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…
Freeheld – movie review
To think that equal rights are still being fought for in the 21st century makes me sick. That was my…
Man Up – movie review
There have been a lot of romantic comedies hitting our screens of late, and unfortunately most of them are either…