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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – movie review

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is fanciful fun for the whole family. This lightweight fare will put a smile on the faces…

The Boys from Biloxi (John Grisham) – book review

John Grisham made his name with legal thrillers in which courtroom drama and legal shenanigans played an integral role in…

Margrete: Queen of the North – movie review

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Inspired by actual events Margrete: Queen of the North is an epic…

Avatar: The Way of Water – movie review

The magnificent journey that is Avatar continues with awe-inspiring distinction in The Way of Water.  The franchise has maintained its…

Okay Then That’s Great (Susannah Wise) – book review

On finishing Susannah Wise’s standalone post-apocalyptic debut The Fragile Earth, some readers may have wondered where she would go next.…

The Road Dance – movie review

The bleak melodrama The Road Dance is set against the backdrop of a tight-knit crofting community on the storm-lashed island…

Violent Night – movie review

In Violent Night, the wealthy Lightstone family gather at their secure remote family compound to celebrate Christmas. But this is…

A Brief Affair (Alex Miller) – book review

Alex Miller has twice won Australia’s premier literary award, the Miles Franklin, for The Ancestor Game in 1993 and Journey…

A Simple Act of Kindness (Red Stitch Theatre) – theatre review

Sophia (Lou Wall) has been desperate to get into the property market for some time. So it is that (yet again)…

Little Eyolf (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf (1894) is a searing portrait of angst. Rita (Elisa Armstrong) is deeply in love with…