Magic in the Moonlight Movie Review
As is the norm for these kinds of things a rocky romance reluctantly blossoms between the pair predictably precipitating the drama and comedy for the story. Of course Firth is old enough to be Stone's father but add a little Just For Men and, voila, problem solved.
Written and directed by Woody Allen, the film is a frivolous but interesting discussion on open versus closed minds; hard rationality versus the fantastic; and the complex relationship between science, philosophy and religion. ...
Women in Voice: 21st Anniversary at JWCOCA
For the 21st anniversary season, Women in Voice (WiV) will feature series veteran Lil’ Fi, Babushka babe Bethan Ellsmore, Danse Noir diva Alinta J, cabaret queen Carita Farrer Spencer and musical theatre favourite Liz Buchanan as MC.
Since its humble beginnings at the Sitting Duck Café in 1993 through to last year’s sold out debut at ‘the Judy’, WiV has always been synonymous with a great night out and founder Annie Peterson is promising all that and more for this year’s ...
The Falls Music & Arts Festival 2014
For those ready to cut shapes it’s time to start planning your summer getaway today. Right now. Falls will be laying out more party for you to play out with Byron now extending to a four-day show! Slow clap it out.
Start bundling your ca$h and enter the ticket ballot via fallsfestival.com before it closes on Monday August 25! Packing their aqua socks and swimmin' britches to meet you on the sunny coastal shores of all three venues will be…
THE FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL ...
Wreck-It Ralph Movie Review
One of the core problems with TRON: Legacy was that it completely disregarded the subsequent advances in video gaming since the first film. In an age where the first person shooter is considered de rigueur, TRON: Legacy was still playing with light cycles (Blockade/Surround) and illuminated Frisbees (Pong). Wreck-It Ralph corrects this oversight by internally chronicling the history of video games from the likes of Q*Bert and Tapper to 2D fighters' Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat to the ...
Fast Festival 2014
FAST is an annual national theatre festival based in Brisbane. The festival collaborates with young artists from across the country, as well as including locals from Brisbane and interstate artists from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
With the festival in its fifth year, newly appointed Artistic Director Lucas Stibbard has introduced an entirely new structure for the event with a variety of pilot programs.
Stibbard said their initiative has generated a revitalised buzz for the ...
Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema Movie Festival at ACMI
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is delighted to present a collection of landmark Polish films curated by one of the most accomplished and respected directors of our time, Martin Scorsese in Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema.
Following his 2011 visit to the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Åódž – the birthplace of the Polish Film School of the 1950s and 60s that put Polish cinema on the film map – Scorsese was compel...
Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of pre-Code Cinema Movie Festival
‘Forbidden Hollywood’ celebrates this unique period of creative freedom which ended with the reinstatement of traditional moral values through the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934.
Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Depression, struggling Hollywood studios sought to attract audiences by creating films that pushed the boundaries of social acceptability. With a gleeful mix of realism and glamour, these films tackled issues of sexuality and crime, social criticisms ...
Snowpiercer Movie Review
If you thought peak hour trains were bad, wait until you see Snowpiercer. At the back of the train (1001 cars long according to the comic) are the underclass, given barely enough food to survive and used as breeders for the upper-class, who live in luxury at the front of the train, enjoying fresh food and entertainment.
The film details a revolution, where valiant souls from the rear fight their way through the train to find the engineer and the perpetual motion machine that runs the ...
What We Do In The Shadows Movie Review
Flight Of The Concords alumni Jemaine Clement as the vampire Vladislav and Rhys Darby as the werewolf Anton deliver their usual understated take on comedy, as does the rest of the cast. This is a film that is constantly amusing but not necessarily laugh out loud funny at all times. It does however have a few big laugh moments and this night’s audience was demonstrative in their approval.
There are so many everyday life activities that the undead would experience if they lived normal ...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival Album Review
Now with the business being what it is, this year’s celebrations include the release of new product. But in difference to many of the years gone by, the product this year is both important and insightful.
First up is the American Public Broadcasting System’s fine documentary Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin. In stark contrast to a lot of the docos that have come before, the PBS version is of high quality and includes a number of previously unseen bits of footage. There are no real ...
