Slave weighed down by its own shackles
12 Years a Slave (MA)
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender
THIS year’s Oscar favourite is an important story but a disappointing film.
The brutal retelling of Solomon...
Eco food for thought
EARTH friendly ideas will be the order of the day at Cardinia Shire Council’s 2014 Sustainability Expo at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard,...
Dance in festive mood
TIME to get out and move to the rhythms - Dancing Ground Festival is back and coming to Gilwell Park at Gembrook from 21-24...
Delightful gypsies are special guests
GYPSY Cob, arguably the most personable horses in the world, will be special guests in the horse display at this year’s Berwick Show from...
Cast days of race colour
A NOSTALGIC display of old race meets and newspaper clippings led the thousands of race-goers into the last Pakenham Cup at the racecourse on...
Party at the pool
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AFTER the success of last year, Cardinia Shire Council will again host its popular pool party with big numbers expected.
The event was...
Torn apart by tragedy
INXS Never Tear Us Apart
Channel 7
Sunday, 16 February
EVEN if you weren’t a fan of INXS it was hard not to shed a tear when...
Broken man on rugged coast
The Broken Shore
ABC1, Sunday, 8.30pm
IT WAS always going to be a tough ask for anyone to bring Peter Temple’s classic Australian novel to the...
One for the kids
KIDS are dancing up a storm at the Cockatoo Discos being held at the Community Hall in Pakenham Road.
The disco has been running for...
He’s baaaack
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Sherlock,
Nine,
February 5 at 8.30pm
IT was the finale of all finales, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) fell to his death watched by...
Whistle Down the Wind
SET IN the American deep south state of Louisiana, Whistle Down the Wind is a story of innocence, coming of age and a fugitive...
Rock of Lamb
AN energetic and dynamic performer is preparing to rock the Nar Nar Goon Hotel this month.
Audiences will be nothing less than impressed by talented...
Bunyip’s local cop makes a change
He has seen his fair share of danger on the street for almost 40 years, but Bunyip’s local cop Danny Hower has hardly let...
