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HOT: Thai Charms Restaurant, 1/92 Merthyr Rd, New Farm

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ December 30, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

There’s a little strip of shops across the road from Merthyr Village where it seems restaurants have difficulty in keeping business. In the few years that the Jetsetting Parents have become New Farm locals, the location has variously housed a Vietnamese restaurant, a South American restaurant and who knows what before that. Don’t let the [...]

HOT: The Men Who Stare at Goats

By Yalin ⋅ December 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If someone told you that the US military had approved a special unit to train psychic soldiers in the 80s and tested their effectiveness on goats, would you believe them? Grant Heslov’s feature, The Men Who Stare at Goats, cautions the viewer at first sight by warning that more of the film than what we [...]

NOT: The Lovely Bones

By Yalin ⋅ December 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Jackson’s latest outing The Lovely Bones is definitely not an epic film, which has been his forte. By contrast, it is a decidedly small drama with an ensemble cast that’s as good as it gets. On top of that, Jackson’s signature is obvious in the editing, the attention to detail and the special effects. However, [...]

HOT: Nowhere Boy

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Poor John Lennon. Nowhere Boy is an engaging biopic directed by conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood about the turbulent teenage years of the Beatles’ life in post-war Liverpool. From age five he’s brought up by his strict and stern Aunt Mimi and kindly Uncle George and then he discovers that after all these years his mother [...]

HOT: In Search of Beethoven

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ December 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Who would have thought that a documentary about Beethoven would be so popular? We tried to get tickets to sold-out sessions of In Search of Beethoven twice before we finally managed to get seats. First things first – I am a great admirer of Beethoven. I love his passionate wildness, the musical innovations he developed [...]

HOT OR NOT? The French Kissers giveaway

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ December 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I have a couple of double passes for the new film The French Kissers for special advance screenings on Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December, before the main release on 26 December. The breakout comedy sensation of the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival, and the surprise smash hit of the European summer, The [...]

HOT: Boulevard St Michel, 187 George St, Brisbane

By CazM ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

How much does making and taking your lunch to work every day suck? I’m not creative when it comes to sandwiches and in the mornings it’s the last thing I can really be bothered to take care of. Reheated leftovers can make you sleepy and if you leave the office for a lunch time feed, [...]

HOT: Top Sushi, alleyway Queen and Adelaide St adjoining NAB and HSBC buildings

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ November 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

From burgers to sushi - another post from guest blogger Matman this week. Brisbane CBD workers have got the taste for sushi and they are not afraid to line up for it. Like most things in Brisbane – pubs, clubs, restaurants – newness is an oversubscribed commodity. However, sushi in Brisbane is by no means [...]

NOT: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ November 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Before you all gasp at my audacity in giving a NOT to Heath Ledger’s final work, let me preface my review by saying that visually, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is very imaginative and enjoyable. All the actors, including Heath, looked like they were having a lot of fun making this fantastical roller-coaster of a [...]

NOT: Antichrist

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ November 26, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Lars von Trier’s latest film Antichrist has been dividing viewers ever since its debut at Cannes this year. Some seasoned critics at Cannes walked out, outraged by the genital mutilation presented in squeamish detail, yet Charlotte Gainsbourg won the best actress award at the same festival. With its reputation of graphic violence, initially I wasn’t [...]