Film Review: The Past (2013)
byAsghar Farhadi’s highly anticipated follow up to 2011’s A Separation is another portrait of complex family life, this time in Paris. Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa)…
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Film Review: 28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
by28 Hotel Rooms is an interesting concept, a very close character study and an overall relatable story. Sadly missing out on a release in Australian cinemas, it is a very subtle, yet stimulating film that really hits home.
Film Review: In Bob We Trust (2013)
bySupported by the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Premiere Fund and one of the highlights of this year’s festival, In Bob We Trust is entertaining and extremely touching. This is a film for everyone, regardless of whether you know much about McGuire or not.
Film Review: A Beginners Guide To Endings (2010)
byFrom the onset of A Beginners Guide To Endings you feel a quirky, slight Tarantino-esque vibe injected by writer/director Jonathan Sobol, in his feature length film debut.
Film Review: Runner Runner (2013)
byDespite what the title may suggest, Runner Runner certainly runs out of steam way before its average climax. With superhero enthusiasts already dubious about his casting in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman, here’s hoping Affleck is saving all his efforts for Bruce Wayne.
Film Review: R.I.P.D (2013)
byR.I.P.D desperately strains to get laughs where it can and they only really come from Roy and Nick’s avatars, a Victoria’s Secret model and a short, elderly Chinese man respectively. But even then, the joke is milked way too much and by the end the audience is so unbelievably sick of it.
Film Review: V/H/S/2 (2013)
byIn 2012 we were given V/H/S, a horror anthology aimed at shocking and disgusting its audience through gritty violence. Like many horror films nowadays it didn’t take long for a sequel to get spat out and we have it here in V/H/S/2.
Film Review: Pain and Gain (2013)
byPain and Gain isn’t an action-packed comedy, it’s offensive, boring and way too drawn out. Failing to be entertaining on the most basic of levels, around the halfway mark you’re wondering how it could possibly continue. Whether the encompassing parody is deliberate or not it is very unsettling.
MIFF 2013: Harmony Lessons (2013)
byUltimately this haunting Darwinian tale of violence and morality is a social commentary on the normality of violence and crime in the region. One can only hope the extreme brutalisation against children from the police force is an exaggeration of current times in Kazakhstan, rather than a reality.
MIFF 2013: Death For Sale (2011)
byThe audience knows where the film is headed long before it gets there, very much like watching a trail slowly derail. As the title indicates, Death For Sale doesn’t provide any happy endings. These men are a product of their society, which unfortunately doesn’t elevate them to fulfil any kind of potential.