Join the upstart editorial team as they Recap the big news stories of the week.
Robert Rodriguez’s latest film attempts to channel the past but ends up dull and uninteresting, writes Rameez Abdeen.
Ashley Shenker reviews Juan Antonio Bayona’s take on the 2004 tsunami that rocked the island of Phuket, The Impossible.
Join the upstart editorial team as they Recap the big news stories of the week.
Robert Rodriguez’s latest film attempts to channel the past but ends up dull and uninteresting, writes Rameez Abdeen.
Ashley Shenker reviews Juan Antonio Bayona’s take on the 2004 tsunami that rocked the island of Phuket, The Impossible.
Chris Lilley’s new show Angry Boys is just as skilful, clever and raw as his previous productions, says Jessica Buccolieri.
Confronting and heart-warming, the film Mad Bastards lets audiences into the broken homes of Indigenous Australians. Khairun Hamid says it’s a worthwhile journey but not for the faint-hearted.
Melbourne band Strange Talk have created quite a buzz as of late, but their EP launch last Friday left Radhika Chopra a bit disenchanted.
Maroon 5 hit Melbourne on Thursday night and, according to Jessica Buccolieri, their lively and entertaining performance was definitely worth seeing.
Sequins, cupcakes and dancing gingerbread men: Katy Perry knows how to put on a show. Penny Evangelou went along to the first concert of her California Dreams Tour in Melbourne.
Russell Brand stars as the millionaire without a care in the remake of Arthur, and he’s as whimsical as ever says Radhika Chopra.
The Drums recently brought their surf vibe to Melbourne, and left Radhika Chopra a tad unsatisfied with what seemed too much like a one-man show.
Rodrick may rule, but ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2’ failed to impress as a sequel, says upstart’s Penny Evangelou.
’Til Divorce is a tragically comedic look at a disintegrating marriage. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth reviews the first production from Thorny Devil Theatre, now showing as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Twilight director, Catherine Hardwicke, has released another mediocre film in Red Riding Hood, says Radhika Chopra.
Sofia Monkiewicz spent last Sunday night at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where she laughed, cried, and found out the meaning of life.
If you’ve always dreamed of experiencing an African safari, you don’t have to go overseas. Just escape to Werribee Zoo, as upstart’s Natalie Savino did.
Arj Barker brings his new show, Eleven, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. As Khairun Hamid discovered, he’s almost as good at playing the harmonica as he is at telling jokes.
As a human rights lawyer and CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Kon is a multi-talented man. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth reviews this hilarious story-telling gig at The Brunswick Green.
Nothing to do with brawn, and everything to do with brains. As Radhika Chopra explains, Neil Burger’s new film Limitless is literally mind-expanding.
Come rain or shine (or a lot of both) the 2011 Future Music Festival promised fans a festival experience to remember and didn’t fail to deliver. Eleani Purcell reflects on the good and the bad of the festival’s Melbourne leg.
In Meredith town the sun was high, and the sky was blue for Golden Plains No.5. upstart’s Radhika Chopra was there to revel in the fun.
The new animated film Rango, starring Johnny Depp, tells the story of a personality-changing chameleon, and as Radhika Chopra found, it was a tad bewildering.
As Soundwave Festival comes to the end of its tour for 2011, Radhika Chopra reminisces on the highs and lows of its Melbourne leg.
Sarah Green was eight years old when she saw her first musical, Jesus Christ, Superstar. The costumes, the lyrics, the atmosphere — she thought her love was unconditional. Until she met Xanadu the Musical.
