On The Screen Review: Joker
Con's Score:4/5 Clowns
As a fan of Batman comics, I realised the darkness of these gothic characters was a far cry from the camp TV show. Think about it: Batman has no super powers. He...
OTT Movie Review: Hotel Coolgardie
If, as Paul Keating once said, Australia is the "arse-end of the world", its sphincter would be Coolgardie.
It's a mining town just west of Kalgoorlie, WA and the middle of nowhere. The local pub,...
On The Screen Review: National Theatre Live – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Con's Score: 4 Flying Fairies
In this latest National Theatre Live productions, we’re taken into the pit of ‘the round’ of the Bridge Theatre for one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays. And director Nicholas Hytner has...
Theatre Now Review: On The Screen – King Lear [National Theatre Live]
Con's Score:Â 4.5 Alaks
Alak! The brilliant Sir Ian McKellen treads the boards again and chose to have another crack at Lear in a more ‘intimate way’ in this National London Theatre production. So they chose...
Theatre Now Review – On The Screen: Venom 4D
Con's Score:Â 4 Slimy smiling beasties
Event Cinema has installed one of two 4D Cinemas in Australia and are using Venom to launch. This isn’t just vibrating seats; this is Sensaround on steroids.
When you first walk...
On The Screen: Last Flag Flying
We’ve had plenty of ‘war is hell’ movies, so it’s good in this post-Iraq age we start to see the effects of the aftermath before we rush into any more ill advised conflicts. And...
On The Screen: The Rise of Jordan Peterson
Con's Score: 2.5 /5 Clean bedrooms
I’ve always thought we should expose ourselves to ideas we may not agree with, and listen to the other side. It helps give a perspective and an informed opinion,...
Theatre Now Review: National Theatre Live – Julie
Con's Score: 2.5 lines of coke
The NT live brings a remake of August Strindberg’s classic, Miss Julie, to life for this theatre-to-film production. Re-writer Polly Stenham and director Carrie Cracknell promise a modern feminist...
On The Screen Review – Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing
Con's Score: 3 Sunflowers
This documentary has been put together by the Van Gough museum in Amsterdam and directed by an Australian David Bickerstaff.
It a straight out factual production which steps through his life and...
On The Screen Review: Hearts and Bones
Con's Score: 4 Long Lenses
One of the great tragedies of this shutdown is that this film has missed a cinematic release and has gone straight to sale. It’s sad as this is a film...