Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
byWhen SNL recently made a fake trailer for a fake new Wes Anderson film called The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders and quoted The…
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Film Review: Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
byWhen The Muppets were a big TV hit in the 70s and 80s, one presumes that loyal audiences could skip the odd episode here…
Film Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
byAvengers fans rejoice, there is a new instalment to the successful Marvel Studios franchise and it packs quite a punch. Super soldier Steve Rogers…
Film Review: Adult World (2013)
byWhen we meet the ‘eccentric’ wannabe poet Amy (Emma Roberts), she is sticking her head in an oven in an act of desperation a…
Film Review: White Elephant (2012)
byFather Julian (Ricardo Darin) and Father Nicolas (Jeremie Renier) are working in the poverty-stricken and incredibly volatile slum, Villa Virgin, in Buenos Aires. Villa…
Film Review: The Lego Movie (2014)
byOnce upon a time, as an adult, one would have been judged and potentially scoffed at for going to see a kids movie without…
Film Review: Noah (2014)
byWhen I told a good friend I was going to see Noah, he joked that I absolutely needed to start my review with two…
Film Review: The Raid 2 (2014)
byFilms with excessive levels of violence are rarely as thrilling and engaging as The Raid 2, an Indonesian film written and directed by Gareth…
Film Review: Aim High in Creation (2013)
byAs the title suggests, Aim High in Creation is a highly ambitious feature. In just 96 minutes, the Australian-made documentary tries to be a bit of…
Film Review: Real (2013)
byAn adaptation from Rokurou Inui’s book A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur, Real blurs the lines between imagination and reality through “sensing” – a practice…