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Film Review: Jasper Jones (2017)

In 2009 Fremantle based writer Craig Silvey released the novel Jasper Jones and it quickly became a hit with critics and readers alike. In…

Current Theatrical Releases, Theatrical January 30, 2017 April 10, 2018

In 1975 when Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land first opened at the Old Vic in London, the “two Sirs” Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John…

It seems impossible, living in a nation so inured with its sporting heroes that the names of the first team to tackle the Tour…

Buoyed by the increasing cult status of such classic Christmas fair as Elf, Die Hard and Love, Actually (many screenings of such films in…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film November 1, 2016 November 1, 2016

One word that comes to mind when thinking about the filmography of English director Andrea Arnold is atmospheric. Her films feel more like set…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film April 9, 2014 April 10, 2014

When SNL recently made a fake trailer for a fake new Wes Anderson film called The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders and quoted The…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film April 3, 2014 April 3, 2014

Avengers fans rejoice, there is a new instalment to the successful Marvel Studios franchise and it packs quite a punch. Super soldier Steve Rogers…

Once upon a time, as an adult, one would have been judged and potentially scoffed at for going to see a kids movie without…

Film March 19, 2014 August 27, 2014

Hearing that the usually reliable Aaron Eckhart and Bill Nighy would be heading a mainly local cast in a reimagining of the classic Mary…

Film March 19, 2014 July 9, 2014

Lars Von Trier has always lived a bit on the edge, pushing boundaries wherever he could and coming up with some priceless foibles when…