Tag: Entertainment
A golden effort
The Logies
Channel Nine
CARRIE Bickmore won the gold Logie and the hearts of a nation with a speech that urged all of us to wear...
Charlie’s got a way to go yet
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Weekly with Charlie Pickering, ABC, Wednesday, 8.30pm
SOME shows hit the ground running and others are a slow burn, quietly...
Foxtel delivers Gallipoli goods
Deadline Gallipoli
Showcase, Foxtel, various times
THIS is the telling of the Australian Gallipoli tale we’ve been waiting for.
On a far smaller budget, and with a...
Gunman fails to fire
The Gunman (MA)
Starring: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba
COULD it be the worst miscasting of the year?
Tortured, leftist artiste Sean Penn as a buffed-up...
Dark tale of Mother Russia
Leviathan (M)
Starring: Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
IT’S a story with a soul as dark and troubled as Mother Russia itself.
Leviathan - in Russian...
Our home front obsession
DESPITE a distinct lack of 19th century castle renovations, Grand Designs Australia has generated a following around the country for its quirky series of...
Grand Prix Circuit beckons
IT'S all new at the circuit.
There have been a lot of new and exciting entertainment improvements to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit lately,...
Breath of fresh footy air
By DANNY BUTTLER
FOOTY is back on the box and it’s more of the same from the Seven team.
The marquee Friday night game...
Double click flicks
FOLLOWING enormous success around the world, on-demand streaming website Netflix was recently made available to Australian users.
For a flat rate of $9.99 a month,...
Heavy metal takes flight
Fast and Furious 7 (M)
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
YOU will believe a car can fly.
And get parachuted from a plane....
It’s time we got what we pay for
Pay TV
PAY TV in Australia should be renamed Pay Twice TV, because that is exactly what viewers are forced to do.
Not only do subscribers...
Magnificently executed … literally
Fargo
SBS and Stan
LIKE many Coen Brothers films, Fargo was both a cult film and mainstream hit.
The 1996 tale of murder, kidnapping and wood-chippers was...