
Plastic Defence: Column piece
This month marks Plastic Free July and I for one am left with a slightly uneasy feeling about the timing of this campaign. An innocent coincidence? Maybe. Or used in…
This month marks Plastic Free July and I for one am left with a slightly uneasy feeling about the timing of this campaign. An innocent coincidence? Maybe. Or used in…
A couple of months ago I stumbled across a new cafe being set up in East Perth. As this is my daily stomping ground I was intrigued. Even more intriguing…
If you’re even remotely into ballet you’ll know about the white swan. If you’re into movies you’ll remember the Black Swan. But, and now here’s the real test, do you…
And so to one of my favourite film festivals of the year, the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival. I was delighted to see Department Q back on the list of movies.…
With a fist full of post-June 30 deadlines in front of me I hoped the movie Booksmart would provide some sense of release. I was definitely up for some fun. I…
It’s not often I give a movie five stars and I’m probably as surprised as you are that it’s for a subtitled Korean movie called Parasite, but I guarantee you’ll understand…
Please note this review is for 2018 not 2019. For some reason it’s appears to have dropped off. I’m adding it back in as, during the recent Writing WA Forum…
Any movie that offers a Hitchcock-like mood has me intrigued. Under The Silver Lake is one such movie, but does it pull it off?
Better late than never, or so they say. After a few big distractions I finally got to see this movie and in the presence of about 50 boys under 10.…
There are many reasons why people will go see the new show A Fast Life On Wheels, by Tim Ferguson. For some it’s nostalgia for the Doug Anthony All Stars, others may…
It’s not too often that I venture away from the city for dinner these days, however my recent visit to modern Australian restaurant, Lot One Kitchen in Hillary’s, was well worth…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an anniversary reflected in one part of the 2019 German Film Festival program. On top of this the…
Lately a strange facial hair dichotomy has been occupying my thoughts, perhaps some of you have been inflicted with similar distractions.
Never has a trip to the Continental Hotel been so important. With the clock ticking down John Wick has to make it there before he gets excommunicated from the international assassins…
Recent months have seen a spate of Full Monty style triumph over adversity friendship movies. POMS follows a similar path, albeit this time with senior cheer leaders. When I first…
Let’s be honest I know very little about Shakespeare, aside from watching Othello at Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London, and even then that was more to do with Ewan McGregor…
One of my all time favourite events every year is the Perth Comedy Festival. I mean, who doesn’t love a month of laughter and introspection. Well, here we go again.…
To be honest I didn’t hold high hopes when I received the invitation to the Long Shot movie. I thought I knew what I was going to get. Turns out I grossly…