Opinion
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Has acting dry as a desert
Dual Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul Rated M 3/5 Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire. Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill…
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FILM REVIEW: Prey a pretty peerless popcorn flick
This week, Lukas Seth Hynes reviews Prey, starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers and Michelle Thrush Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 The fifth film in the Predator franchise,…
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CURTAIN CALL: Evening of laughs at ELT
For their spring season, ELT presented a great evening of laughs, comedy and farce. Moon Over Buffalo a story of two actors, just ask them,…
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CARTOON: Can the trees just get along?
This week, Star Mail’s cartoonist Danny Zemp asks whether the new baby trees be welcomed by the long-standing ‘old farts’ after Yarra Ranges Council released…
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FILM REVIEW: 3000 years of longing equals 108 minutes of bliss
This week, Seth Lukas Hynes reviews Three Thousand Years of Longing, Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba Rated M 4.5/5 Directed by George Miller and…
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FILM REVIEW: Next 365 Days a black hole of bland
This week Seth Lukas Hynes reviewed The Next 365 Days, Starring Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone and Simone Susinna. Rated R18+ 1.5/5 The perplexingly titled The…
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BOOK REVIEW: Conversations about illness
This week, Christine Yunn-Yu Sun reviews Pink Punk Mum by Kala Heinemann. Thanks to Eastern Regional Libraries, this reviewer received a copy of Pink Punk…
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CARTOON: Free Ps and Ls makes drivers ready for the roads
This week, Cartoonist Danny Zemp comments on the recent initiative to make getting your L and P plates free from the State Government.
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BOOK WEEK: author Eliza Hnery-Jones
Silvan-based author discusses all things literature for Book Week 2022. 1. What are you currently reading? This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham – it’s brilliant.…
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Q&A with Star Mail reporter Mikayla for Book Week
Star News reporter Mikayla Van Loon talks about her reading habits this week for Book Week. How many books have you read this year and…
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MOVIE REVIEW: Nope gets a yes
This week Seth Lukas Hynes reviews Nope, starring Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun M 4/5 Nope is an absorbing, disquieting science fiction horror…
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A journey of self-discovery
This week Christine Yunn-Yu Sun reviews of Bewildered by Laura Waters. Bewildered, by local author Laura Waters, reminds this reviewer of Wild, the 2012 memoir…