The Doctors Revisited, part 1 disc 1 A review by Nalini Haynes An epic bundle – eleven discs in all – arrived last week for …
TV & movie reviews
Doctor Who (1966): The Tenth Planet
A review by Nalini Haynes The Doctor (William Hartnell), Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) arrive on the South Pole of Earth near a …
Thor: The Dark World
A review by Nalini Haynes Thor: The Dark World credits rolled before the final couple of scenes concluded an evening’s viewing at IMAX. My reaction? ‘AGAIN! AGAIN!’ …
Doctor Who (1975): Terror of the Zygons
A review by Nalini Haynes Terror of the Zygons is a four-part Doctor Who story. The Doctor (Tom Baker), Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) and Sarah …
Doctor Who s07e11: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS’ is season 7, part 2 of New Who. The Doctor is teaching Clara …
Doctor Who s07e10: Hide
A review by Nalini Haynes I suspect the title ‘Hide’ is a warning to the kiddies that they’ll be following the family tradition of hiding …
Despicable Me 1 & 2
A review by Nalini Haynes DM1 For those who came in late, Despicable Me began with Gru (Steve Carell), a villain, competing for recognition as …
Doctor Who (2003): Scream of the Shalka
a review by Nalini Haynes Scream of the Shalka features Richard E Grant as the (non-canonical) ninth Doctor, looking quite vampiric, Derek Jacobi as the Master and Sophie …
Asterix and Obelix in Britain
A review by Nalini Haynes Asterix and Obelix is a popular comic book series translated into English and other languages. Four of the series have been …
Hidden Universe 3D
A review by Nalini Haynes Hidden Universe is an astronomical IMAX documentary made locally by Swinburne University with input from NASA and other scientific institutions. …
Iron Man 3
a review by Nalini Haynes Iron Man 3 follows on from The Avengers with billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) suffering panic attacks, stressed about …
White House Down
a review by Nalini Haynes President Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) nobly works towards peace in the Middle East by fighting the real warmongers, the companies making …
From Up On Poppy Hill by Studio Ghibli
a review by Nalini Haynes Umi Matsuzaki lives on Poppy Hill in her grandmother’s boarding house. Umi works hard caring for her younger brother and sister …
The Mortal Instuments: City of Bones
a review by Elizabeth Manthos Directed by Harald Zwart Starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zeegers, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headley, Jared Harris and Jonathan …
Warm Bodies: a review
A review by Nalini Haynes Warm Bodies tells R’s (Nicholas Hoult) story: he’s a young adult zombie living in a post-apocalyptic world who falls in …