WE’VE seen a number of really good movies this year mainly in our own central Victorian multiplex but with a couple viewed in Sydney and Melbourne during breaks at annual writers’ festivals. Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies
Best of 2016 in no apparent order by Sean Gorman
Books
Old Scores by David Whish Wilson. Continue reading
2016 in Review by Dean Schulze
My highlights for 2016 were all musical. The major highlight occurred on 20 October in the John Curtin Hotel at the bottom of Lygon Street in Melbourne. Continue reading
2016: a year of consolidation and dissolution by Nick Gye
The ultimate in upsizing by Richard Jones
A look at The Founder…
THERE can’t be too many people in the western world, or indeed in many other nations worldwide, who haven’t chowed down on a McDonald’s Big Mac and fries.
So it’s a bit of a mind-stretching exercise to find out all about Ray Kroc, the man who franchised the fast food chain across the globe resulting in today’s 35,000 outlets. Continue reading
Banks under the gun by Richard Jones
A look at Hell Or High Water…
I’VE always loved movies where locations are filmed in the Wild West, no matter in which era they’re set. Continue reading
Sully: an unlikely airline hero by Richard Jones
A look at Sully...
I DON’T believe any regular travellers, or travellers of any kind really, will ever forget those images of the downed American airliner in New York’s Hudson River a few years back. Continue reading
Not a bad reboot by Richard Jones
A look at The Magnificent Seven
NOW I know there’ll be all sorts of criticisms of Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven, but as a sucker for a Western movie I’m not joining the ranks. Continue reading
Harry and his plough horse Snowman: two champions
A look at Harry and Snowman (G)…
TO reach the top in any sport massive amounts of self-discipline, training and will power are required. Continue reading
Teenage Turkish girls take on the system
A look at Mustang (PG)…
FIVE Turkish sisters, ranging in age from 12 to 18, mark the end of their school year with a light-hearted frolic in the shallows of the Black Sea. Continue reading
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