Madame Web fails to ensnare
Madame Web
Starring Dakota Johnson, Tahar Rahim and Sydney Sweeney
Rated M
2/5
Madame Web is a bland, tedious, often irritating superhero film.
Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson), a withdrawn...
Valentine’s Day
With supermarkets already selling hot cross buns and chocolate eggs not that far behind, do we really need another Hallmark holiday full of clichéd...
Proud community builders
The Dixons Creek Methodist Church was one of the earliest churches in the Yarra Glen district.
The first Dixons Creek church was erected in...
Unique business plan doesn’t work as planned
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
Piece of Mind
A story of two friends who are nurses and decide to go into business as Therapists but with a difference....
Strong Mystery with Misplaced Priorities
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Starring Eric Bana and Anna Torv
Rated M
4/5
Based on the novel by Jane Harper, Force of Nature: The Dry 2...
Superfoods for a super school start
Sending the kids back to school after the festive break is exciting and a great opportunity to supercharge their lunch choices.
This will...
Horror show for hot weather
The Rocky Horror Show
Venue: Athenaeum Theatre
Collins St, Melbourne
A show about Brad and Janet who have just become engaged. The narrator appears and explains that...
Blackberries, superfood or childhood memory?
February is the month when wild blackberries are most abundant.
This year’s cool wet summer has produced a bumper crop of berries.
Canadian poet Margaret...
Watch The Long Kiss Goodnight Instead
Argylle
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell
Rated M
3.5/5
Argylle, an entertaining but frustrating action-comedy from Matthew Vaughn, stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Elly Conway, a...
Every delay is costing us
On Black Saturday in the small Victorian town of Yarra Glen, I witnessed a man’s death.
The horror of it, 15 years ago today,...
CARTOON: Back To School
Victorian students returned to school from Tuesday 30 January.
Salty about the snubbing of Saltburn
Revealed on January 23, the 2024 Oscar nominations had some surprises and one big snub that left me fuming.
Oppenheimer received a whopping 13 nominations...
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Federal Government prioritises housing crisis in the budget
The housing crisis is one of the top prioritised sectors in the 2024-2025 Federal budget, handed down on Tuesday 14 May, aiming to ease...
