Review: National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
byNoël Coward may have written the comedy Present Laughter as a parody of his own fame in the early 20th century, but his play…
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Review: National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2019)
byAs part of the National Theatre Live program, the original stage play of Fleabag has arrived. Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and performed the stage play…
Review: National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
byIn 2008 Lehman Brothers – the fourth largest investment bank in the USA – collapsed. It was the largest bankruptcy in US history. This…
Review: National Theatre Live: All My Sons (2019)
byWritten in 1947, barely two years after the Second World War came to its fateful end, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons remains one of…
Review: National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
byJoseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve was an instant classic upon its release in October 1950. Sixty-nine years on, it remains as relevant as…
Film Review: NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
bySimon Russell Beale may be one of the pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of today, but it seems even someone of his presence can be let…
Film Review: Wonder Park (2019)
byIt is not outrageous to proclaim that Disney rules the animated world, and their CGI sister Pixar traverse the divide between films for children…
Top 10 of 2018
byAt Film Blerg, we like to take some time to review the year of theatrical releases at the Australian box office and then come…
Review: NT Live: The Madness of George III (2018)
byMost familiar to Sherlock fans as Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s chiding elder brother, Mark Gatiss has until now been known more as a character actor…
Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2018)
byBack in 2000, the film gods gave us Billy Elliot, a story about a boy who wanted to break gender stereotypes and be a…