Film Review: Ford v Ferrari (2019)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 12 November 2019 ‘Based on a true story’ is the overused tagline usually reserved for implausible events. Ford…
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Film Review: Vice (2018)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 20 December 2018 As Julia Louis-Dreyfus lampoons so wonderfully in her show Veep, the Vice President’s office is…
Film Review: The Promise (2016)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 14 June 2017 Sometimes it’s more important that a story is being told at all, than how it’s…
Film Review: Gold (2016)
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 30 January 2017 There seems to be a trend emerging of handsome leading men playing unseemly, balding male…
Film Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 3 February 2016 Steve Jobs comes to the screen in a different form than many expected and anticipated, but…
Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 14 January 2016 “The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry” When the credits for…
Film Review: Selma (2014)
byWritten by Lisa Sinclair Originally published 16 February 2015 You may be forgiven for wondering why in the 21st century, it takes a movie…
Film Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 4 December 2014 With a title like Exodus: Gods and Kings, you can be pretty sure you know…
Film Review: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 16 February 2014 Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. Christian Bale in The Machinist. Charlize Theron in Monster. …
Film Review: American Hustle (2013)
byCon movies are an old favourite of Hollywood. Immerging like clock work ever year with a star-studded cast of quick talking wise guys, glamorous girls, shinny backgrounds, fast-moving camera action and non-linier plots to keep audiences on their exhilarated heels. With American Hustle, director David O. Russell throws his hat in the ring of this long-standing genre.