Film Review: Carrie (2013)
byThe build up of tension in the film is laughably weak and the pay-off not nearly gruesome enough. Boys Don’t Cry director Kimberly Peirce tread the line between serious horror film and B-grade homage
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Film Review: Filth (2013)
byKnown for his use of almost illegible raw Scottish dialect and characters with less than savoury habits, the latest of his creations to hit the big screen, Filth, fits the bill to a T.
Film Review: How I Live Now (2013)
bySet in the very near future, How I Live Now depicts the outbreak of a war in England from the point of view of a rebellious American teenage girl, Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) who is sent to the British countryside to live with her Aunt (Anna Chancellor) and cousins.
Film Review: Night Train To Lisbon (2013)
byBased on the novel by Pascal Mercier, Night Train To Lisbon is one of the most moving and finely crafted cinema experiences you will have this year.
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.
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…