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...
Forging an adventure
By Richard Sherman
CATCH Me If You Can is the latest stage musical tackled by the creative team at the Cardinia Performing Arts Company. ...
Lawyers, guns and money
War Dogs (MA15+)
Starring: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller
SOME say war is the continuation of politics by other means.
But the War Dogs know it’s a business...
Show gives us our just desserts
By Tania Phillips
ZUMBOS Just Desserts,
Monday, 7.30pm, Seven
CHANNEL Seven has started serving up a sweet treat for those with a sweet tooth and an...
No country for any men
Bad Moms (MA15+)
Starring: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn
BAD Moms strikes a blow and a half for the sisterhood.
It’s hard to think of a...
Grease fever sweeps high school
By Alana Mitchelson
GREASE is the word at Kooweerup Secondary College as a new theatre cast prepares for its modern interpretation of the stage play...
Ambitions for higher office? Jack answers the rumours
Stepping out of the mayoral role, Cr Jack Kowarzik’s life in public office will be smaller in scope.
Or will it?
Cr Kowarzik is community-focused, but...
