by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Linwood Barclay (Hachette Australia) 2016, 453pp, RRP $29.99 The final book in Barclay’s ‘Promise Falls Trilogy’ follows on from Broken Promise and Far From True and features all the characters you’ve come to know and love – or at least like. Or, actually, in a...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Eamon Evans (Hachette Australia) 2016, 279pp, RRP $29.99 Author, blogger and general wit Evans’ latest book continues with his funny interest in weird Australiana (check out his previous offering, Great Australian Urban Legends, for similar Ocker hi-jinx), and...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Molly (Meldrum) with Jeff Jenkins (Allen & Unwin) 2016, 482pp, RRP $34.99 This jumbo follow-up to last year’s Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum autobiography The Never, Um, Ending Story (again with help from Jeff Jenkins and with the subject now just called MOLLY) feels...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Writer/director John Michael McDonagh is not to be confused with his playwright/writer/director brother Martin, although both went slightly nuts when they went to Hollywood, with Martin following up his very fine In Bruges with the wild, crazy and all-over-the-shop...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Amsterdam-born director/troublemaker Paul Verhoeven’s no stranger to movies with strong sexual content, either at home (Spetters, The 4th Man) or in America (Basic Instinct, Showgirls), and after a recent spell in the Netherlands (the fine Black Book, the virtually...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Director, co-producer and script adaptor Tom Ford’s first film (the Colin Firth-starring A Single Man) made quite an impact, and its considerable cred surely led him to being able to handle this major studio effort, with big names, serious prestige and, shall we say,...