Molly’s Blooming Hour interview with dog expert Lara Shannon – Podcast
Molly interviews dog expert and TV personality Lara Shannon about all things canine. Published 17 October 2022.
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Molly and Craig discuss the effects of recent flooding rains on our backyard fruit trees. Craig discusses solutions to Molly’s possum problems, such as using a molasses mix and a new gadget called a Sentinel that harmlessly warns off possums with jet of water. Published 17 October 2022.
Read moreFilm review: ‘DON’T WORRY DARLING’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Given its intriguing premise and the quality of production director Olivia Wilde brings to the film, it’s unfortunate that the ambitious psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling doesn’t quite deliver on its promise as a mystery thriller or as social commentary. Set in the 1950’s, the film sees young married couple Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack (Harry Styles) living in the
Read moreFilm review: ‘YOU WON’T BE ALONE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Macedonian-Australian writer/ director Goran Stolevski’s creepy, impressionistic and at times very unsettling, You Won’t Be Alone, mixes a grittily realistic depiction of early 19th Century European provincial life with supernatural horror. The film plays a little like a sinister fairy-tale with elements of Robert Eggers’ The Witch, the ‘wild girl from the forest’ sub-genre, Candide/Bad Boy Bubby-like tales of an
Read moreFilm review: ‘THE HUMANS’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
The grim family drama, The Humans offers some affecting insights into the human condition but in its attempt to capture the messiness of families, it feels more like a collection of idea fragments than a coherent story. The film sees the Blake family, father Erik (Richard Jenkins), mother Deidre (Jayne Houdyshell), Erik’s wheelchair-bound mother, Momo (June Squibb) who is suffering
Read moreFilm review: ‘SEE HOW THEY RUN’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Some might have deduced from the movie poster – which features individual shots of the large, sharply dressed ensemble cast – that quirky murder mystery comedy, See How They Run is a homage to Agatha Christie’s whodunnits. This very likeable, if slightly tepid film is actually based around Christie’s phenomenally long-running play The Mousetrap. Set in London in 1953, the
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