Dark Olive is bitter-sweet
Olive Kitteridge
7.30pm, Tuesday, Showcase.
SCHOOL teacher Olive (Frances McDormand) is married to small-town pharmacist Henry (Richard Jenkins) and they have a son Christopher but this...
All day at the races
WE all remember how good it was running down the stairs on Christmas morning, busting open the biggest gift you had and finding you...
Aimee chips away at challenge
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
AIMEE Robson always wanted to compete in The Block.
And in 2015 the 27-year-old from Berwick has been given her chance.
Aimee and her...
Sniper is dead on target
American Sniper (MA15+)
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
IT SEEMS preposterous to be talking about the year’s best film in January.
But American Sniper is that film.
Clint...
Rising Sun and setting sons
Unbroken (M)
Starring: No-one you’ve ever heard of
WITH plenty of Oscars buzz circling, an epic feel and Angelina Jolie directing, there’s been a heavy focus...
Art show is just great
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE state’s largest regional art show is back in town and ready to wow.
The fifth Great Art Show will be...
At last, Ten has a bash
Big Bash Cricket, Ten, from 7.30pm nightly
A MINOR miracle occurred last week, one that might just point to a good year for the country’s...
Adlib with Peter Pan
A BERWICK theatre is inviting kids to go on a magical journey with Peter Pan over the school holidays.
Kids will be taken on a...
Blonde on the stage
THE international award-winning hit Legally Blonde The Musical is strutting its way onto the Cardinia Cultural Centre’s Stage in February-March 2015.
Winner of seven major...
You make me feel like dancing
By Aneeka Simonis
RESIDENTS from a Pakenham retirement village proved that not only young people have fun on New Year’s Eve.
Around 150 residents...
Young men go commando
Commando School
SBS, Monday, 8.30pm
WE’VE seen them on TV and depicted in movies and read news reports but how much do we really know about...
A rough night’s sleep
Before I Go To Sleep (R)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth
BE WARNED - it’s a chick flick.
I’m in no position to judge if...
Lions seeing results through a favourable stage of the season
A severe bout of inaccuracy has failed to stall a mid-season resurgence from the Pakenham women’s team after the Lions defeated bottom-placed Woori Yallock...
