Stars in the making
By Alana Mitchelson
TWO of Casey-Cardinia’s very own will compete against some of Australia’s best emerging country artists this summer for the Toyota Star Maker...
Seven’s cheap little video nasty
Australia’s Cheapest Weddings
Streaming via Channel 7
WHAT a nasty, nasty little piece of work this one is.
Perhaps the aim was bright and breezy - and...
Truckin’ good food for a cause
THE inaugural Gippsland Food Truck Carnival is coming to Lardner Park this week, serving up tasty treats from Melbourne’s finest food trucks for the...
All hail Queen of Katwe
Queen of Katwe (PG)
Starring: David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga
SOMEONE hurry up and make David Oyelowo James Bond already.
The 'Selma' actor has...
See it – come hell or high water
Hell or High Water (MA15+)
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges
IT’S an eerie portrait of Trump’s America - before such a thing even existed.
This...
Potted power of re-invention
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (MA15+)
Starring: Ezra Miller, Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell
AFTER eight movies, how do you breathe new life...
Shakespeare is sexy again
By Tania Phillips
THE Hollow Crown,
SBS, Sundays, 8.30pm
FOUR hundred years since his death William Shakespeare (or whoever it was that wrote the plays) has become...
Heavy the head that wears the crown
THE Crown, Netflix original story, now screening
LAVISH and honest - and rumoured to be the most expensive television program ever made, The Crown is...
Arrival of a thoughtful journey
By Jason Beck
Arrival (M)
Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
WIDELY acclaimed as the best science fiction film in the past decade or so, Arrival...
Familiar places feature in latest crime novel
By Alana Mitchelson
AN Emerald author has written a suspenseful crime novel filled with references to some familiar Melbourne locations.
Peter Oredsson’s latest book 'The Sicilian...
Original music comes to festival
By Alana Mitchelson
BUNYIP’S inaugural street festival will bring entertainment this weekend.
Launched by Bunyip music enthusiasts Zach Jacobs and Amanda Payne, the idea of Bunyip...
A light in the darkness
The Light Between Oceans (MA15+)
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz
FROM the elegant haunting music of master movie composer Alexandre Desplat (Deathly...
Health, education and cost of living boosted as budget hits surplus
The State Budget has been delivered with the Labor Party pitching billions more in health, education and cost of living relief, which includes a...
