Film Review: One Chance (2013)
byThere’s no question that One Chance is a predictable film, but this comes part and parcel with the real-life narrative of Potts, whose adversities and successes have evidently made him worthy of a biopic.
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Film Review: Ender’s Game (2013)
byThe film is set around a hundred years into the future, when Earth has managed to withstand a prolonged attack from the ‘Formics’, an insect-like alien race. In order to pre-empt future attacks, children are trained to become military tacticians.
Film Review: After May (2012)
byAlso released as Something In The Air, but coming to Australia with the translation of its original French title Aprés Mai, After May is the semi-autobiographical new film from Olivier Assayas, one of the most celebrated film makers currently working in his native France.
Film Review: 20 Feet From Stardom (2013)
byDarlene Love. Lisa Fischer. Merry Clayton. Even if you these names mean absolutely nothing to you, there’s a fair chance that you would certainly recognise their voices once you heard them sing.
Film Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
byDespite slightly overstaying its welcome with a running length of two and a half hours, Catching Fire is rarely anything less than entertaining and engaging. As was the case with its predecessor, the film stands as one of the better efforts in terms of cinematic adaptations of popular young adult fictions series.
Film Review: Blackfish (2013)
byThe potentially devastating consequences of keeping wild animals in captivity, for both the animals and their trainers, provides the heartbreaking and engaging framework for…
Film Review: Kill Your Darlings (2013)
byCalling for a rejection of traditional values and advocating innovative experimentation were the Beat Generation, a group of writers who left their mark on the literary and cultural landscape in the 1950s.
Film Review: Enough Said (2013)
bySome characters stay with an actor throughout their careers, making it almost impossible for audiences to see them as anyone else. Tony Soprano and…
Film Review: Big Ass Spider! (2013)
byFor a low-budget film about a gigantic mutant spider destroying Los Angeles, Big Ass Spider! is surprisingly decent. Why this spider exists and why it is attacking humans is never made entirely clear.
Film Review: The Fifth Estate (2013)
byUnlike the Australian telemovie Underground: The Julian Assange Story, which saw unknown actor Alex Williams take the title role, The Fifth Estate gives Assange’s awkward persona to British flavour-of-the-month Benedict Cumberbatch.