Movie Review: Woman At War
The multi-award winning movie Woman At War is a warm, quirky, hilarious delight about a middle aged choir master on a personal crusade. The message is simple, go see it.…
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Pet Friendly American Express Open Air Cinema 2019
You’ve got to love it when a cinema pops up just down the road from you. When I say ‘pops up’ I mean literally pops up. The American Express Open…
Destroyer Movie Review
Over the years we’ve seen a lot of great female detective roles, Vera comes to mind. And yet we still hear talk about what would happen if we placed a…
Tom Malone Prize 2019 for Australian glass artists
Now in it’s 17th year the highly respected Tom Malone Prize showcases the transformative, enlightening and inspirational power of glass. This year saw pieces from twelve aspiring and highly experienced…
Market and Co restaurant review
Spare a thought for anyone trying to find a restaurant on New Years’ Day. That’s us every year thanks to a family celebration falling on that date. This year we…
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2019: Top Choices.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival. With over 50 movies/documentaries and only four weeks to cram them in, it’s always tough to make…
Movie Review: Hotel Mumbai
Hotel Mumbai tells the real life story of the 2008 Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. I cannot recommend this movie enough. It’s about courage, compassion, resilience and humanity.
The Arresting Properties of Zip Ties (Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe)
When I think about cable ties, or zip ties as some people call them, a few things come to mind. Some positive, some negative but none worthy of a $10,000…
Fringe World Festival 2019: Improv All Stars Up Late Night
Improv nights can be tricky. Aside from being highly dependent on the talent on stage, it’s imperative that the audience arrives openminded and primed to laugh. Thankfully both were in…
Restaurant Review: Santini Bar and Grill in QT Perth
It’s not often a restaurant surprises you these days but that was the case when we ventured to Santini Bar and Grill. Our experience also reminded me that it’s the…
Movie Review: Cold Pursuit Liam Neeson
Cold Pursuit is the latest movie from Liam Neeson. Given that making a movie involves hundreds of people I like to review them on merit, not on comments one actor…
Fringe World 2019: Review of Laser Kiwi
Weeks ago when I was looking at the Fringe World program, Laser Kiwi was one of the first shows that went into my ‘check it out’ box. While I knew…
Fringe World Festival 2019: Review of Rouge cabaret
Another night another Fringe event. With this many shows on it’s hard not to start to get jagged. Lucky for me the extremely high caliber of the shows made that…
Hyperkulturemia exbition by Andrew Nicholls at AGWA
I love it when you go to an exhibition with no expectations and come away having had your horizons expanded. This was the result after a quick visit to Andrew…
The Ponder Room rated #5 food blog
Just popping on to say woohoo!!! The Ponder Room has been rated #5 on food review site Zomato. Plus we have reached expert status on two neighbourhoods, Mount Lawley and…
Movie Review: Kusama- Infinity
One of the great things about holidays is you get to whittle down anything left on last years To Do list. Near the top of my list was watching the…
Fringe World 2019: Review Three Late-night Cabaret Acts
Last week I went to three late-night cabaret acts in Fringe World 2019, namely: Circus’Cision; The Little Death Club; and Cam Veen Charles Horse Lays An Egg. Turns out it…
Fringe World 2019: Stand Up Comedy
I was lucky enough to the invited to a few Fringe World Festival events, first up two stand-up comedy shows. The first night of a festival can always be hard…
