Review

''It felt natural to write about strong, resilient women.''

Politics and romance doesn't sound like the typical rom-com pairing does it? Read on to see if Long Shot makes that combination work.

Expect the unexpected with this one!

Just as Pet Sematary warns that "sometimes dead is better" does the same ring true for movie revivals? Keep reading and find out!

A new page-turner just in time for winter.

So what's the verdict?

A brutal restaurant reviewer meets his match and we're loving it.

Sometimes you don't even know you need a product until you give it a try.

Aussie starwalt, Mia Wasikowska returns to her period-drama roots in touching new film, writes Shahbaz Malik.

It’s dating as an extreme sport, writes Susan Horsburgh, and last night’s season-three kick-off did not disappoint.

Some of your hope - some of your dreams about the good at the heart of so many human beings - may be about to drown, says Caroline Overington, as she reviews the most talked about book of the year.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best TV shows, movies, DVDs, books and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best TV shows, movies, DVDs and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best TV shows, movies, DVDs and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best books, TV shows, movies and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best books, TV shows, movies and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best books, TV shows, movies and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Woman’s Day‘s Naomi Toy looks at the best books, TV shows, movies and music of the week! Here are our top five for this week.

Four hundred years may separate the fictional life of thirty-something Dr Gabriella Mondini, as she battles discrimination in Venice, circa 1590, as a woman physician, and equality today.

Travel journalist Lee Mylne has done an impressive job with this guidebook combining practical information (including full accommodation pricing), with personal reviews and whimsical historical tales.

Mary and Elizabeth Durack were the spoiled creative daughters of a pioneering cattle king. They grew up to become two of Australia’s most influential artists.

Set in the criminal underworld of Washington DC in 1972, it’s alive with huge “afro” hairdos, glamorous muscle cars, and classic soul music.

Livia Prescott thought she was at rock bottom even before the stalking started. You would think that a failed marriage, a custody battle, and a dying father would be traumatic enough for anyone.

The story of John William Lewin, who left England a nobody and rose to become a respected artist, author and printmaker in the young convict colony of Australia, is a gently inspiring one.

There's much more to the particularly disturbing murder of prostitute Bernice Hogan than police are letting on and journalist Jack Gannon is determined to discover the truth.

Thor is the latest Marvel superhero movie to hit our screens and what a force of special effects to be hit with. The movie has a surprisingly fine array of talent, including Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins and Rene Russo, with Kenneth Branagh as director. The film opens on the dark plains of the US, where […]

It’s “Phantom of the Ballet” as Natalie Portman stars in Black Swan, the much-hyped psychological thriller, directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) which will attract as much comment about the sex scenes as the dancing. Nina (Natalie Portman) is an aspiring ballerina, driven by an obsessive mother (Barbara Hershey) and her own perfectionism. She is […]

It’s hard to understand how a book exposing the hypocrisy and immorality of pharmaceutical marketing could be the basis for a romantic comedy, but Love and Other Drugs is surprising in so many ways. The lead character (played by Jake Gyllenhall) is based on Jamie Reidy, the man who wrote the book Hard Swell: The […]

It’s good v evil, then evil v eviller, then good v evil again. Confused? Megamind 3D is a superhero tale with a twist. And it’s funny. Megamind 3D starts off like a sequel until you realise it’s the same old storyline of most superhero stories. Two pods are sent from space to Earth. One contains […]

With Barack Obama in the White House it seems filmmakers are more relaxed about making films that question George W Bush’s administration’s actions ahead of the Iraq war. And when you see how one of its loyal soldiers was treated by the vice-president’s office, you will understand why they waited. Fair Game tells the true […]

With a title as homely as this, you might expect a midday movie about the indefinable bond between a mother and her child. But what you get is something much more amazing. Mother and Child begins with a montage of a young mother who gives up her child for adoption, before cutting to Karen (Annette […]

The originalShrekwas a great movie, with funny fairytale references, hilarious support characters and a wit that appealed to adults, with animation that left the children starry eyed. The second was a great sequel, and the third … well, it was forgettable. So forgettable, we didn’t call for a fourth. But they made one anyway. Shrek […]

It must be the season to be romantic with Aussie leading men, with the release of The Back-up Plan featuring Jennifer Lopez and Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin. Zoe (Lopez) is a sweet-natured, gorgeous-looking pet-shop owner who sells dogs that aren’t in-bred pure-breds. Zoe is somehow still single and wants to have a baby on her […]

There’s romance in those lovely rolling hills of Tuscany, and it’s there that Letters to Juliet takes us. From the long opening credits, which feature images of loving couples from the renaissance to the present, we know we are in for a loving time. Sophie is an aspiring wide eyed-writer, played by Amanda Seyfried (Mamma […]

Iron Man stood out from other superhero movies by being one of the funniest and more realistic. This hero had no superpowers, just a super metal suit, and he often fumbled his way to victory. And he didn’t hide his identity, instead revelling in the fact he was a rich, eligible bachelor. And in Iron […]

If there’s one genre Aussie filmmakers have feared to tread since 1981’sGallipoli, it has been the sweeping war epic. But director Jeremy Sims now takes us underground, beneath Hill 60, for his ambitious foray. Brendan Cowell leads as Oliver Woodward, the new commanding officer of a group of civilian miners charged with digging their way […]