by John Turnbull It’s movie time, as entertainment editor John Turnbull checks out the latest big screen blockbuster from Tom Cruise and a little-seen sci-fi pic with a big twist… Mission Impossible: Fallout Directed by Christopher McQuarrie (2018) Even if you’ve been living under a rock, there is a fair chance […]
Friends of Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery are bringing Leigh Carmichael, the creative mind behind “the ‘Mona effect”, to Coffs Harbour for their gala dinner on September 7th. It’s a move sure to make them the envy of many galleries and regional areas, keen to know the secrets of Mona’s success. […]
05. Annihilation Release Date: February 23rd Who’s in It? Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac You Gotta See This: In its finest moments (and there were a lot of fine moments), Alex Garland’s Ex Machina managed a nifty trick: It looked like […]
We’re already halfway through 2018, which would feel like a lot more of a sigh of relief if it didn’t instead fill us with dread about what’s still yet to come. As both the US and the world at large begin to shift in seismic ways, old culture clashes still […]
Brad Bird returns to animation with a freewheeling sprint through Pixar’s art-deco world by Clint Worthington With the notable (and infamous) exception of the Cars series, Pixar has an almost unreasonably strong track record with sequels. The Toy Story series wrote the book on how to craft meaningful new stories […]
Aussie songwriter remains introspective but listeners can also ‘air guitar’ along to her by Matt Melis on May 19, 2018, 1:30am B+ The Lowdown: Courtney Barnett returns with her sophomore full-length after taking America by storm in 2015, touring behind her head-turning debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes […]
New research by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has revealed the nation’s most creative communities outside of major cities. Top five creative hotspots in regional Australia Byron, NSW Hobart, TAS Anangu Pitjantjatjara, SA Surf Coast, VIC Gold Coast, QLD Source: Regional Australia Institute By Samantha Turnbull and Maddie Whitford […]
Ron Howard delivers the most entertaining Star Wars film since the Reagan era “Never tell me the odds.” Sorry, Han ol’ buddy, but the odds were stacked against your movie from the get-go. After all, the idea of watching anyone but Harrison Ford play Han Solo screamed of Bad […]
It’s time for some new music, John Turnbull checks out recent releases from bluesman Dave Hole, stoner-metalheads Black Stone Cherry, art-rocker Jack White and the oh-so-cool Thirty Seconds to Mars. New Music by an Old Artist Dave Hole: Goin’ Back Down Somewhat like a fine wine, singer/guitarist Dave Hole keeps […]
The small-screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s disturbing dystopia remains intensely frightening, fleshing out its fascist theocracy with an extraordinary Elisabeth Moss at the center by Jake Nevins Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale: Season Two. Photograph: George Kraychyk/Hulu After its formidable first season debuted in spring 2017, the small-screen adaptation […]