Review: HBO s The Nevers may be touched by greatness
HBO s new series has a lot going for it, but some major questions linger
Tom Long
The first part of that sentence is far more important than the second. But…
A fantasy fest set in Victorian England, “The Nevers” can most easily be described as X-Men in hoop skirts. A mysterious vessel floated over London one day and suddenly some people, overwhelmingly female, possessed special powers.
One might be able to freeze things, another can throw balls of fire, another might channel electricity. Typical superhero stuff, although there is a sweet young girl the size of a house, so that’s cute.
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2 Apr 2021
In early March, Spirax-Sarco Engineering’s results for 2020 caused the share price to rise by 380p. What made this catch my eye was not the size of the jump – less than 3.5% from £110 – but that 380p was far more than I remember paying for shares in the group, which makes steam-management systems and pumps, for the small-cap trust I started running in the late 1980s. Since then, the shares have multiplied 50-fold, excluding dividends.
The Dry.
Director Robert Connolly’s crime drama has taken an impressive $20.4 million at the box office to become the 13th highest grossing Australian film in this country . closing in on
Red Dog and
The top earner for 35 years now is still
Crocodile Dundee, which took $47.7 million in 1986.
But these types of achievements always ignore the impact of inflation. They raise the question: what would be the most successful Australian films in today’s dollars?
This masthead took Numero’s box office statistics for more than 1100 Australian films released in the past 50 years and adjusted them for inflation.
The result is a new top 25 that reveals how remarkably successful
Australian film success dominated by movies made in a different century brisbanetimes.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from brisbanetimes.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.