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One Summer in Venice by Nicky Pellegrino – book review

I really enjoyed Nicky Pellegrino’s The Food of Love Cookery School so I was excited to receive her newest novel,…

Bleak by Froth – music review

The psychedelic rock train is really hard to slow down right now as West Coasters Froth have just delivered a…

Gemma Bovery – movie review

This contemporary retelling of Gustav Flaubert's 1856 tragic tale Madame Bovary is something of a dull affair despite its lashings…

San Andreas – movie review

It’s been a while since we last had a full-scale disaster movie (think Armaggedon, Independence Day), so why not a…

The House on the Lake (Griffin) – theatre review

The House on the Lake is a 90 minute, one act play. A psychological thriller, where David (Huw Higginson) seemingly…

Poltergeist – movie review

This is an unnecessary remake of the 1982 horror film of the same name, and it shows that Hollywood studios…

The Last Dance by Fiona McIntosh – book review

A heady novel of love, intrigue and taking chances, Fiona McIntosh’s The Last Dance is a book made for reading…

Woman in Gold – movie review

Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) is an elderly former refugee who, with the help of her tyro lawyer, takes on the…

Tomorrowland – movie review

Tomorrowland was created by Walt Disney as a section of Disneyland that opened in California in 1955. The theme park…

Partisan – movie review

A thought provoking art-house film from a first time Australian director (28-year-old Melburnian Ariel Kleiman, now based in London), it…