Review

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 […]