Tag: Opinion
Beyond horror
Horror stories don't need murder, mayhem and madness to create a sense of dread, despair and doom.
The best stories in this genre both...
Double horror catch-up
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The First Omen
M, MA15+
4.25/5, 4.5/5
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a touching, intimate French Canadian horror...
Plays for next year
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
The theatre has notified this publication of the 2025 season.
Opening with Moon Over buffalo Season: February 13 – March 1.
Haunted Season: April...
CARTOON: Birds sound speaker at Healesville RSL
The fancy bird noises coming from the Healesville RSL are starting to confuse ibises.
The smells of summer
Officially summer is here and though the days can vary from bursts of heat back to ‘grabbing a cardy kind of day’, it’s beginning...
Small business
When small businesses thrive, our community thrives.
Whether it’s a sign hanging on the fence of a local sporting ground or sponsoring our local events...
A green mark of quality
Wicked
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh
Rated PG
3.75/5
Directed by Jon Chu and based on the hit stage musical of the same name, Wicked...
A life led astray
Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, written by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-Han and translated by Jenna Tang, is an intense and uncomfortable read.
The story is...
Taste of summer
The season is back, which brings floods in one part and fires in the other.
New Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council
On Tuesday 19 November, I was honoured to be elected as Mayor, alongside returning Chirnside Park Ward Councillor Richard Higgins as my Deputy.
This is...
Looking back at Warm Winter Read
Now that summer is almost here, some of us may be reminiscing about the cool winter days, the warm doona and hot cuppa, and...
The better Ridley Scott sequel
Gladiator II
Starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal
M
4/5
Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator II is an excellent sequel to Scott's 2000 historical action epic.
After...
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CARTOON: Anzac silence
2025 marks special milestones of war history, in which many Australians were involved too.
It is the 110th year since the landing at Gallipoli and...
