The charm, the fantasy and the perils – as the Nazis close in – haven’t dissipated after all these years as the world continues its love affair with the von Trapp family and The Sound of Music. Now its Melbourne’s turn to savour the excitement, the drama and heroics again. This production of the Rodgers…
Following his work on X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer takes the reigns again on X-Men: Apocalypse, in which the X-Men battle the original and most powerful mutant, known as Apocalypse. It was Singer who kicked off the successful X-Men franchise in 2000, followed by the blockbuster X2 in 2003. But back to the storyline…
– Queen of the Desert – Only in cinemas from 2 June 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE A true story of the life of British explorer and adventurer, Gertrude Bell, QUEEN OF THE DESERT chronicles her journeys of love…
Sisters tearing strips off each other in the wake of their father’s death as Hurricane Sandy* rips apart large swathes of the United States. That is what confronts patrons attending the emotion-charged drama, The Violet Sisters. The women, Sam (Jennifer Monk), now aged 35 and 30-year-old Pam (Leticia Monaghan), haven’t seen each other for eight…
This grand musical comedy is based upon the 1952 film version of Singin’ in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. Set in the late 1920s, it is a light hearted take on a period of transition in Hollywood, with the leads playing performers caught up in the move from silent films…
Can you tackle a movie about war and make it funny while not losing its dramatic impact? Well … based on what I saw in this endeavour, the answer is “yes”. Sometimes it takes saying Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (military code for the letters WTF) to discover the life you were always destined to lead. That’s…
– Now You See Me 2 – Only in cinemas from 2 June 2016 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to eOne Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE The Four Horsemen return for a second mind-bending adventure of Now You See Me, elevating the limits of stage illusion to…
After 2011’s The King of Limbs, Radiohead have finally returned! With them, they have brought their 9th LP entitled A Moon Shaped Pool. Now I could go into the groups almost 32 year history together and share all the innovations and artistic changes that they’ve brought with them but, if you are a fan of…
Joy Dettman is another new author to me, but the premise of The Silent Inheritance had immediate appeal. Secrets? Mystery? Crime? All ticks for me. Here’s the blurb: Sarah Carter, mother of twelve-year-old Marni, is raising her daughter alone in a small granny flat in suburban Melbourne. A serial killer, dubbed ‘The Freeway Killer’, is…
Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room) has often been compared to Woody Allen, although his films are a lot darker in tone and much more personal in nature. Mia Madre is a quiet, contemplative and introspective film that explores themes of mortality, loss, family, the death of a parent, emotional connections, the clash of…
