Movie Review: Madame
What a tiptop cast writer-director Amanda Sthers has assembled for this French comedy. Ana (Toni Collette), the Madame of the house, is Harry's (Harvey Kietel's) second wife and they're hosting an important dinner party....
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...
On The Screen Review: Nobody Has To Know
"I really enjoy these small, moving human stories. They question what makes us what we are, who we are and what is it we want to be." Con Nats 4 /5 Dalmatians
I’m usually wary...
On The Screen Review: Henry V
"Harington gives Henry the gravitas he needs to be a King, and he brings out his conflicts without expecting us to support them."
"Anushka Lewis, who plays Catherine – his French bride to be –...
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...
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...
On The Screen Review: A Stitch In Time
"You can feel Hadden’s enthusiasm and love for Lieber shine through. The script could have been tighter and less obvious, but it does punch well above its weight and touches a few heart strings."...
On The Screen Review: The Good Boss
"Bardem and his charm carry this film...although Manolo Solo is ever reliable"
Con Nats 3 /5 scales
This film was Spain’s nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards this year and won...