Film Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
byWhether you enjoy the latest Kendrick/Efron vehicle will depend on your propensity to take offence to crass humour. But while it’s wrong on so…
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Film Review: Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
byIndigenous Australian director Wayne Blair has made quite a name for himself in Australia in recent years for the feel-good hit The Sapphires in…
Film Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
byBased on the adventure novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs between 1912 and 1965, the latest Hollywood adaptation of Tarzan, as is the post-Dark Knight custom now,…
MDFF Review: Spoke (2016)
byTraversing the South-West coast of America to the East, Spoke documents the travels of a few young adults riding across the country. On their…
Film Review: Land of Mine (2015)
byBeginning with the title, Land of Mine is not a particularly subtle film, but it is layered, tense and moving, and there’s much pleasure…
Film Review: Swiss Army Man (2016)
byIt’s a pleasure to go into Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Swiss Army Man and see recognisable actors in different roles. Daniel Radcliffe has been spanning…
Film Review: The Measure of a Man (2015)
byThe French title for Stéphane Brizé’s latest film is ‘Le Loi du Marche’ which, when literally translated, means ‘Market Law’. This title does give…
Film review: The BFG (2016)
bySpielberg is a virtuoso of inclusive ‘big’ cinema. His broad demographic appeal spans all ages. While adult stories have been his focus of late,…
Film Review: Central Intelligence (2016)
by“Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson” says the tagline of Central Intelligence, the new film by Rawson Marshall Thurber…
Film Review: Goldstone (2016)
byFilmmaker Ivan Sen returns to the world of his previous film Mystery Road with his new thriller Goldstone, which continues the adventures of Aboriginal detective…