Olden days of empire on ABC
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Poldark
ABC1, 8.40pm, Sunday
IT’S been a while since we had a good old-fashioned British period drama. Sunday night on the ABC...
Avengers again. And again. And…
By JARROD POTTER
Avengers: Age of Ultron (M)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, James Spader
AVENGERS assemble! Again! For a very similar movie!
Hear me...
Tasty treats checked out
WELCOME to Vanille Bistro, 15 Treloar Lane, Pakenham (opposite Pakenham Marketplace), 5940 9295.
For that special treat for Mother’s Day drop in and check out...
A golden effort
The Logies
Channel Nine
CARRIE Bickmore won the gold Logie and the hearts of a nation with a speech that urged all of us to wear...
Charlie’s got a way to go yet
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Weekly with Charlie Pickering, ABC, Wednesday, 8.30pm
SOME shows hit the ground running and others are a slow burn, quietly...
Foxtel delivers Gallipoli goods
Deadline Gallipoli
Showcase, Foxtel, various times
THIS is the telling of the Australian Gallipoli tale we’ve been waiting for.
On a far smaller budget, and with a...
Gunman fails to fire
The Gunman (MA)
Starring: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba
COULD it be the worst miscasting of the year?
Tortured, leftist artiste Sean Penn as a buffed-up...
Dark tale of Mother Russia
Leviathan (M)
Starring: Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
IT’S a story with a soul as dark and troubled as Mother Russia itself.
Leviathan - in Russian...
Our home front obsession
DESPITE a distinct lack of 19th century castle renovations, Grand Designs Australia has generated a following around the country for its quirky series of...
Grand Prix Circuit beckons
IT'S all new at the circuit.
There have been a lot of new and exciting entertainment improvements to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit lately,...
Breath of fresh footy air
By DANNY BUTTLER
FOOTY is back on the box and it’s more of the same from the Seven team.
The marquee Friday night game...
Double click flicks
FOLLOWING enormous success around the world, on-demand streaming website Netflix was recently made available to Australian users.
For a flat rate of $9.99 a month,...
Helmeted Honeyeaters Return to Cardinia after 40 Years
Helmeted Honeyeaters return to Cardinia for the first time since Ash Wednesday bushfires. Gazette journalist Afraa Kori reports it’s a dream come true for...
