Toy company Hasbro created their line of giant shape changing robots known as Transformers way back in 1984. Then came the animated television series in 1985, which then became an animated movie in 1986 and which featured the vocal talents of Leonard Nimoy, legendary actor Orson Welles, and even DJ Casey Kasem as the voices…
The hype has been enormous, but does Barbie, the movie, live up to expectations? Well, some elements do and others not so much. The film is populated by the Barbies and Kens of Barbieland, where women rule the roost and men trail in their wake. The chief Ken (bleach blonde Ryan Gosling, with a six-pack…
Noah and The Whale’s 2009 concept album The First Days of Spring is easily one of my favourite releases of the last 10 years. Its sprawling dissection of frontman Charlie Fink’s break up with Laura Marling is a true masterpiece. So when Fink’s promo around his new solo album Cover My Tracks likened it as…
Since the age of 11, when he was taken to see the dark musical Chicago at the Sydney Opera House, Scott Hollingsworth has dreamt of becoming a star. He went on to forge a successful 18-year career as part of the ensemble in big musicals on Broadway and the West End, but he yearned for…
– Hacksaw Ridge – Only in cinemas from 3 November 2016 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Icon Film Distribution. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE HACKSAW RIDGE (shot in various locations across New South Wales) tells the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who, in Okinawa during…
An infectiously entertaining, toe-tapping, hand-clapping production of Mamma Mia! has officially opened at the Princess Theatre. With a successful Sydney season under their belts, the cast of 24 and eight musos are well rounded performers … and it shows! The fairy tale appeal of the story, along with the beloved ABBA music, make this a…
As the director of Borat and Bruno, Larry Charles can hardly be accused of playing it safe. So it is again with Dicks: The Musical. This is a hard-swearing, politically incorrect comedy, which will delight those sick and tired of woke. Dicks is the cinematic adaptation of the musical stage play F…ing Identical Twins: The…
Keep is about a young hoarder (Naomi, played by Jess Yates) and her sisters (Jane, Angie Glavas and Kara, Christina Walls), who are trying to intervene and force her to start cleaning her messy house as they reconnect with her. It is inevitable that old wounds are opened, notably the disappearance of another sister (Margo,…
From Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald (Touching The Void) comes High & Low. This revealing documentary charts the rise and fall of legendary iconoclastic fashion designer John Galliano; who has been acclaimed as one of the greatest designers of the twentieth century. Galliano rose to prominence in London in the 1980s during the New Wave…
Having closely watched all 75 minutes of Pear-Shaped, I remain utterly confused about what I just saw. It is a semi-autobiographical work (it contains both real and imagined experiences), written by Miranda Middleton and Ziggy Resnick, starring the latter and Luisa Scrofani. It concerns an eating disorder overlaid with Alice in Wonderland. What the? From what I…
