It’s how the west was dumb
The Magnificent Seven (MA 15+)
Starring: Chris Pratt, Matt Bomer, Denzel Washington
A STAR cast and a moustache twirling bad guy are the highlights...
Real housewives simply unreal
THE Real Housewives Of Auckland,
Arena (Foxtel), 8.30pm Sunday
WHAT the heck?
This is a franchise that seems to be travelling the globe, gaining local versions and...
Third time Bridget’s right note
By Tania Phillips
THERE is something familiarly comfortable and yet actually pretty entertaining about the third story in the Bridget Jones trilogy.
Like a teddy with...
Tickets to the circus
STAR News Group has five family passes to Circus Latino to give away - just in time for the school holidays.
Each pass allows two...
Music icons of the ’80s
REMEMBER the ’80s?
Bright colours, big hair and plenty of bling - shoulder pads for the girls and far too much corduroy for the boys!
OK,...
Mad Mel makes it bloody
Blood Father (MA15+)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty
IT’S been touted as the big comeback film for Mad Mel - but it’s not all that.
That said,...
Howard on Menzies’ way
Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia,
7.40pm on Sunday September 18 and 25, ABC
THE ABC will screen a two-part documentary series Howard on Menzies: Building...
Doctor is the best medicine
By Tania Phillips
Doctor Doctor,
Channel 9, Wednesday, 8.40pm
THERE is something at once familiar and yet refreshing about Channel Nine’s new family drama Doctor Doctor.
Essentially a...
Catch the new wave
IN 1963 The Beach Boys released Surfers Rule, a tongue-in-cheek dig at their US East Coast rivals Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
“Four Seasons,...
Absolutely crashing into the ’80s
ONE of the South East Region’s biggest social events - the Casey Cardinia Foundation Annual Charity Dinner - is fast approaching.
This year guests will...
Blake puts the bite on
The Shallows (M)
Starring: Blake Lively, and a seagull
THE problem is this: why would a marauding killer shark choose Blake Lively over the world’s supply...
Dip a toe in Corfu waters
THE Durrells,
Wednesdays, Channel 7, 8.30pm
FROM the pen of Men Behaving Badly’s Simon Nye and based on “The Corfu Trilogy” by naturalist Gerald Durrell comes...
Eels fall short; Casey trounced
Pakenham Eels have dropped to fourth place on the ladder in the NRL Victoria Men’s Second Grade competition after falling painfully short of victory...
