A look at Conclave (PG)
With the death of an ailing Pope the in-house politics of jostling Roman Catholic Cardinals in this movie make ordinary politics look very tame.
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In 1997 I spoke to Ted Kilmurray for a story in the Sunday Football League Gazette. He loved chatting about his footy before he hit the big time. Ted died on 10 January 2025.
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A look at Out Of Season (PG)
Well known French movie actor Mathieu is determined to use a bit of down time to rest and recuperate so he books into a seaside resort’s vast spa hotel.
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The Melbourne Test was so long, so hard, so dramatic we need something less taxing in Sydney. The Harbour City has tended to deliver in recent years by being rained out. This time it delivered a pitch ensuring a early finish.
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•Darsee watching on Kayo as the partnership that mattered grew.
The Boxing Day Test: twists and turns
I wasn’t alone in being astonished by the batting of Sam Konstas on Boxing Day. The fact we’d almost forgotten about it by day five showed how great this Test match was. Embarrassing behaviour from Kohli had us wondering.
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My address to the assembled cricket media, administrators and players.
Thanks for coming everyone. I’m taking advantage of this rare two-day break to talk about an important issue – spin bowling.
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A Test even making it into the fifth day seems a rarity these days. For me this one was even longer. I settled down on Friday morning to watch the first day only to discover it didn’t start until Saturday. Still took a bit of effort.
We were promised rain and got it.
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A look at The Problem With People (M)
Perhaps a movie best seen on a quiet Sunday afternoon except we saw it on a heatwave Saturday and the temperature in the movie never exceeded very moderate levels.
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One day I’ll get to an Adelaide Test.
This year’s viewing started in the admissions waiting room at a hospital, on Kayo, on the phone. Saw the first ball, the first wicket and settled in.
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The first Test has come and gone but there’s still a lot of processing going on.
The experts – the ones on TV, radio, podcasts, newspapers and social media – provide so many observations, opinions, prejudices and contradictions that our cricket processor can get clogged up.
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With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
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