Football in Melbourne was less than two years old when an official notice appeared in the Bendigo Advertiser on 3 June 1861. It called for a “meeting of gentlemen (notice, no women mentioned), desirous of establishing a Sandhurst Football Club.”
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A look at A Haunting In Venice (PG)
Kenneth Branagh is back for his third role as Agatha Christie’s famous private detective Hercule Poirot in this murder mystery set in a huge Venice palazzo.
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• The premiership song. Photo by Lizzie Edwards.
Premierships are hard to win but somehow East Fremantle’s 2023 WAFL triumph seemed almost inevitable. In fact talk of the Sharks being 2023 premiership favourites started not long after the end of the 2022 season when they made the preliminary final.
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Fremantle fans knew their high expectations for the 2023 season were misplaced when their team managed to lose to North Melbourne – at home – in round two. A scare from the hapless hopeless banged-up Eagles in round three was confirmation.
The season provided some highlights and hope – including beating Melbourne at the MCG and a win over Geelong down at the Kardinia Park that was part of a promising last five rounds. The 101-point derby win in round 22 was required viewing.
The expected announcement that Liam Henry wants out is food for thought on three fronts.
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There was some hope among Fremantle fans that the 2023 season would end at the MCG. And it will with a meeting with fellow strugglers Hawthorn in round 24. It’s on the big stage in one of the few games of the weekend that means almost nothing.
But, in fact, this young Fremantle line-up could achieve something the club has never pulled off before.
Continue readingA look at Blackberry (M)
When you think back to the brand names of mobile smartphones you’ve used down the years does Blackberry resonate with you? My only memories are TV shots of President Obama fiddling about with his Blackberry, but only when allowed to by his security minders.
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A look at Oppenheimer (MA 15+)
How should we regard brilliant scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, the brain behind the invention of the planet’s first atomic bombs. Was he a 20th century Frankenstein or just a highly motivated inventor?
Continue readingA look at Marlowe (MA 15+)
Raymond Chandler wrote a number of books centred on rugged private detective Philip Marlowe and this film features Liam Neeson in the central role.
Now, Neeson is no Humphrey Bogart and although he exudes the appropriate dose of world weariness he’s perhaps a tad too old to be playing a tough PI. Nevertheless, he starts off with the classic Marlowe introductory scene: a glamorous blonde is visiting his office to find out where her ex-lover might be.
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High hopes were held for the Blues in 2023.
They’ve lost their last five games. Here’s the mid-season report.
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“I’ve never been so confident at the start of a season,” was my answer to the often asked pre-season question.
“You told us you were gonna be good!” I screamed (inwardly) as Freo bumbled and fumbled towards defeat at home to North Melbourne in round two.
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Every scoreboard tells a story
A Song. A Place. A Time.
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