If you like books that warm your heart, make you cry and want to read it all over again, Our Song by Dani Atkins might just hit the spot. Here’s the blurb: This is the story of Ally and Charlotte, whose paths have intersected over the years though they’ve never really been close friends. Charlotte…
This March a brand new event will be bringing folk music to the inner western suburbs of Sydney and it looks pretty exciting. The brand new Summer Hill Folk Festival is set to take place at the Summer Hill Church on Saturday 5th March. The line-up for the festival is impressive, bringing together some of…
A slow-moving British adult drama about a couple in the twilight of their lives, 45 Years features outstanding performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. Married for 45 years, without children, Kate Mercer (Rampling) and husband Geoff (Courtenay) are poised to celebrate their wedding anniversary with a party in a week’s time. They couldn’t do…
One for the American Bible Belt, Risen is the story of the resurrection as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military leader and his aide, Lucius (Tom Felton), are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus (referred to by the Hebrew name Yeshua) in the…
Ice Cube (22 Jump Street) and Kevin Hart (Get Hard) are back for a second dose of lowbrow comedy. In the original, which came out in early 2014, fast-talking security guard Ben Barber (Hart), newly accepted into the police academy, joined James Payton (Cube) – a taciturn, quick-tempered Atlanta police detective – in patrolling the…
Contact sports and head trauma go hand in hand, but until relatively recently the potential long-term consequences of repeated knocks have gone largely unnoticed. Based upon a GQ article titled Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas, Concussion is a dramatic thriller surrounding the true story of a Nigerian immigrant to the United States, Dr Bennet…
Anyone venturing in to see How To Be Single expecting another raunchy female centric comedy along the lines of Bridesmaids or Trainwreck will be bitterly disappointed with this formulaic and lightweight ensemble romantic comedy set against the backdrop of New York’s glamorous singles scene. How To Be Single follows four female characters as they navigate…
– Genius – On DVD now We have 5 DVD copies thanks to Acorn Media. *(Valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Genius tells the story of the men and women that changed the way we live. These are the heroes, legendary icons, luminaries who changed the world through monumental innovations and staggering…
Sophomore albums are never easy and especially hard when your debut was critically hailed across the land like DIIV’s debut Oshin (2012). One way to attack the possible failure is to confront it with a double record that runs over an hour and goes down many paths. This approach initially will meet people in the…
What a delightful, funny, insightful and beautifully acted piece Quartet turned out to be. It was simply a complete entertainment package; comedy, drama, reality, a little unreality and a great deal of joy. The comfortable, regulated life of a trio of retired opera singers who live in a retirement home for showbiz veterans is shattered…
