by Dave Bradley | May 1, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, Rated MA Obviously a teen-targeted scary saga (despite having just enough violence to qualify for an MA Rating), this wannabe-creeper has a mildly unusual set-up and an initially grim mood, although it does eventually somewhat go to Hell....
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Alex Michaelides (Hachette Australia) 2018, 341pp, paperback RRP $29.99, Ebook RRP $14.99. Praised by Lee Child (creator of Jack Reacher), Stephen Fry and other luminaries on the cover, this first novel by the Cyprus-born Michaelides has an air of authenticity due to...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Jo Thornely (Hachette Australia) 2018, 292pp, paperback $32.99 Aussie author, journalist, podcaster and cult expert Thornely’s page-turner study could have been grim indeed, but she’s so funny that you can grin and bear some damn scary stuff. And she’s exhaustively...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 13, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/CABARET ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ GBR/AUS] The Jade, Tue 12 Mar. Adelaide’s own Louise Messenger loves Ella Fitzgerald dearly, but when she took to the stage at The Jade on the opening night of her new show, she had to admit that it was going to be impossible to...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 8, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Michael Caine (Hachette Australia) 2018, 294pp, RRP $32.99 Sir Michael Caine, one of the most beloved of all actors, has written a volume of autobiography before (2011’s The Elephant To Hollywood), but this is more a nostalgic reminisce about the whole craft of...