by David Robinson | Aug 1, 2019 | Film, Reviews
[Rated MA 15+] 4.5 stars To mark the 40th anniversary of the cinematic release of Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola has created what he believes is the definitive version of his intense, harrowing and often crazed study of the darkness of the human heart....
by Dave Bradley | Apr 5, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Edited by Sean Wallace (Robinson) 2016, 589pp, RRP $29.99 The latest in the rather mammoth ‘Mammoth’ series (which features offerings upon topics as diverse as Sudoku, Westerns, the Vietnam War, Dracula, Shark Attacks, Antarctic Journeys and Apocalyptic SF), this...
by TheClothesLine | Jun 13, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews, Theatre
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Fri 12 Jun The powerhouse trio of performer Bernadette Robinson, director Simon Phillips and writer Joanna Murray-Smith have united again to create an outstandingly beautiful show. The three previously produced one of the stand-out shows of the...
by Dave Bradley | Jan 23, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Sort of by Jimi Hendrix and edited by Alan Douglas and Peter Neal (Bloomsbury) 2014, 205pp, RRP $19.99 Certain diehard Hendrix fans blindly love this first-published-in-2013 work ostensibly by the mysterious Jimi (1942 – 1970), but it isn’t an autobiography...
by Rosie van Heerde | Sep 22, 2014 | Live Music, Reviews, Theatre
Thebarton Theatre, Sat Sep 19 Ask any veteran and they will tell you that mere words can neither represent nor describe the Vietnam War experience to those watching from their living rooms at home. It was the music of the time that defined this generation of soldiers...