An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. imdb  There are much longer synopses online but that will do. There have been so many TV ads and cinema trailers for this I think...

No synopsis this week – the movie I saw was Beauty and the Beast 3D and I am almost certain every reader is familiar with this enchanting animation in the classic Disney mould. Instead – I would like to pose a question: is 3D really the next step in the evolution of movies? This is not a...

Last week I was able to chat to Ruth Osborne, Artistic Director of QL2 Dance Inc, when the group was in final rehearsal for its show Me Right Now. This week I was in the audience for its opening night at the Playhouse Theatre, where the show runs from 9-12 May. Me Right Now is an original...

Hmmmmmm. And, well, hmmmmmm again. This is the twelfth outing for the little southern-fried telepath who has inspired the fantastic and fangtastic Alan Ball-directed and written True Blood series on HBO (which is about to commence its fifth series in the US – my download finger is poised and...

Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency includes ‘The Avengers Initiative’, a who’s who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by...

PHOENIXPLAYERS’ How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opens at the ANU Arts Centre on Friday 11 May and you can get your hands on a double pass to opening night! A fun and energetic show, How to Succeed is packed full of comic and memorable characters and is guaranteed to get...