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The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is a wild ride - ultra-violent, over-the-top nonsense. But – dare I admit it – also a guilty…

Jazz Men (touring) – dance review

Sensual, highly energetic and colourful, Jazz Men appears intent on giving Magic Mike a run for its money. I speak of…

Faces From The Masquerade (Car Seat Headrest) – music review

I remember seeing Will Toledo and Car Seat Headrest early on back in 2016, soon after Teens of Denial was…

The Holdovers – movie review

Alexander Payne doesn’t make movies all that regularly - only five full features between 2000 and 2020. But when he…

Grease The Musical (Her Majesty’s Theatre) – musical theatre review

Senior high in the US in the late 1950s is re-energised in the colourful new production of Grease The Musical…

Gyeongseong Creature – streaming review

K-dramas (from South Korea), have been making a huge impact on Netflix in the past few years (e.g. Squid Game),…

The Wiregrass (Adrian Hyland) – book review

Australian rural crime author Adrian Hyland brought character Jesse Redpath from the red outback of Northern Territory to a tinder-dry…

Circus of Illusion (touring) – theatre review

The magic is top shelf. So too the – at times frightening – rola bola routine (that is where an…

Chicago the Musical (touring) – theatre review

Rouge your knees and dig your seamed stockings out, Chicago is back in town for an Australian tour. This revival…

Night Swim – movie review

A backyard pool all but becomes a living entity in the horror film Night Swim. The malevolent force does its…