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My happy place: TV without the remote.

The underrated pleasure of staying on one TV channel all night

The comfort of sticking with one free-to-air TV channel for hours is not just the heady nostalgia of the content, but the absence of decision-making.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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In this time of heaviness and bleakness and not that much laughter, I heartily recommend this show.

This TV series will appeal to anyone who likes to laugh

In this time of heaviness and bleakness and not that much laughter, I heartily recommend this show.

  • Rebecca Shaw
One of the most visible changes for consumers will be the phasing out of cheques by 2030.

The cheque is a dramatic (and dying) way to spend a dollar. We must keep it alive

Cash is king and tapping is convenient, but nothing is more satisfying than paying with a cheque, mate.

  • Thomas Mitchell
I now have big moustache energy.

My face needed help. The moustache delivered

There’s mo doubt about it. The moustache is having a moment.

  • Patrick Lenton
We don’t just impugn a blameless animal, when we lazily use this cliché. We impugn the noblest animal of them all.

The phrase ‘dog act’ has overstayed its welcome

Let’s take it for a long drive into the country and throw it unceremoniously off the back of the ute.

  • David Free
John Cusack in High Fidelity.

The concept album is dead – and it was never great to begin with

More often than not, the “concept” serves only to confuse and complicate.

  • Tom W. Clarke
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This election day, every politician in the country will be filmed gnawing on some unidentified meat in limp white bread.

Why I’m boycotting the democracy sausage (and you should too)

In sausage we trust? Not me.

  • Mali Waugh
Big lock energy.

Serious question: why are there so many keys?

Too many keys means too many locks. And I’ve had it up to here with locks.

  • Robert Moran
Smooth and buttery, it’s time to embrace Shepard avocadoes.

Kiss my Hass: Why Shepards are the superior avocado

I’m not usually one for patriotism, but preferring Shepards over Hass is basically a civic duty.

  • Jenna Guillaume
Paris Hilton is House of Wax!

Critics despised this 2000s film. Real fans know the truth

It was nominated for worst picture at the Razzies and now has a 27 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes, but this is the people’s horror movie.

  • Tom W Clarke

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