A middle school music teacher who yearns to be a jazz pianist gets his big break when he’s invited to join a highly regarded quartet. But just before his first performance with them, an accident leaves his body in a coma and sends his spirit into the afterlife. His efforts to avoid going to heaven and return to his earthly existence bring him instead to the realm where the personalities of future babies are formed. There, he’s assigned to mentor a soul who has stubbornly refused to be born for centuries. By John Mulderig

Ika Mata is a traditional Cook Islands dish consisting of delicate raw fish marinated in citrus juice and coconut cream.

In 2015, engaged Canadian couple Jenn Carter and Solomon Chau gained notoriety when their friends and family sponsored a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $50,000 with the aim of salvaging their forthcoming nuptials.

While reporting a burglary to the police, Hope discovers a jar full of money, labelled “Christmas Jar”.

Roald Dahl’s eponymous 1983 novel, first brought to the big screen in a 1990 film helmed by Nicolas Roeg, gets a spirited second adaptation with The Witches.

Mater Dei students make Quandong Jam Drops.

In place of Rodgers’ mother-and-daughter duo, Freaky features a vicious serial killer known as The Butcher (Vince Vaughn) and misfit high school student Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton).

Professor John Lippitt’s new book, Love’s Forgiveness, unites discussions of forgiveness from the disciplines of philosophy, theology and psychology, as well as memoir and fiction. Photo: Supplied. How does the meaning of forgiveness change when we think about forgiving as being an act of love? This is one of the central questions in Professor John Lippitt’s new book, Love’s Forgiveness, wh...

As demonstrated by the popularity of his long-running TV series The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin has a knack for making politics interesting.

The title may be an oxymoron, but there’s nothing paradoxical about Honest Thief (Open Road); it’s a solid, entertaining action-thriller.