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HOT: A Single Man

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Colin Firth won a BAFTA a few days ago with his role as George Falconer in A Single Man. If you watch this film you’ll see why. The first foray of Tom Ford, uber-fashion designer, into film is an intense and elegiac work about the nature of love, loneliness, repression and the small poignant moments [...]

HOT: Avenue Q

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

A comedy musical with puppets? Don’t start groaning – the Tony Award winning Avenue Q is cheesy, cheeky, a little bit dirty and it’s certainly not for kids. Admittedly it doesn’t try too hard for laughs (who’s not going to laugh at puppets having wild sex?), the songs are catchy without being memorable and there [...]

HOT: Hanabishi Japanese Restaurant, The Barracks, Petrie Terrace, Paddington

By CazM ⋅ February 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Here at BNE: HOT OR NOT we do our fair share of sushi and Japanese cuisine reviews – sushi is the new black after all. But because of its popularity I believe many establishments think it’s a licence to print money and they cut corners in doing so. I’ve sampled both 1 out of 10, [...]

HOT: The Prophet (Un prophete)

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I had no idea what to expect from The Prophet (Un prophete) – I only knew that the French film that had received lots of praise, including a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination. “Oh no” I thought as I bit into my choc top and the blood splattered on screen, “It’s going to be two [...]

HOT: Vagelis, Shop 2, 30 Racecourse Road, Ascot

By CazM ⋅ February 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I try not to get sucked into the gratuitous marketing ploys from retailers and restaurateurs that Valentine’s Day often encourages…but as V-Day fell on a Sunday (a night that I refuse to get in the kitchen) I insisted that MM take me out for a romantic meal and a nice end to our hectic weekend [...]

HOT Chat: Mark Lobo, Photographer

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 15, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Today’s post is a great interview with Brisbane based photographer Mark Lobo. I came across Mark’s work through The Colour and was immediately impressed by the saturated colours and vital personalities he captured in his work. He’s also living the dream as a full time professional photographer. You can follow Mark on Twitter here. Thanks [...]

NOT: Gelatissimo, Shop 3 The Pavillion, Cnr Albert & Queen Sts, Brisbane

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 14, 2010 ⋅ One comment

On entry, the colourful mountain range of gelati flavours in Gelatissimo provides a visual feast. Unfortunately, the product from this national chain is not really up to scratch. Nocciola is one of the few words I can say in Italian (along with ‘gelati’) and I’ve never been disappointed with hazelnut gelato. Unfortunately, Gelatissimo’s version is about as [...]

HOT: The Ballad of Backbone Joe, World Theatre Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St, New Farm

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Ballad of Backbone Joe doesn’t make any deep statements of social commentary or explore thought-provoking issues – but it is inventive and fun. The Suitcase Royale are a trio of rag ‘n’ bone musicians whose style I would term ‘Louisiana swampy blues’ and their theatrical performances combine their song-writing skills with comedy, slapstick, shadow [...]

HOT: Jost 154, 154 Melbourne St, South Brisbane

By CazM ⋅ February 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Sometimes the binary rating system of HOT or NOT really puts me in a pickle; there’s no half way mark which really does my head in… but if there was, I’d probably put Jost 154 in the kinda-hot bucket. These guys still have their training wheels on, so I need the Kinda prefix to this [...]

HOT: Coco Bella Espresso, Cnr Lamington and Welsby Streets, New Farm

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 10, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Today’s guest post comes from the Jetsetting Parents, this time sampling the new casual cafe/restaurant Coco Bella Espresso in New Farm. This eatery site in New Farm has seen quite a few changes of ownership over the last several years, from the “founder” East-West to New Farm Bistro, Bacchus, then The Hutch to the newly-opened [...]