by Dave Bradley | Sep 21, 2018 | Film, Reviews
The Predator, an alien beastie that can only be described as a humanoid reptile with icky mandibles, pseudo-Rasta dreads and a seriously bad attitude, has been popular since 1987’s original Arnold-Schwarzenegger-starring Predator, and has also appeared in 1990’s...
by David Robinson | Sep 19, 2018 | CDs, Music, Reviews
Adelaide art-rockers Satan’s Cheerleaders are on the brink of unleashing The Mechanical Turk, a brand new five-track EP, and the band is celebrating the release with a launch at The Jade on Fri 21 Sep. The Cheerleaders have deliberately kept the songs on The...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 18, 2018 | Film, Reviews
3.5 stars (out of 5) American Jesse Peretz directs this filming of Englishman Nick Hornby’s 2009 novel, complete with his sister Evgenia as one of the co-script-adaptors and Judd Apatow amongst the producers, and the result is one of the wryest, funniest films in...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 18, 2018 | Film, Reviews
2.5 stars (out of 5) A spin-off from and prequel to The Conjuring 2, this plodding horror is the origin story of the nasty phantom nun that appeared in that film and Annabelle: Creation (the other Conjuring spin-off/prequel), and please note that she was apparently a...
by David Robinson | Sep 12, 2018 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
by David Robinson Adelaide four-piece outfit Satan’s Cheerleaders strike an enviable balance between accessibility and inventiveness that makes them easy to like yet difficult to categorise in any meaningful way. Anyone who has been lucky enough to see the band...