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Canticle Creek (Adrian Hyland) – book review

Back in 2007, Adrian Hyland won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut crime novel for his Northern Territory set…

Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies (The Australian Shakespeare Company) – theatre review

Littlies (several wearing angel wings) danced and clapped. They cheered and waved their arms about. Truth be told, so did…

Being the Ricardos – movie review

Nicole Kidman’s star turn as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos is an acting masterclass. She gives an awe-inspiring, nuanced…

Ghostbusters: Afterlife – movie review

The term “fan service” is getting a lot of play right now. The idea is that filmmakers and movie studios…

Top movies of 2021

If 2020 was a shock to the movie-going system, 2021 was - in many ways - worse. Lockdowns, delays and…

Clifford The Big Red Dog – movie review

Magic, mayhem and mirth combine for a delightful family offering in Clifford The Big Red Dog. Emily (Darby Camp) is…

House of Gucci – movie review

Lady Gaga packs a hell of a punch in the tangled web that is Ridley Scott’s new film, House of…

Top 5 books of 2021

The top 5     Honourable Mentions     Robert Goodman For more of Robert's reviews, visit his blog Pile…

The Tragedy of Macbeth – movie review

Don’t mess with the classics, they say. But when something has been through as many iterations as Shakespeare’s Macbeth, who…

West Side Story – movie review

West Side Story has a chequered history. The musical by Jerome Robbins (first staged in 1957) met with wide acclaim,…