Film Review: The Mummy (2017)
byStarring Tom Cruise and directed by Alex Kurtzman (director of Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man 2), The Mummy is part of the “Dark…
Film Review: My Cousin Rachel (2017)
byBased on the 1951 novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, Roger Michell adapts and directs My Cousin Rachel. This story is both a…
Film Review: Churchill (2017)
byPerhaps it is a reflection of these memoir-happy times that something like Churchill comes to our screens now – a true story that can…
Film Review: Graduation (2016)
byRomanian director Cristian Mungiu has only made five feature films, but in that time he’s won nearly every major award at Cannes, conquered his…
Review: National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (2017)
byWritten at the mid-point of his career Twelfth Night (or, What you Will) is arguably the standout best comedy that Shakespeare ever wrote. Adapted…
Film Review: Wonder Woman (2017)
byIt’s always interesting to imagine how the current era of time will come to be defined. If the industrial/tech age ever loses its title…
Film Review: 20th Century Women (2016)
byReleased in the States last year and in contention for a Best Original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, it wouldn’t be a surprise if…
Film Review: Baywatch (2017)
byBeach. Babes. Bronzer. We all know the Baywatch drill. Arriving on the big screen this week, Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff step aside for…
Film Review: Hounds of Love (2016)
byAussie Ben Young’s first feature film is a loose adaptation of the Birnie murders. Perth suburbanites Catherine and David Birnie abducted and murdered several…
Film Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
byThere must be a “franchise blockbuster checklist” that gets ticked off whenever a new movie rolls off the big studio production line. Disney’s latest…