Opinion
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Reader Development Roundtable
This is the first in a series of three articles by Christine Yunn-Yu Sun featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our…
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BOOK REVIEW: The saddest children’s books
This week, Christine Yunn_Yu Sun revisits the saddest children books. Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children’s Books”, recommending…
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FILM REVIEW: Can one half of a good movie be enough?
This week, Seth Lukas Hynes reviews Spiderhead, Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett Rated MA15+ 3/5 A science fiction psychological thriller directed by…
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CARTOON: Vale Uncle Jack
This week, Star Mail cartoonist Danny Zemp gave a touching tribute to Indigenous Australian Icon Uncle Jack Charles.
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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.