Trigger warning: We are Jeni discusses sexual violence towards minors. Consequently, this review mentions some of this violence and may be distressing for some readers. Please take care. Dr Jeni Haynes has Dissociative Identity Disorder – DID. DID, previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is mental health condition that is borne out of childhood trauma. When…
GOAT
I’m a big fan of Sony Pictures Animation, in particular, their forte of creating visually spectacular movies which effortlessly capture a realistic, urban vibe regardless of the art style. We see this in the Spiderverse movies which nail the transition from comic books to movie screen. Similarly, KPOP demon hunters, despite leaning towards a cleaner…
2026 Alliance Française French Film Festival: The Rookie Guide | Le Routard
When you run Le Routard through a French dictionary, it translates to “the traveller”. Indeed, premise of this movie revolves around travel guidebook which loosely based on the famous Le Guide du Routard. (Fun fact: creator Phillipe Gloadguen makes a cameo in the movie) Yet, the English title for the movie is “The Rookie Guide”…
How to Make A Killing
“Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way”. The synopsis for “How to Make a Killing” made me walk into the cinema, expecting a heist-like revenge movie. One where we watch the protagonist…
2026 Perth Festival Review: Haribo Kimchi
Food isn’t just about nutrition and survival. For so many of us, food invokes memories. Everyone has meals that they associate to past experiences, special occasions and even loved ones. For me, the smell of fried chicken always takes me back to my grandmother’s house during family gatherings. With thirteen children and close to twenty…
Jimpa
Australian director Sophie Hyde is back with her latest offering – Jimpa. Loosely based on Hyde’s family, Jimpa follows Hannah, a film-maker, on a family trip to Amsterdam to visit her elderly father, Jim (also known as Jimpa). Jimpa left his family in Australia to seek a new life in Amsterdam, Hannah’s child, Frances, who…
Solo Mio
Kevin James is best known for “Mall Cop” and “Kings of Queens”. His comedic chops is cemented by his history in standup, established in the late 1980s. So when I first saw the poster for Solo Mio, I couldn’t help but think that this movie is not a “Kevin James” movie. The poster features James sitting…
Project Hail Mary
Imagine waking up alone in space, with no memory of how you got there. This is what Ryan Gosling’s Rylan Grace wakes up to in the beginning of Project Hail Mary. Based on Andy Weir’s award winning 2021 novel of the same name, the movie is an engaging space odyssey. This surprised me as I…
2026 Perth Festival: POV
Trigger warning: POV contains discussions about mental health and themes of suicide. Consequently, this review also mentions some of these themes. Please take care. POV is a truly unique theatre experience. It pairs a young actor playing Bub, a precocious eleven year old, with two adults actors playing Bub’s parents. There’s just one slight catch….
2026 Fringe: Frisky’s Reshuffle
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ To borrow (and modify) that famous line from Lara Bingle: PERTH, where were you?! It was a travesty that the Lotterywest De Parel Spiegeltent was not packed to the brim for Frisky’s Reshuffle. Miss Frisky is a musical chameleon who has successfully merged improv, crowdwork and music into a must see Fringe package. Miss…