Film Review: Boys in the Trees (2016)
While Boys in the Trees is certainly very stylish, this film leaves a lot to be desired in the narrative stakes. Solid performances, lush…
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Film Review: Inferno (2016)
To steal a quote from Ben “Yatzee” Croshaw – Dante’s Inferno is history’s first recorded work of self-insert fan fiction. Born 750 years ago,…
Film Review: Francofonia (2015)
In the historical community there’s a joke that all of Russian history can be summed up in five words: ‘But then it got worse’….
Film Review: Julieta (2016)
The opening image of Julieta is a vast sea of red. A deep, breathing, powerful wall – it represents an opening curtain, a beating…
Film Review: The Girl on the Train (2016)
Released in 2015, Paula Hawkins‘ The Girl on the Train is the fastest selling adult novel in history. This is no doubt due to it…
Film Review: Spin Out (2016)
Small town Australia can be a strange place. The long stretches of distance and landscape breeds a distinct kind of person who anyone that…
Film Review: Blair Witch (2016)
For all intents and purposes Blair Witch is more a modern remake then a loose sequel. It’s been twenty years since Heather, Mike and Josh…
Film Review: The Red Turtle (2016)
How wonderful it is to praise something with authenticity. With great pleasure I walked out of The Red Turtle, the latest Studio Ghibli production….
Film Review: Yoga Hosers (2016)
The cast of the new Kevin Smith film, Yoga Hosers looks just like the defense fighting for Johnny Depp in the case filed by ex-spouse Amber Heard. Longer-term…
Film Review: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
It’s been 12 years since Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) graced the big screen, and quite a bit has changed. Bridget returns in Bridget Jones’s…