BlackBerry {Melbourne International Film Festival} – Film Review
Why would you make a film about the BlackBerry? It’s not like it had a founder like…
Author: David Griffiths
Melbourne Theatre Company: Escaped Alone and What If If Only – Theatre Review
Reviewing surreal theatre is never easy. What I take away from a production might not be what…
Away – Theatre Review
There are very few plays that I know back to front the way I do Away by…
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Film Review
As a Transformers fan, I have found the last few years pretty frustrating. After the success of…
The Flash – Film Review
Anyone that knows me, knows how excited I was to see The Flash. While I enjoy Marvel,…
The Culture – Theatre Review
I am going to back a bold statement here: The Culture is the theatre production that all…
Marlowe – Film Review
There are some roles that just seem perfect for an actor. When director Neil Jordan decided to…
Hypnotic – Film Review
There was a time when hearing the idea of Ben Affleck team up with director Robert Rodriguezfor…
Bayou Bart – Theatre Review
Take some childlike innocence and mix it with the beauty of the Bayou, the mystique of talking…
Facing Up – Theatre Review
I often find theatre a lot more personal and thought-provoking than cinema since the actors are right…
Masquerade – Film Review
Take the sexual and criminal suspense of a 1990s erotic thriller and mix it with the sun-bathed…
Beau Is Afraid – Film Review
Ari Aster has to be one of the most interesting directors in modern day cinema. On one…
Evil Dead Rise – Film Review
Over the past few years, I have noticed a severe evolution in the horror genre. Gone is…
Emmet Nichols: Not Church {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
‘Not Church’ has to be one of the most creative shows that I have seen at this…
Danny McGinlay: Hardnut {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
One of the things I have noticed at this year’s comedy festival is that several comedians have…
Danny Bhoy – Now Is Not A Good Time {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
Being a huge comedy fan, I am kind of ashamed to admit that I had never seen…
The Greatest Magic Show {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
Doing theatre for kids is never easy. While the misconception might be that the shows are easy…
Air – Film Review
Bateman, Affleck, and Damon! With a cast list like this there is no way you can go…
Innes Lloyd: Time Lord {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
Given my love for improvised theatre and a certain Gallifreyan Doctor there was always a good chance…
Of An Age – Film Review
One of the things I love about Australian cinema is that as a country, our filmmakers seem…
Till – Film Review
Every year when the Oscar nominations are read out, it seems that there is one film that…
Close – Film Review
Close is one of the best films of 2023. Admittedly, this is not an easy film to…
Blueback – Film Review
My love affair with the work of Australian author Tim Winton began way back in my first…
Emily – Film Review
As a cinema lover, I have always loved that moment when you discover something bright and new…
Something In The Dirt – Film Review
In 2019 a film opened here in Australia with very little fanfare – it was a film…
The Mentor – Theatre Review
Australian acting royalty has come to St Kilda, and I am very glad that I was in…
Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical – Theatre Review
Parody is never an easy genre to get right. There has been many a time over the…
Jan Pedinski: Barely Live {Melbourne Fringe} – Theatre Review
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of watching Melbourne playwright Alexander Dymalovski’s debut play, titled Mor(t)ality,…
Senser – Theatre Review
Senser is a world without music and that to me would be one of the worst nightmares…
Three Thousand Years of Longing – Film Review
Sometimes, I love going into a movie barely knowing anything about it as it seems to add…
Come From Away, Melbourne (2022) – Theatre Review
Sometimes emotions around theatre are an interesting thing. Twice I had tried to see Come From Away…
Anna K – Theatre Review
Named after its lead character, Anna K follows a respected journalist known for exposing the truth, no…
Nope – Film Review
It is always a weird feeling as a film journalist when you seem to be out of…
Dashcam – Film Review
The ‘found-footage’ sub-genre inside the horror genre has always been a somewhat interesting prospect to explore. When…
The Phantom of the Open – Film Review
I was a hesitant when it came to watching The Phantom of the Open, not only because…
The Terminal List – TV Series Review
I love the fact that we live in an era of television where the small box now…
IMAX: Antarctica 3D – Film Review
IMAX’s latest documentary offering, Antarctica 3D draws you in with spectacular footage captured by director, Fredi Devas,…
Minions: The Rise of Gru – Film Review
Chances are, you would have heard of or seen the cute yellow creatures that say incoherent dialogue…
Men – Film Review
When you work as a film journalist, you are bound to come across some pretty disappointing films….
Evicted! A Modern Romance (Sydney Film Festival) – Film Review
One of my favourite television shows to ever air was The Secret Life Of Us. Prior to…
Black Mambas (Sydney Film Festival) – Film Review
Being an active wildlife warrior myself, this was one documentary that I didn’t want to miss at…
Children of the Mist (Sydney Film Festival) – Film Review
I don’t think in all of my years of being a film lover that I have ever…
Mor(t)ality – Theatre Review
Last night, Melbourne had its first introduction to a new playwright that is going to be a…
The Innocents – Film Review
Okay, now I am going to sound like a grumpy old critic here, but in my opinion,…
How to Please a Woman – Film Review
Often when people talk about the Australian cinema industry, they will pull out the old line “Oh…
After Yang – Film Review
In a cinema world of Marvel blockbusters and CGI extravaganzas, it is rare that I get to…
Firestarter – Film Review
There always seems to be an interesting side circus when producer Jason Blum announces that he is…
Chelsea Evans, Eli Landes, Sam Gebreleselassie: Rising Stars of Comedy {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
I must admit, when it comes to comedy, I am very much an ‘anti-snob’. I feel so…
Chase – Theatre Review
“The human mind is a wonderful yet fragile thing”, this is the thought that left me after…
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (劇場版 呪術廻戦 0, Gekijōban Jujutsu Kaisen Zero) – Film Review
Okay, so my love for manga and anime is fairly fanatical, so if you are reading this…