Film Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
With filmmakers hungry to find their place in Christmas culture tradition, it’s inevitable that the masses will be force-fed platters upon platters of festive…
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Film Review: The Disaster Artist (2017)
“At this point it would be fucking weird if he didn’t do something fucking weird” No one sets out to make a bad movie….
Review: National Theatre Live: Peter Pan (2017)
115 years after J.M. Barrie created him, Peter Pan is still an icon of popular culture with a new film, television appearance or stage…
Film Review: The Butterfly Tree (2017)
For some reason a lot of Australian cinema has a problem with tone. We all love seeing a good Aussie film and watching our…
Film Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
With Winnie the Pooh being such a compassionate portrayal of childhood imagination, it is perhaps surprising to find that A. A. Milne didn’t really…
Film Review: Spacewalkers (2017)
Something everyone forgets about the Space Race is that the Soviets won almost every part of it, except the big one. The USA were…
Film Review: The Teacher (2016)
The Teacher, directed by Oscar nominated Jan Hrebejk (Divided We Fall), is all about a teacher you wouldn’t want to encounter. Mária Drazdechová (Zuzana Mauréry) is a comrade…
Film Review: Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
In 2015’s Daddy Home, stepdad Will Ferrell vied against cool dad Mark Wahlberg for the title of BEST DAD. By the end of the…
Film Review: Better Watch Out (2016)
Better Watch Out, directed by Chris Peckover, is an Australian/American horror comedy set at Christmas time. Perhaps it does put up a little more cheer than…
Film Review: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s voice is distinctive in contemporary cinema. Depicting life with quirky humour, poignancy and a deep well of empathy for his often…