were aired in Australia, I just heard that the show had been cancelled. I know I didn't see all 23 episodes and I really wanted to know how it ended so when I stumbled across the novel that the series was based upon in a bargain variety store I had to buy it.

Go and see this film. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is not deserving of the many negatively focused pre-release reviews it received. The movie will leave you wanting to see more of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman in this particular incarnation - particularly if you were a fan of Man of Steel , which BvS is a direct continuation of. Let's start this review by reminding ourselves that this film is a history-making piece of cinema. It's the first time that not just two but three of the (arguably) most well known superhero comic book character icons on the planet have featured in the same live action film.

Sophia - friendlier than Trump? Hanson Robotics specializes in creating human-like, fully automated robot heads with their latest model, Sophia, looking more life-like than Donald Trump. Seriously, that's her in in the photo on the right (do I really need to say she's the one on the left?). Of the two which one would you trust more? Before you answer check out Sophia in action in the video below.

If you're a Maggie Smith fan then The Lady in the Van should not disappoint. This 'mostly true' tale tells the story of the time real life writer, Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings), crossed paths with a transient, homeless van lady, Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), who eventually moved her van into his driveway for a number of years.