rock n roll

Tom Stoppard’s latest work, the sprawling, epic ‘Rock N Roll’, was quite an experience. The play covered a broad sweep of time, beginning in Cambridge, England in 1968, and ending in Prague, Czechoslavakia in 1990. This time period was a

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smart people

The new American film ‘Smart People’ is one of those stories where a man finds himself in a very dark space, one huge rut, and by journey’s end they are back on track again with a new spark.

Martin Quaid

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the serpent’s teeth

Melbourne playwright Daniel Keene was blessed to have the elite Sydney Theatre Company’s Actors Company performing Citizens and Soldiers, his two one act plays, under the umbrella title The Serpent’s Teeth, exploring the dark spectre of war on human lives.

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forgetting sarah marshall

Jude Apatow’s latest film, ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ is a lot of fun. The title kind of suggests it all, the journey of a man who has recently broken up with the love of his life and is doing everything in

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you talkin’ to me?

The story goes that… in 2000 and coming up to the Olympic Games, struggling writer Anthony Sharwood decided to hop on the Olympic gravy train. He became a cabbie for the two weeks of the Olympics for the money and

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ruben guthrie

In his late twenties, Ruben Guthrie, a talented and successful Creative Director at a cutting edge advertising agency, is living the high life. He’s living with his super sexy Czech model Zoya and most nights he’s out on the town

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before the devil knows you’re dead

Jesus, ‘Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead’ is a depressing movie. Veteran American filmmaker Sidney Lumet has made a devestating family tragedy from a strong debut screenplay by Kelly Masterton.

The storyline complies with the old adage, that poverty leads

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lars and the real girl

In ex-pat director Craig Gillespie’s ‘Lars and the Real Girl’, the main character, Lars (Ryan Gosling), is definitely a bit of a ‘problem child’. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and Gus’s wife, Karin (Emily Mortimer) are worried about him. He’s

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short and sweet and song 2008

With the great Bev Kennedy and her band pumping away from the back of the small downstairs Seymour Centre stage, the respective actors from the festivals’ ten mini musicals came out and gave their works their best shot. The results

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the vertical hour

The Sydney Theatre Company has been a strong advocate of the work of British playwright David Hare. The Company has presented the Australian premieres of ‘Skylight’, ‘Amy’s View’, ‘The Breath Of Life’, his adaptation of Brecht’s ‘The Life of Galileo’

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