Film Review: Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
It’s quite rare that specialised films made for the American bible belt make their way to Australia. Rarer still that they manage to get…
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Film Review: Blockers (2018)
Parents cock-blocking their kids. This is where cinema is at in 2018. Teenage girls being reminded that they don’t know better and need John…
Film Review: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
At the start of Pacific Rim: Uprising, our hero Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) proclaims, “I am not my father’s son”. A similar sentiment could…
Review: National Theatre Live: Young Marx (2018)
Karl Marx. A name that inspires equal amounts of fervent respect and spiteful hatred, depending on which group you’re talking to. A genius of…
Film Review: Kangaroo (2017)
Think of Australia and you think of the kangaroo. A creature that was on this country 250,000 years before Indigenous Australians, an animal with…
Film Review: 12 Strong (2018)
Based on the true story of the first US troops on the ground in Afghanistan after September 11, 12 Strong is a high energy…
Film Review: Paddington 2 (2017)
“Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” That was Paddington Brown in 2014. Clearly Mrs…
Film Review: Just to be Sure (2017)
Just to be Sure (Ôtez-moi d’un Doute) is charming and funny, and perfectly timed for the holiday season. Erwan (François Damiens) is a bomb tester…
Film Review: Sweet Virginia (2017)
In Sweet Virginia, director Jamie M. Dagg explores the intersecting lives of several people in a small town, and the ways in which these…
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…