A look at The Death Of Stalin (MA 15+)
EVEN though 1953 seems a long time ago, and indeed it is, this film recreates the scenes of Moscow and the antics of Russian dictator Josef Stalin and his henchmen as if it was yesterday. Continue reading
Fremantle’s away game against Gold Coast started half an hour after three of the WAFL games last Saturday. Luckily the match-of-the-round at Fremantle Oval was a late starter so getting to almost one and a half live games was possible. Continue reading
A look at Lady Bird (M)…
Movies depicting the coming of age of teenagers about to leave secondary school and embark on a university course can head down one of two paths. Continue reading
A look at Red Sparrow (MA)
Jennifer Lawrence rates as one of Hollywood’s genuine stars although in her latest film she takes a bit of a beating.
This comes in the form of psychological and mental bullying at spy school and out in the field in Budapest and later back home in Moscow – hard-core torture and thrashings. Continue reading
A look at Sweet Country (MA 15+)
For a filmgoer who lists westerns as one of his favourite genres the lure of an Australian western set in the scrublands west of Alice Springs was irresistible. Continue reading
A look at Darkest Hour (PG)
Winston Churchill might have been under extreme duress during May 1940 yet all that stress caused by constant German air raids and the mooted evacuation of Dunkirk never detracted from his brilliant speeches. Continue reading
A look at I, Tonya (MA 15+)
Every four years those of us with a taste for sport tune in to the appointed commercial TV channel for the coverage of the Winter Olympics. Continue reading
Every scoreboard tells a story
A Song. A Place. A Time.
With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
escape to the Vasse idyll
