Film Review: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Twenty years since the 1996 heroics of Will Smith, the aliens have returned to Earth responding to a distress beacon. And this time *dramatic pause* it’s personal. The…
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Film Review: Mustang (2015)
One of last year’s Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominees was Mustang, a stirring portrayal of the yearning for freedom against the constraints of…
MDFF Review: Sustainable (2016)
Sustainable is a documentary which looks at America’s capitalistic, high production food industry and asks if there is a better way of doing things….
Film Review: Mr Gaga (2015)
Mr Gaga is a documentary from Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann, about the renowned choreographer and dancer Ohad Naharin. Heymann blends footage from Naharin’s own…
Film Review: Me Before You (2016)
Based on the novel by screenwriter Jojo Moyes, Me Before You is director Thea Sharrock’s feature debut. Starring a pair of beautiful Brits, it…
Film Review: Backtrack (2015)
The youngest man to ever win the Oscar for Best Actor was Adrien Brody, who at the tender age of twenty-nine won it for…
Film Review: Finding Dory (2016)
It’s comeback season! Last week, it was The Avalanches, returning from 16 years in the musical wilderness. This week, it’s another world-famous Australian icon…
Film Review: Warcraft (2016)
Video game adaptations in the movies are a strange beast. The nineties brought us the likes of Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon and Streetfighter….
Film Review: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Horror is always subjective. Different themes and atmospheres scare us and that’s cool, but we can all agree on one thing: good horror provokes…
Film Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
If you haven’t understood the appeal of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by the age of twelve, you’ve probably missed the boat. The teenage bit…