Shotgun Wedding – Film Review
“’Til death do us part” takes on a whole new meaning in Shotgun Wedding. This action comedy…
Red Herring: Alien Invasion (Escape Room) – Experience Review
Escape Rooms seem to be popping up all over Melbourne. Having experienced three different rooms over the…
Lemon Tree on Dreg Street – Theatre Review
Lemon Tree on Dreg Street is an offbeat and heart-warming story written by Amy May Nunn under…
The Son – Film Review
Peter (Hugh Jackman) has it all. A beautiful young wife in Beth (Vanessa Kirby), a baby boy,…
Wire Room – Film Review
Directed by Matt Eskandari, Wire Room is an American action film that stars Kevin Dillon, Shelby Cobb,…
Tár – Film Review
In the world of classical music, you’re either a rockstar or a nobody. Tár, written and directed…
The Whale – Review
The Whale opens with a morbidly obese man having heart trouble while masturbating to gay porn. He is…
The Amazing Maurice – Film Review
The Amazing Maurice is an animated film based on the book The Amazing Maurice & His Educated…
Babylon – Film Review
LIGHTS! CAMERA! DEBAUCHERY! The magic and the excess of showbiz is explored in Babylon. A comedic drama…
Blueback – Film Review
My love affair with the work of Australian author Tim Winton began way back in my first…
Legends in Concert – Theatre Review
Legends become legends for a reason. With music, there are many factors, whether it be for an…
Break Point – TV Series Review
Tennis is undergoing a changing of the guard. Big names such as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and…
M3GAN – Film Review
After losing her parents in a tragic car crash, 8-year-old Cady (Violet McGraw) is orphaned. At the…
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre – Film Review
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is the latest film from stylish director Guy Ritchie. Although known much…
Australian Shakespeare Company: Much Ado About Nothing – Theatre Review
Every summer, without fail, I’d find myself quickly passing by the lights of Australian Shakespeare Company’s show…
Alice in Wonderland Live – Theatre Review
Alice in Wonderland is a story that most will associate with the 1951 Disney Animation of the…
MOTHERLOD_^E (Motherlode) – Theatre Review
In the year 2000 when I was a teenager, games developer Maxis, the creators of the popular…
Madagascar: The Musical – Theatre Review
Madagascar first came onto the scene via its initial animated film in 2005. There was a lot…
OnStage: The Series – Chris Cheney, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, January 4th 2023 – Live Review
The Palais Theatre is up there as one of the best venues in Melbourne. I have lost…
The Curium Experience: Extraction (Escape Room) – Experience Review
The Curium Experience is Melbourne’s newest escape room destination, and its current game ‘Extraction’ is hands down…
Hairspray (Adelaide Season) – Theatre Review
Hairspray, with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book…
Slava’s Snow Show – Theatre Review
I have long enjoyed the circus and most of the time, my favourite parts featuring the circus…
The Fabelmans – Film Review
For fifty years, director Steven Spielberg has been entertaining audiences worldwide. Now in his 70s, he looked…
A Man Called Otto – Film Review
Otto (Tom Hanks) shuffles up and down the private residential street grumpily going about his chores. He…
Serengeti 3D: Journey to the Heart of Africa – Film Review
IMAX wows audiences again with their latest release, Serengeti 3D: Journey to the Heart of Africa. While…
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Film Review
Visionary Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro completes his decade long journey in reimagining the timeless fairy tale, Pinocchio….
Avatar: The Way of Water – Film Review
It has been 13 years since James Cameron’s Avatar amazed audiences worldwide. It revolutionised visual effects, generated a temporary…
Lyle Lyle Crocodile – Film Review
I hadn’t heard of Lyle Lyle Crocodile before, despite being based on a children’s book by Bernard…
I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Film Review
One of my greatest regrets is not seeing Whitney Houston live in concert. When she visited Melbourne…
Triangle of Sadness – Film Review
The world of the rich and glamorous can be quite fascinating and often absurd. Renowned and award-winning…
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Home Alone in Concert – Live Review
There is a reason why Home Alone is such a beloved Christmas classic. For some, it would…
The Killers: Imploding the Mirage Tour, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, December 13th 2022 – Live Review
When The Killers’ Brandon Flowers says, “I love Melbourne!”, you know he means it. While Australia thoroughly…
The Lost King – Film Review
Directed by Steven Frears and written by Steve Coogan, The Lost King is a British comedy drama…
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Film Review
Shrek 2 was the first time we met the adorable little ginger feline called Puss in Boots,…
Kota the Friend: FLIGHT NIGHT Tour, 170 Russell, Melbourne, December 8th 2022 – Live Review
Avery Jones, known by his stage name ‘Kota the Friend’, has been in the music scene since…
This Moment In Time – Theatre Review
Much can be said of the human nature brought forward at airports. On your way from one…
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…
Garfield Lasagna Party (PlayStation 5) – Gaming Review
Garfield. Everyone’s favourite Monday hating, lasagna loving, lazy feline is back! But this time, in the form…
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,…