Natasha Lester’s A Kiss From Mr Fitzgerald was one of my favourite reads of 2016. Her commitment to writing inspires me, so I was more than a little keen to read her next novel, Her Mother’s Secret. Here’s the blurb: 1918, England. Armistice Day should bring peace into Leonora’s life. Rather than secretly making cosmetics…
– Miss Sloane – Only in cinemas from 2 March 2017 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Roadshow Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Starring Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Alison Pill and Jake Lacy, MISS SLOANE tells the thrilling story of Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), the most sought-after and…
When The Danger Ensemble is involved with a presentation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, you know it is not going to be Macbeth as you know it. And given its feature of a sexy Mrs M, Weekend at Bernie’s type moment and even a Farnham number in support of its focus on ambition and ‘be your…
Vin Diesel leads a cast of renegades to try to save the world from destruction in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. Yes, I know it is a well-worn plot, but I found this sequel surprisingly engaging and entertaining for the first half, even though I had no idea who was fighting whom and which sides…
Is it too soon for a film depicting the 2013 terrorist bombing of the annual Boston Marathon? Some would probably say yes and suggest that the film touches a nerve that is still pretty raw. But others would argue that a film like Patriots Day treats the subject with sensitivity and integrity and respect, and…
Two actors presumably in their 60s, dressed in dark attire, sitting on fixed chairs about five metres apart, one questioning the other and then the roles are reversed … for 100 minutes without interval. No set. The audience on tiered seating on either side. Hardly what you may imagine could lead to riveting and dramatic…
Babes in the Woods: Australian Purity Defil’d is a new musical comedy work in the knock-about vein of the traditional Christmas panto, but, in an Aussie style. A very Aussie style. Drought, ghosts/convicts, mine shafts, bushfires, secret rivers and occasional awful foul language. There are some illuminated signs to cue us, the audience, to APPLAUD;…
– A Few Less Men – Only in cinemas from 9 February 2017 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE In A FEW LESS MEN, the hilarious sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN, a destination wedding in Australia’s Blue Mountains goes…
Chilean director Pablo Larraín (No) takes on the enigmatic figure of Jacqueline Kennedy (neé Bouvier; later Onassis) and the mythos of the “Camelot” years in Jackie. This visually stunning and finely textured film is a kind of elegy to a lost time and lost hope, while simultaneously providing an intimate portrait of the former First…
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi will return to Australian shores two and a half years on from his last visit, to play two headline shows; along with an appearance at the Perth International Arts Festival, alongside local act Teeth & Tongue. An engaging live artist, Kishi is known for his joyous and energetic on-stage…
