Get Smart: Bloody hilarious. Unless you came to see Get Smart the TV show replicated on the big screen, or were expecting something with a bit of substance, you won’t be particularly disappointed. Steve Carrell is no Don Adams, but his straight-man is nigh on perfect, and Anne Hathaway with her gorgeous eyes is … well, a different take on Agent 99, but sexy as hell in any case. Don’t watch any trailers though, as it’ll kill some of the better jokes. ★★★★ ...

Hancock: This isn’t going to get great reviews in the media, because (a) it mixes genres and (b) it’s got some moral ambiguity, which could be like, confusing and stuff? But don’t be fooled, because it’s… uh… really not that bad. Honest. Will Smith is John Hancock, a superhero who doesn’t know why he’s a superhero. He’s a drunk and generally in need of some anger and image management - after all, what kind of superhero is hated, told to go away? - until he meets Ray (Jason Bateman), PR whizz attempting to sell his world-changing ideas. ...

I’d found The Presidents’ new CD at my local JB Hifi the other day, and listening to it in the car on the way back I got to thinking how rare this brand of what I call “fun rock” is - rock-type music that’s reasonably upbeat and light-hearted. I’ve got a very limited library of it, mostly made up of The Presidents and Do As Infinity (sadly, no longer together). There has to be more of this stuff out there though. To that end, I ask you, dear friend, to tell me where I can find more of this kind of stuff. I don’t know what exactly it’s called - perhaps alternative? - but it’s the polar opposite of both Emo and “heavy metal” and its ilk. The song’s gotta make you smile, make you tap your foot along to it on the train. I’ve heard good things about MGMT for example, but not really sure what their fun rock songs are. ...

Accidents stop in a town without signs - National - smh.com.au: Who knew: when you trust people to do the right thing, they do it.

proposed law of productivity: when you have more than 3 meetings in your calendar for a day, you can safely consider it a write-off.