Blue Thermal (ブルーサーマル; Burū Sāmaru) {Japanese Film Festival} – Film Review
I’ve always been fascinated with flight. So, upon hearing about Blue Thermal (ブルーサーマル; Burū Sāmaru), I leaped…
Baby Assassins (ベイビーわるきゅーれ -; Baby Walkure) {Japanese Film Festival} – Film Review
Would you enjoy killing people if it were your day job, or would it be just a…
Your Christmas or Mine? – Film Review
I love the Christmas season; the food, the quality family time and the warm weather. If I’m being honest, one aspect of Christmas that I’ve never been into…
Lancemore Crossley St, Melbourne – Accommodation Review
Hidden in the ‘East End Theatre District’ of Melbourne is stylish boutique hotel Lancemore Crossley St. Offering…
The Pursuit of Perfection {Japanese Film Festival} – Film Review
Food, it’s the thing that fuels everyone. Without it we’d drop dead pretty quickly. For some it’s…
Something In The Dirt – Film Review
In 2019 a film opened here in Australia with very little fanfare – it was a film…
Violent Night – Film Review
It’s Christmas night and Santa Claus (David Harbour) has had enough of the greed, selfishness, and consumerism…
Knives Out: A Glass Onion Mystery – Film Review
The world’s most brilliant detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) sits in a bathtub bored out of his skull. It…
Meet Cute – Film Review
Say you met someone, had the most perfect date, and you never wanted the night to end….
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Theatre Review
Andrew Lloyd Webber is a renown and celebrated composer of musical theatre. One of his first musical…
Call Jane – Film Review
In 1960s Chicago, a housewife in desperate need of help finds a poster advocating to women in…
Falling For Christmas – Film Review
‘Tis the season for Christmas films! It’s been a while between dance cards, but noughties icon and…
Lesson In Murder (死刑にいたる病; Shikei ni Itaru Yamai) {Japanese Film Festival} – Film Review
In the aftermath of his grandmother’s passing, troubled student Masaya Kakei (Kenshi Okada) feels lost. A loner,…
Kompromat – Film Review
‘Kompromat’ is old KGB slang for ‘compromising material’ or can be used describing the process of destroying…
Little Eggs: An African Rescue – Film Review
Little Eggs: An African Rescue is a 3D animated film produced by Huevocartoon Producciones, a Mexican animation…
The Christmas Tapes – Film Review
It is Christmas Eve and budding filmmaker Rachel (Ruby Setnik) has just been gifted a brand-new video…
The People We Hate at The Wedding – Film Review
Family: everyone has one. Sometimes they’re great and everyone gets along nicely, but for others they are…
The Menu – Film Review
Young couple Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) wait on a dock for a ferry. Soon joined by a variety of other…
Bones and All – Film Review
Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the novel of the same name, Bones and All is…
Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting Australian Tour, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, November 22nd, 2022 – Live Review
The last time I saw Crowded House live was also the first time I ever saw them…
Melbourne Theatre Company: Sunshine Super Girl – Theatre Review
Evonne Goolagong Cawley rose to fame in the 1970s as an Australian Aboriginal Tennis player on the…
Strange World – Film Review
Walt Disney Studios’ latest animation, Strange World, is set in the land of Avalonia. A picturesque landscape…
Millie Lies Low – Film Review
Millie Lies Low follows Millie (Ana Scotney) a talented architect student from Wellington who just landed herself…
A Christmas Carol – Theatre Review
I hate Christmas. Actually, that is a bit of a lie. I used to hate Christmas, a…
The Mentor – Theatre Review
Australian acting royalty has come to St Kilda, and I am very glad that I was in…
Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5) – Gaming Review
There are many words I can think of to describe Sonic Frontiers, but the one that always…
Hanson: Red Green Blue Tour, Forum Melbourne, November 17th, 2022 – Live Review
Three-piece pop-rock band Hanson, consisting of brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac have been a music staple since…
David Strassman in The Chocolate Diet – Comedy Review
I remember as a kid, staying up late on a Saturday night watching Hey Hey it’s Saturday…
The English – TV Series Review
Written and directed by Hugo Blick, The English is a western drama miniseries that stars Emily Blunt…
Margrete: Queen of the North – Film Review
It is 1402 and ‘Margrete Queen of the North’ (Trine Dyrholm) has achieved the impossible. Avoiding bloodshed,…
On The Line – Film Review
On The Line is a psychological thriller from writer/director Romuald Boulanger starring Mel Gibson as controversial talkback…
In The Wake (護られなかった者たちへ; Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e) {Japanese Film Festival} – Film Review
With the south-eastern Australian floods of 2022 still ongoing at the point of writing, the horror we…
Mammals – TV Series Review
Mammals is an English comedy drama series that centres around the lives of two romantic couples and…
The United Ukrainian Ballet: Swan Lake – Theatre Review
Last night, after 32 years, I had a first life experience. I went to the ballet. Honestly…
Gundog – Theatre Review
With visual direction by Alonso Pineda and produced by Three Fates Theatre (Zoe Hawkins, Thalia Dudek, and…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Film Review
I would be lying if I told you that I wasn’t overwhelmed with superhero movies as of…
Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical – Theatre Review
Parody is never an easy genre to get right. There has been many a time over the…
Titanic The Musical: In Concert – Theatre Review
Titanic. A name that is instantly recognisable. Not only is it arguably the most famous ship of…
Fridayz Live, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, November 4th 2022 – Live Review
One of the most popular R’n’B events of the year in Australia was on last night at…
Phantom of the Opera (Musical) – Theatre Review
In all honesty, I never thought I’d have the opportunity to see Phantom of the Opera again….
Armageddon Time – Film Review
Growing up in a Jewish family, Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) in Armageddon Time is a coming-of-age drama…
UPSAHL: This Is My First Headline Tour, Hotel Westwood, Melbourne, November 2, 2022 – Live Review
Melbourne was lucky enough to have the talented American singer-songwriter, UPSAHL perform in Australia for her tour…
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia – Film Review
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia, is a feature film that continues the story from the…
Ride (Adelaide Film Festival) – Film Review
I’m sure everyone has heard the saying ‘If you choose a job you love, you’ll never work…
The Banshees of Inisherin – Film Review
Friendships can be hard. At times they can be full of fun and good memories, but they…
The Woman King – Film Review
Big in scale, action and heart, The Woman King is a historical epic unlike anything audiences have…
Terrifier 2 – Film Review
Terrifier 2 is an all-out ultra-violent horror follow up to 2016’s cult favourite. A year after Art…
Gotham Knights (PlayStation 5) – Gaming Review
It has been almost 10 years since WB Games Montreal has released any games. Their long-awaited return…
Halloween Ends – Film Review
After the disappointing Halloween Kills, my expectations for Halloween Ends were very low, Halloween: Resurrection low, so…
Age of Rage: The Australian Punk Revolution (Adelaide Film Festival) – Film Review
From my early teen years, I’ve always been a big fan in the punk movement, but never…