A look at Cold War (M)
It’s often said that love can transcend any era and any setting. Continue reading
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Author Archives: Les Everett
A dysfunctional family in modern day Japan by Richard Jones
A look at Shoplifters (M) Continue reading
mirror mirror on the wall 2018 by Song List Rat
it will happen to everyone sometime in their lives but i was just sure it would never happen to me. but in 2018 i woke up one morning and looked in the mirror. what i saw was not too bad but then again it was not too good. initially it was hard to put a finger on where the problem lay but after a little preening it soon became obvious. i just wasn’t INDI enough! Continue reading
Finding the Joy by Rick Kane
2018 was a cruel year. My general optimism took a battering. ..I almost keeled from the weight of events having been pummelled by the waves. Add anxiety attacks, manifested in uncontrolled physical convulsions, and you get at least a small fragment of the cracked rear-view mirror through which I bid 2018 goodbye. Continue reading
A dozen of my favourite movies for 2018 by Richard Jones
Richard Jones looks back at a busy viewing year
I think we all blinked when we read in about April or May comments from Fairfax Media film critics that with the Oscars season over we’d seen the best movies for the year. And in a way, looking back, I’d have to now agree. My Top Six for 2018 were all viewed before the end of April. It was a very ‘skinny’ few months after that although by the end of the year things were looking up again. Continue reading
The rise and rise of Dick Cheney by Richard Jones
A look at Vice (M)
Regular filmgoers won’t believe the work the make-up and hair stylists have done with Christian Bale for his latest movie. The well-known actor is barely recognisable as the White House ladder-climber Dick Cheney although in his early years as a Wyoming telecommunications linesman he’s clearly just C Bale. Continue reading
