It’s a love story with ghosts
Crimson Peak (MA)
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver
A DARK twisted fairytale, a classic Gothic romance, Crimson Peak is a...
Clear view of a has-been
The Ex-PM
ABC TV, 9.05pm Wednesdays
ANDREW Dugdale was the third longest-serving Prime Minister in Australia, Andrew Dugdale mattered - then Andrew Dugdale was “unelected” and...
800 Words is a big change
800 Words
Channel Seven, Tuesday, 8.40pm
A MAJOR drama sends a family to a small coastal town to rebuild their lives and start again among...
Partners miss the mark
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Partners in Crime,
ABC1, Friday, 8.30pm
WITH a cast headed by Little Britain’s David Walliams and Call The Midwife’s Jessica Raine, this could have...
This night in should be a real crack up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Saturday Night Crack Up,
ABC TV, 7.30pm, Saturday 10 October
FOR the second year in a row the ABC is again focusing a week...
Mills’ skill is in the mix
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
IF you’ve paid any attention to the Melbourne theatre scene over the past few years, you’ll know what a talent Rob Mills...
Peaky cuts like a razor
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Peaky Blinders,
Monday, 9.20pm, ABC2
THE epic BBC gangster series Peaky Blinders has made its way to the ABC - premiering on ABC2 this...
Foxtel brings back the event
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Event, Foxtel Arts, Sunday, 5pm
IN THESE days where talk and variety shows seem to have gone the way of the dodo on...
Are you ready for the ‘New-Who’?
Doctor Who
ABC TV, 7.30pm Sunday
SERIES nine of the “New-Who” has started in spectacular fashion - the 12th Doctor played by Peter Capaldi (or...
They’ve found A Place to Call Home
By TANIA PHILLIPS
A Place to Call Home
Foxtel - SoHo, Sunday, 8.30pm
A LITTLE over 12 months ago actor Aldo Mignone thought he was out of...
No love for the punch-drunk
Southpaw (MA15+)
Starring: Jake Gyllenahaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker
SOUTHPAW invites you to feel sympathy for a shallow, punch-drunk, meathead of a character.
Supposedly a tear-jerker, the...
Opened up for laughs
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Open Slather, Foxtel Comedy Channel, Sunday, 7.30pm
REMEMBER a time when we were spoilt for riches when it came to sketch comedies?
The...