Here's a little belated review of the Russell Peters show on Sunday at the State Opera House.

The show opened with Canadian-Greek comedian Angelo Tsarouchas, who was reminiscent of the late Chris Farley in both physical appearance and comedic style. His short and explosive set was filled with jokes derived from his Greek heritage and culture, ( Read more... )

No time for a full review of Elton's concert, so bullet point action it is ( Read more... )

Passing out into a gin-induced coma two nights in a row is either a sign of a colourful social life or one of clinical depression. Thankfully, my weekend fell into the former.

After work on Friday I met up with The Whore and his lovely crew for drinks at Matterhorn. With the first few rounds of drinks downed we headed round the corner to POPUP ( Read more... )

A rather interesting weekend with a predominantly religious theme. My previous church experiences have been weddings, funerals, and the odd performance during high school (I was on an episode of Praise Be, but never got to see it). It began on Saturday with the Ordination Ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral. Annette was one of the priests being ( Read more... )

Death has been a recurring theme of my television and film consumption over the last few days.

Worked my way through the fifth and final season of Six Feet Under over three nights and felt rather uplifted after the final episode.

Caught Out of the Blue last night. Talk about a grim movie-going experience. Still, I enjoyed and admired it on a ( Read more... )

The Dresden Dolls gig on Wednesday turned out to be a rather enjoyable night out (not that I was expecting to be bored senseless, far from it). All three of the support acts were above the 'bearable' line, with Aussie band The Red Paintings being a distinct highlight with their Placebo-meets-Kabuki-theatre apocalyptic rock ( Read more... )

Here we go, the last batch of reviews:

American Cannibal: The Road to RealityOriginally a documentary about the art of pitching ideas to television studios, this eye-opening documentary looks at the unreal world of reality television, through the inception, production and catastrophic destruction of a new reality series titled American Cannibal, a ( Read more... )

Thank You For Smoking
Politics and tobacco companies go together like French and Saunders, only not as funny. But this film WILL CHANGE THAT. Thank You For Smoking is a frank, cynical and hilarious look at the world of political lobbyists and the 'moral flexibility' the job requires. The lunchtime scenes with the M.O.D Squad ('Merchants of Death ( Read more... )

Vampires VS Sheep Man
I've already posted about how this ridiculously funny double billing of shorts had me laughing non-stop for 45 minutes. I hope that What We Do In The Shadows is made available for public consumption somewhere in the near future.

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

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Three TimesThis slow yet evocative film from Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiao-Hsien Hou is a triptych of love stories set in 1911, 1966 and 2005. The two lead actors play couples in all three stories, and each respective courtship serves as a backdrop to the film's subtle examinations of the politics of each era, from the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, ( Read more... )