The Cutlers are a crime family that live a gypsy-like lifestyle and live in a makeshift caravan park in the countryside of Gloucestershire. They rob stately homes through a series of daring smash and grab raids. And the local police seem unable to pin anything on them, although they have their suspicions. Colby (Brendan Gleeson)…
One of the hottest singers on the planet put on a concert for the ages at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, as her soaring vocals and down to earth charm electrified the 95,000 plus that hung on her every word. The massive stage features a close up of her trademark lashes, before she appears. As she does,…
– Hacksaw Ridge – Available on DVD and Blu-ray from 15 March 2017 We have 3 DVD copies of the film thanks to Icon Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Winner of 9 AACTA awards & nominated for 6 Oscars, this all-Australian production marks the triumphant return of Academy Award winner,…
Relationships and love are sorely tested and put to the sword in C’est la Vie, the searing world premiere drama from British playwright Stephanie Silver that director Thomas Ian Doyle and the cast put together with only 10 days of rehearsals. Each of the couples here has hit major roadblocks from which there may be…
“I was lucky that I was in the right place at the right time,” says David Stratton, somewhat modestly when reflecting back on his life as one of Australia’s best known and most revered film reviewers. Stratton is the doyen of Australian film reviewers, well known to television audiences through his thirty-year association with fellow…
History was made – not by grandstanding or with vitriol … all but in a matter of fact manner, without too much fuss or bother. In this regard, Loving is different to most other equal rights movies, which play on showcase trials, eloquent speeches and virulent campaigning. It is a slow burn film from acclaimed…
Odd Man Out is a new Australian play, by David Williamson. The play explores a relationship between Ryan (Justin Stewart Cotta), a ‘numbers’ genius employed and paid well by a Big Bank for his skills, who suffers from an undiagnosed case of Aspergers’ Syndrome and Alice (Lisa Gormley) a 38 year old physical therapist counting…
A book dealing with the modern-day experience of selfies, social media and cyber-bullying … it’s the kind of read that’s right up my alley. And Wendy James delivered the goods. With a bite. Here’s the blurb: Blogger Lizzy’s life is buzzing, happy, normal. Two gorgeous children, a handsome husband, destiny under control. For her real-life…
Funny, irreverent, crude, witty, clever, lyrically and vocally adept … and I did mention darn funny, at times hilarious, didn’t I? The Book of Mormon is one of the most anticipated musicals to be staged in Melbourne has opened to much merited fanfare. This religious satire now, well and truly, deserves a long stay here. …
The best way to get anything other than disappointment out of Fifty Shades Darker is to enter the cinema with extremely low expectations. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as the young couple Christian Grey and Anastasia (Ana) Steele in this, the second chapter of the bestselling Fifty Shades erotic romance trilogy by EL James….
