Best films of 2024 list
The fact that I couldn't compile a full top ten of bad movies last week already shows what a good year 2024 was for...
More entertainments coming
Alex theatre St. Kilda
A Very Naughty Christmas.
Australia’s favourite adults only Christmas show makes its way to London and returns to Brisbane, Gold Coast and...
Summer fruit
Sitting on my kitchen table is a bowl of peaches and nectarines bought a few days before: round plush peaches with their velvety skin...
Plays for next year
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
The theatre has notified this publication of the 2025 season.
Opening with Moon Over buffalo Season: February 13 – March 1.
Haunted Season: April...
A green mark of quality
Wicked
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh
Rated PG
3.75/5
Directed by Jon Chu and based on the hit stage musical of the same name, Wicked...
Taste of summer
The season is back, which brings floods in one part and fires in the other.
A life led astray
Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, written by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-Han and translated by Jenna Tang, is an intense and uncomfortable read.
The story is...
New Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council
On Tuesday 19 November, I was honoured to be elected as Mayor, alongside returning Chirnside Park Ward Councillor Richard Higgins as my Deputy.
This is...
From TikTok to cookbook
Social media has changed how we read, write and publish.
Yet another example is Tiffy Chen, whose popular TikTok cooking and food sharing videos...
Woo returns to the well
The Killer
Starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy and Sam Worthington
MA15+
4/5
Directed by Hong Kong action legend John Woo (and a remake of Woo's 1989 film of...
CARTOON: US Election
As former US President Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, the President-elect is scheduled to move back to the White House in...
Housing policy and landslip issue
I hope this finds you well for my final message before the Christmas and New Year break.
This one concerns an issue close to...
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It’s a wrap!
Christmas shopping is all wrapped up for another year, the tree is up, all that is left to do is wrap the presents.
But wrapping...
