Prehistoric beasts steal the limelight
I’m not usually one for overblown arena spectaculars. Even when a great band like U2 or Muse are coming to town to perform live, I often…
Sculpture by the Sea unveiled in Perth
And, yep, there’s more of that ‘giant’ theme going on…
Fifty Shades of Beige
Why this year’s most hyped-up film is common as muck yet a major threat to the equality movement…
‘Bates Motel’: how horror and TV now get along
Plus win copies of ‘Bates Motel: Season One’ on Blu-ray…
South Park’s Seventeenth Season a keeper
You would think that beyond a decade-and-a-half of consistent production, a cartoon series would begin to look a little stale. But not so South Park, which…
Star of Whitney biopic looks spookily like her
Talk about a spitting image. Yaya DaCosta, former America’s Next Top Model contestant, looks remarkably like Whitney Houston circa 1986…
Sydney Dance deliver all manner of moves in one short hour
Having already seen a host of productions by the Sydney Dance Company, I must admit at first I wasn’t terribly excited to be seeing the group’s…
Sheer paradise: Langkawi
Cream experiences a very different side to Malaysia: the tranquil archipelago of Langkawi. Story by Antonino Tati. When most people think of Malaysia, they think…
‘Grace of Monaco’ actually a pretty good film – if you disregard what the haters have to say
I’m not too sure why critics are panning the Hollywood biopic Grace of Monaco. It’s as though they were expecting a story of a high-profile cinematic…
Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’ fails to register on the sensibility scale
Terry Gilliam has a pretty sick sense of humour. It was evident when he first partook in shenanigans with Monty Python’s ‘Flying Circus’ back in the…
M.I.A. cuts killer remix; continues on Beyonce’s pro-equal pay message…
M.I.A. has indeed been missing in action for some time, but suddenly the ‘Bad Girl’ singer is back, unleashing a radical remix – well, a track…
Arctic Monkeys’ rattle and hum impresses Arena audiences
It wouldn’t surprise me if half the audience in attendance at Arctic Monkeys’ Perth Arena gig were oblivious to the fact that the rather impressive support…
The Grand Budapest Hotel: check in to a madcap cinematic experience
Wes Anderson is renowned for creating super-surreal films – the kind that most of us wouldn’t even dream of. From ‘Rushmore’ and ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ to…
