Michele born to dance
By BRIDGET SCOTT
MICHELE Martinez knows all too well how hard it can be to fit in if you’re not the same as everyone else...
Working Dog bites Team America
THEATRE
The Speechmaker
Working Dog, MTC, Victorian Arts Centre
WORKING Dog was striving for ’Dr Strangelove’ or ’The West Wing’.
But in the end, they couldn’t even reach...
Rare and fine wine on screen
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Time of our Lives
ABC1, Thursday, 8.30pm
BROAD brushstrokes with a hint of the minute details of life - this is the way of...
Dragon doesn’t drag on
By JARROD POTTER
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett
ON THE subject of training dragons, this might be your best...
Lured by lens
By Danielle Galvin
WHEN Croc Hunter Steve Irwin's life was cut short in 2006, Clinton Plowman was moved by the wildlife carer's passion for the...
Line up for fun in winter
WINTER school holidays will be plenty of fun thanks to a number of Cardinia Shire Council events and activities.
Bookings for the two school holiday...
Boots are made for walkin’
By LIA SPENCER
WINTER boots are literally walking out the door at Garfield Op Shop, as the need for warm items steps up this season.
The...
Sleeping Beauty’s rising dark
Maleficent (M)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning
THE untold story behind Sleeping Beauty details the rise and fall of evil fairy-villain Maleficent, played by Angelina Jolie....
Full Brazilian goes full monty
By TANIA PHILLIPS
The Full Brazilian,
SBS, 7.30pm each day of the World Cup
APPARENTLY there’s a football competition on? Who knew? Well, if you’re a regular...
Make or break in the house
By TANIA PHILLIPS
House Husbands,
Channel 9, Sunday, 9pm
SERIES three of any show is usually that make or break year. Will it kick on and become...
Honing skills in drama
A NEW wave of actors and performers have taken to the stage in Lang Lang.
At the town’s community centre, young people have been taking...
Outback heart of darkness
The Rover (MA)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson
IMAGINE a broken, ruined Australia after an economic collapse.
Trains with Chinese logos on them have armed security, the...