Ant-Man up to scale
Movies
Ant-Man (PG 13)
Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly
Ant-Man, being one of Marvel’s least anticipated films, was a surprisingly satisfactory superhero film. Although...
Restorations on a grand scale
Restoration Australia
ABC, Tuesday 8.30pm
MOVE over Kevin McCloud, here comes Sibella Court. Designer and author Sibella Court can add “TV presenter” to her long list...
Slick, shallow and soulless
Movies
Hitman: Agent 47
Starring: Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto
BACKROOM boffins in Hollywood have poured years of effort into creating a film with absolutely no engagement whatsoever...
It all comes out in the wash
By DANNY BUTTLER
Dirty Laundry Live
ABC1: Thursday 9.30pm
IF THERE'S a better show than Dirty Laundry Live on TV at the moment, then it must be...
Trainwreck is no vehicle
Trainwreck (MA15+)
Starring: Amy Schumer
FEAR not - Trainwreck is not just an Amy Schumer vehicle.
In fact, this film is so laugh out loud funny, I...
Impossible to be impressed
By DANNY BUTTLER
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (M)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin
IT’S an ice-cool name for a very lukewarm movie.
But then,...
Between the cheats
AMY (MA 15)
Limited release
IN A documentary chock-full of memorable and terrible moments, Amy Winehouse’s walk to collect her first Brit award is the...
There’s a doctor in the house
Dr Blake Mysteries
ABC1 Friday 8.30pm
REMEMBER Henry from Neighbours or the heart-throb “Mona” singer from Check 1-2 in the ’90s?
Craig McLachlan is a flirtatious, talented...
Dip into the deep and dark
True Detective Season 2
Foxtel, 7.30pm, Mondays
THE stunning first season of True Detective was about as good as television gets.
So Season 2 faced a real...
Make a booking for The Eagles
THE Eagles will fly into the Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Club on Saturday 18 July - well almost.
The club will present The Eagles Story from...
Presses all the right buttons
Inside Out (PG)
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader
PIXAR’S latest animated movie plays on the emotions - and deliberately so - in...
It’s back to the future for Ted
Ted 2 (MA)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi
TED 2 is an almost exact replay of the original Ted - but it’s no less...
Vengeful tenant jailed after arson spree
An evicted tenant who inflicted a series of firebombing attacks against her ex-housemates and landlord has been jailed for at least four years.
Tsai-Wei Hung,...
