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Tchaikovsky Walked So These Athletes Could Fly: Duck Pond
What happens when Swan Lake grows, evolves and decides to sprint, somersault, and wink directly at the audience. It’s ballet’s grand romantic silhouette re-drawn in circus ink: faster, cheekier, and surprisingly tender when it counts - that is the energy and vibe of Circa’s Duck Pond.....

Ben Sorensen
2 days ago2 min read


Palace Hotel Camberwell
I went on an adventure to the historic and newly refurbished Palace Hotel in Camberwell and it absolutely did not disappoint….

Ben Sorensen
2 days ago2 min read


Grill Steak Seafood Melbourne
The menu is, on the surface, what you’d expect from a restaurant called Grill Steak Seafood, but somehow the meals themselves are unexpected

Ben Sorensen
6 days ago1 min read


28 Years Later The BoneTemple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple feels less like “a movie that ends” and more like “a movie that strategically parks itself in your brain…

Ben Sorensen
6 days ago2 min read


Saturday Night Fever jives into Melbourne
There are two ways to stage Saturday Night Fever: you can treat it like a karaoke museum exhibit where everyone politely cosplays the film…

Ben Sorensen
Jan 123 min read


Slithering Straight Into Self-Parody: Anaconda 2025
This is not a remake but a piss take and its great.....

Ben Sorensen
Dec 24, 20253 min read


Thailand on Bourke
Commit to the experience without expectation - it’s wonderful and freeing.

Ben Sorensen
Dec 19, 20252 min read


The History of Sound, The Art of Listening
The History of Sound is being sold as a World War I drama, but honestly, the war is mostly the studio’s way of tricking straight men into buying tickets to a queer folk-music romance. The trenches are off-screen; what we get instead is something much more interesting: a film about how we record each other – on wax, on paper, in memory – and how those recordings lie, distort and occasionally save us.

Ben Sorensen
Dec 2, 20254 min read


Pazzo Panini Moonee Ponds
Deceptively simple panini deli sandwiches.
Focaccia is the hero. Fresh shaved meats. Balanced flavours. Well made and not over complicated..

Ben Sorensen
Dec 2, 20251 min read


Wicked: For Good - A Spellbinding Sequel
The Emerald City may still run on lies, but this sequel at least tells the truth about what they cost.....

Ben Sorensen
Nov 19, 20254 min read


Ordinary Days | Clovelly Fox
Set in New York in the 1990’s we follow the journey of 4 seemingly independent strangers discovering just how similar and connected….

Ben Sorensen
Aug 22, 20252 min read


Jurassic World: Rebirth. The Clever Girl Strikes Again
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the paddock, Jurassic World: Rebirth stomps into cinemas with all the cinematic subtlety of a charging T. rex and, somehow, manages to make it feel like the chaos was entirely worth it.....

Ben Sorensen
Jul 2, 20252 min read


M3GAN 2.0 - Silicone Soul with a Snark Upgrade
Just when you thought it was safe to turn your smart speaker back on, M3GAN 2.0 boots up—and this time, she’s sassier, smarter, and a little less murdery… but only just.

Ben Sorensen
Jun 26, 20252 min read


F1: The Movie - Full Throttle Feels and Fast Cars
Let’s be honest: when you hear “F1 movie,” your brain might instinctively reach for earplugs and brace for two hours of high-octane engine sounds and blokes in branded overalls talking about tyre pressure.....

Ben Sorensen
Jun 26, 20252 min read


The Penguin Lessons. A tuxedoed parable with real bite.
There are films that waddle into your heart unexpectedly — The Penguin Lessons is one of them....

Ben Sorensen
Apr 10, 20252 min read


A Minecraft Movie: Blockbuster Energy Meets Pixelated Joy
A Minecraft Movie is a gloriously silly, lovingly made romp that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is....

Ben Sorensen
Apr 3, 20253 min read


Laughing Through the Struggle: One of Them Days Is the Comedy That Hits Where It Hurts (and Heals)
One of Them Days" is a cinematic cocktail that blends the effervescence of a buddy comedy with the biting undertones of social commentary...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 27, 20252 min read


A Working Man (2025) – A Blue-Collar Brawler with a Conscience
In the realm of action thrillers, where explosions often overshadow exposition, A Working Man carves out its niche with a sledgehammer...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 27, 20252 min read


The Dog-father of Bone-Crunching Chaos – and It’s Got Bite!!
Rarely does a film aimed at primary-schoolers manage to transform a cinema into a zen garden, but DogMan pulls it off with tail-wagging...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 24, 20252 min read


“Spit” Takes: A Mullet, Mayhem, and Mateship Revival.
"Spit" is a film that doesn't take itself too seriously, much like its titular character....

Ben Sorensen
Mar 4, 20252 min read
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