Film Review: The Legend of Ben Hall (2016)
byBushranger folklore has abounded through generations of Australians, but it has usually centred on one man – Ned Kelly. After all, the first ever…
Film Review: Goodbye Berlin (2016)
byOne of the biggest German literary successes of the last few years was a young adult novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf. Kind of like a…
Film Review: Trolls (2016)
byNineties kids may have fond memories of the troll dolls with the big bright hair that could be styled every which way. The toys…
Film Review: The Family Fang (2016)
byJason Bateman has had quite the career. Starting out as an actor when he was a young lad of eleven he has been working…
Film Review: The Founder (2016)
byThere’s an interesting trend with current biopics to depict the shady beginnings of current market empires. There’s The Social Network charting Facebook’s beginnings as a…
Film Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
byAndré Øvredal knows how to make a genre film better than nearly anyone else. 2010 saw the beginnings of his international reputation with Trolljegren/Troll…
Film Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
byLooking around online, most of the diatribe surrounding Ang Lee’s latest feature Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is focused purely on the tech of…
Review: Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)
byKing Lear, surely one of the most challenging roles that the Bard ever wrote, is not a role lightly undertaken. Playing any of Shakespeare’s…
Film Review: The Fencer (2015)
byIt may seem funny to compare, but the Finnish film The Fencer is a lot like watching School of Rock, – a stripped down…
Film Review: Your Name (2016)
byHayao Miyazaki isn’t the only Japanese director making whimsical, environmentally charged animations. Makoto Shinkai has also contributed. Your Name is Shinkai’s latest feature and it’s confusing…