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Blindspot – television review

It was inevitable that the runaway success of The Blacklist would spawn imitators. No doubt the attraction of having a…

The Assassin – movie review

The patience of Job would be a great asset when setting out to watch this slow moving martial arts film…

Burlesque at escapeXperience – theatre review

My second Escape Room experience in Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs was just as intriguing as the first I had back in…

Spectre – movie review

I thought that Skyfall was one of the best Bond movies of the past fifty years, so I was eagerly…

Now Add Honey – movie review

I regularly whine about the quality - or lack of it - in Australian movies. Today is the turn of…

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – movie review

An inane American action horror comedy, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse [note: that's the title, punctuation error included -…

The Greats at AGNSW – art preview

The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland is one of the most significant collections of European "old master"…

Terminator: Genisys – DVD review

Terminator Genisys is at times viciously violent, features masterful special effects and a story that is confusing and convoluted. Further,…

Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl – book review

Mary-Rose MacColl’s novel In Falling Snow was one of my favourite books of 2012: “… a bittersweet, touching novel that ends…

5 to 7 – movie review

A fanciful, feel good very French-American romantic comedy, 5 to 7 is part Neil Simon and part Woody Allen.  The…