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Insidious: The Red Door

Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell began the Insidious franchise in 2010. The first Insidious featured Patrick Wilson as…

Joy Ride

Think of the hijinks in Crazy Rich Asians, Bridesmaids and The Hangover and you go some way to understanding why…

Bronte (Genesian) – theatre review

Greatness often emanates from very humble beginnings. The story of the Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, is one such…

Shhhh (Red Stitch Theatre) – theatre review

Loneliness. Pain. Emotional connection. Desire. Sexual kinks. Consent. That is US writer Clare Barron’s Shhhh, which has its Australian premiere at…

The New Boy – movie review

An indigenous lad (Aswan Reid) reshapes the lives of those living at a remote monastery in 1940s Australia in Warwick…

Driving Madeleine – movie review

It would be easy to dismiss this charming crowd-pleasing little film as a Gallic variation of the Oscar winning Driving…

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – movie review

The high-octane ride that is Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is again directed by Christopher McQuarrie. He wrote…

Idomeneo (Victorian Opera and Opera Australia) – opera review

Superb staging is a hallmark of Mozart’s dramatic opera Idomeneo, set on the island of Crete shortly after the Trojan…

Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

With five in the cast on a catwalk-like stage, this is a modern, generally slapstick and cartoonish interpretation of Euripides’…

Yellowface (Rebecca F Kuang) – book review

Rebecca F Kuang is better known as fantasy author RF Kuang, responsible for the Asian-inspired Poppy Wars series and the…