Film Review: Get Hard (2015)
byAny film that alludes to an erect penis in its title is not likely to win favour with critics. It is, however, likely to…
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Film Review: Top Five (2015)
byComedian Chris Rock is perhaps best known for his distinctive voice (see the Madagascar films) delivering foul-mouthed observations about race, sex and politics, many…
Film Review: Seventh Son (2014)
bySeventh Son is pretty easy to enjoy, with a grizzly Jeff Bridges and an elegantly evil Julianne Moore at the helm. If entertainment is…
Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)
byStrange things happen in the woods. At any given moment in Rob Marshall‘s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s musical Into the Woods,…
Film Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)
byIn Maps to the Stars, director David Cronenberg throws a satirical spotlight on Hollywood, highlighting the fickle superficiality of the entertainment industry through a…
Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
byDragging out the final chapter has now become commonplace with film adaptations of YA novels. But with the latest instalment of The Hunger Games…
Film Review: The Mule (2014)
byA man refuses to shit for a week. On paper, it’s not the most appealing, let alone tasteful, premise. Yet Tony Mahony and Angus…
Film Review: Son Of A Gun (2014)
bySet in the seedy world of prisons and the mafia in Australia is Son of A Gun, directed by Julius Avery and with a…
MIFF 2014: Two Days, One Night (2014)
byContinuing with their strength in making spare, emotionally riveting dramas, the Belgian Dardenne brothers have created Two Days, One Night, another remarkable film which…
Film Review: What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
byHollywood’s obsession with the undead has become an international epidemic, with New Zealand the latest to have caught the bug. But there’s nothing Twilight…