Forest Full of Wolves by Bill Mallonee – music review
No one is ever going to call singer/songwriter Bill Mallonee an under-achiever. His latest release, a 10 song full-length effort, Forest Full of Wolves is his 78th album by his own count. Mallonee spent the 1990s fronting Vigilantes of Love, shuffling from one label to the next. They drove a van coast-to-coast playing every alternative…
Win tickets to the Spanish Film Festival
– Spanish Film Festival 2016 – At Palace Cinemas in April and May We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* The 2016 Spanish Film Festival evokes a wealth of emotions with dramas, romances, thrillers and major box-office hit comedies from across Spain, plus a selection of…
Picnic at Hanging Rock (BAT) – theatre review
“I really love the story and I can’t wait to see what they’ve done with it,” I overheard in the pre-show audience at Brisbane Arts Theatre’s take of the Australian cult classic Picnic at Hanging Rock. It’s hardly a surprising expectation; the story of the disappearance of three boarding schoolgirls and a teacher during a picnic…
British Film Festival 2017 – movie feature
The Australian premiere of actor Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, Breathe will open the 2017 Cunard British Film Festival. Coming straight from opening the 61st BFI London Film Festival, the film stars Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Claire Foy (The Crown), in the inspiring true story of a couple who refuse to give up in the face…
Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook (Arts Centre Melbourne) – narrative concert review
The highly entertaining two-hour show could be called the soundtrack of the glorious Robyn Archer’s life. She, accompanied by a highly talented three-piece band – who also provide backing vocals – bring us largely a collection of little-known songs and a few poems. There are a few tunes she wrote and others that chart the path of…
Win tickets to Red Dog True Blue
– Red Dog True Blue – Only in cinemas from 26 December 2016 We have 20 double in-season passes thanks to Village Roadshow. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Following on from the global success of Red Dog, the prequel RED DOG: TRUE BLUE tells the heart-warming story of eleven year old…
The Secrets We Keep – movie review
Secrets of the past hang over Yuval Adler’s drama, The Secrets We Keep. Maja (Noomi Rapace) suffers from her experiences as a Romanian gypsy during World War II. To this point she’s kept the dark secret to herself. She’s forged a new life with her husband, Lewis (Chris Messina) – a GP – and young…
Acts of Vengeance – home entertainment review
Antonio Banderas will never succeed in emulating the role he played in Desperado. There was a flare-up in Automata and The 33 a while back, but for the most part he only plays in standard films which deserve the label “B-Film” most of the times. Usually the acting isn’t the cause, because that remains of…
Pizza Man (Slay Theatre) – theatre review
Julie Rodgers (Elyse Batson) is having a very bad day. The 28-year-old has just been sacked from her secretarial job for rejecting her married boss’ overtures. It was her eighth job in 10 years and she is worried she won’t be able to pay the rent. She pays out by drinking (a lot) and playing…