LOVE LUST LOST – Theatre Review
Immersive theatre has always been hit or miss for me. With immersive theatre, the performance space is…
2023 Reviews
JUNNY: [BLANC] Tour, Therapy Nightclub, Crown Casino, Melbourne, September 15th 2023 – Live Review
Humble and confident. These are two words that I normally wouldn’t put together, yet they describe JUNNY…
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Musical) – Theatre Review
Over 10 years ago, I managed to catch a production of A Funny Thing Happened on the…
Tim Finn: The Lives and Times of Tim Finn, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, September 13th 2023 – Live Review
Tim Finn is by far one of the best singer-songwriters in the world. With his music career…
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (封神第一部：朝歌风云) – Film Review
Based on the classic Chinese mythology, The Investiture of the Gods, also known as Fengshen Yanyi; Creation…
The Eight Mountains {Italian Film Festival} – Film Review
Friendship is something which is important to each and every one of us. Of even greater importance…
Korean Film Festival in Australia 2023 (Melbourne) – Festival Review
Ever since 2019, the Korean Film Festival in Australia has grown to become one of my favourite…
Orchestra Victoria: Indie Symphony: Videogames in Concert – Live Review
There are many aspects of video games that make them an amazing experience. It could be the…
Death of a Salesman – Theatre Review
Willy Loman is a man of great pride. As a salesman for much of his 63 years,…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Film Review
Directed by Jeff Rowe, screenplay by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, produced…
Past Lives – Film Review
Love. Whether it be puppy love, familial love, friendship love, or romantic love, all love is real…
The Equalizer 3 – Film Review
In the south of Italy, former government special agent Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is busy doing what…
Chevalier – Film Review
Chevalier is a biographical drama film directed by Stephen Williams and written by Stefani Robinson that tells…
Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Theatre Review
I remember being obsessed with Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, Moulin Rouge. The film is by…
Cirque Du Soleil: CRYSTAL – Live Review
I’ve always been a fan of ice-skating. There’s just something so exquisite, captivating, and majestic about figure…
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…
Strays – Film Review
Ask any dog owner and they’ll tell you there’s truth to the adage “a dog is a…
Guys & Dolls (Musical) – Theatre Review
There are many Broadway musicals that are considered to be theatre staples. Most of which I have…
Red, White & Royal Blue – Film Review
From the team that produced surprise comedy smash Free Guy and the refreshingly violent Titans live action…
Godland – Film Review
Many years ago in Iceland, a box was found containing seven wet-plate photographs. These photographs were the…
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…
The Brothers Rapture – Theatre Review
They’re bigger than Jesus! They’re the best thing since sliced communion wafers! And they’re spitting beats faster…
Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter – Film Review
During an ungodly storm one night in 1893, a ship crashes aimlessly against the rocks of a…
Gran Turismo – Film Review
Way back in 1997 when I first got a PlayStation, one of the games that I got…
Asteroid City – Film Review
Interior. Theatre Stage. Night. The famed playwright Conrad Earp (Edward Norton) clatters at his keyboard, putting the…
Miss Peony – Theatre Review
Written by Michelle Law and directed by Courtney Stewart, presented by Arts Centre Melbourne in association with…
Telethon Kid – Theatre Review
Welcome, welcome to the GENEURIS annual global healthcare conference! Presented by the spectacular KT (Effie Nkrumah) this…
Parade (Musical) – Theatre Review
It is not often that I get the chance to see a production that I have absolutely…
Chameleon – Theatre Review
You might be under the impression that a performer who calls themselves a ‘chameleon’ wouldn’t be the…
Radiant Tale {Nintendo Switch} – Gaming Review
A mystical, magical fantasy-adventure, Radiant Tale is the latest otome game from publishers Aksys Games, developed by…
The Miracle Club – Film Review
In the French market town of Lourdes in 1858, a young woman named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have communicated with the Virgin Mary…
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell (掃毒3人在天涯) – Film Review
In the South China Sea, a large suspicious package is dropped off via helicopter, sometime later being…
Talk to Me – Film Review
An Aussie house party is in full swing. A young man finds his little brother amongst the…
Hijack – TV Series Review
Written by George Kay and directed by Jim Field Smith, Hijack is a seven-part British thriller mini-series…
Sisu – Film Review
In Finland, during the final days of World War II, the Lapland War is in progress. Finland…
Melbourne Theatre Company: Bloom (Musical) – Theatre Review
It is not very often that I get the opportunity to experience a brand-new musical during a…
Barbie – Film Review
The highly anticipated Barbie live-action film is finally here, directed by Greta Gerwig (Little Women, Ladybird) and…
Oppenheimer – Film Review
In the early to mid-1940s at the height of World War II the Manhattan project saw the…
Away – Theatre Review
There are very few plays that I know back to front the way I do Away by…
The Tank – Film Review
It’s not uncommon for low budget horror movies to become incredibly successful, or at least attain a…
Mary Poppins (Adelaide) – Theatre Review
Magic has once again arrived at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, this time in the form of Mary…
Insidious: The Red Door – Film Review
Five years after the last instalment, the Insidious franchise is back with a direct sequel to Chapter…
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One – Film Review
In the age of superhero films, the classic action hero flick is hard to come by. Aside…
Josh Staley: Quicker Than the Eye (Melbourne Magic Festival) – Theatre Review
I’ve been a fan of magicians for as long as I can remember. I have adored illusionists…
Theatrical: The Wizard of Oz – Theatre Review
Slip on your ruby slippers, oil up your rusty joints, and pay no attention to the 30…
Lastlings, Forum Melbourne, June 30th 2023 – Live Review
Lastlings, electronic pop band and sibling Amy and Josh Dowdle from Gold Coast, Queensland kicked off their…
Shin Ultraman – Film Review
A giant monster (Kaiju) attacks Japan inexplicably! Surviving only by the skin of our teeth and quick-thinking,…
Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation – Film Review
Directed by Pierre Coré, Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation is a French action-adventure film which is a…
The Jasmine Suite – Theatre Review
A sparsely decorated hotel room in Prague, dubbed The Jasmine Suite for its Egyptian motif. A man…
Jack Jeanne (Nintendo Switch) – Gaming Review
Developed by Broccoli with publishing from Aksys Games, Jack Jeanne is the new otome game for Nintendo…