Thievish Thursdays: Animal Kingdom (2010)
byFilm Blerg’s companion piece to The Straits (airing Thursday nights on ABC) focuses on crime in the Australian media. Week 3 of Thievish Thursdays looks…
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Film Review: My Week With Marilyn (2011)
byBased on the diaries of Olivier studios assistant Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), My Week with Marilyn details Marilyn Monroe‘s (Michelle Williams) stay in England…
Film Review: This Means War (2012)
byLauren (Reese Witherspoon) cannot find a boyfriend. This is only the first problem with the film.
Film Review: Buck (2011)
byWhen they say a person is cut from a different cloth, it is quite likely they are taking about a person like Buck Brannaman….
TV Review: The Straits: Episode 3
byIt’s official. I’m hooked. The third episode of The Straits pulls you in without reproach and addictively drags you along for the enthralling ride.
Thievish Thursdays: Underbelly (2008)
byOur second Thievish Thursdays companion piece to The Straits takes a look at the hugely successful television series Underbelly.
Film Review: The Vow (2012)
byLife could not be more perfect for Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams). Their married, hipsterish lifestyle humbly allows for Paige’s sculpturing and…
Film Review: The Artist (2011)
byCelebrity is just obscurity biding its time. These words were spoken by the delectable Carrie Fisher in her one woman show Wishful Drinking and…
TV Review: The Straits: Episode 1 & 2
byFrom the opening shots of the title sequence, it is difficult not to recall HBO’s landmark series The Sopranos. The music sounds very similar…
Thievish Thursdays: Suburban Mayhem (2006)
byOur first Thievish Thursday takes a brief look at the irreparable effects of crime over the family unit, in celebration of the new ABC1 series…