Film Review: The Mule (2014)
byA man refuses to shit for a week. On paper, it’s not the most appealing, let alone tasteful, premise. Yet Tony Mahony and Angus…
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Film Review: Winter Sleep (2014)
byThis year’s winner of the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is Winter Sleep, from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Written by Ceylan,…
Film Review: Interstellar (2014)
byChristopher Nolan has already cemented himself as one of the greatest directors of all-time. It’s a honourable title, but it does come with the…
Film Review: Kill the Messenger (2014)
byIt’s just about that time of the year when all the films that see themselves competing in the upcoming Oscar season start turning up…
Film Review: Hector and the Search For Happiness (2014)
byHappiness is what we all strive to find and keep, yet its source will always remain somewhat elusive. Sure, possessions and status count for something…
Film Review: This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
byQuite reminiscent of last year’s August: Osage County, Shawn Levy’s This Is Where I Leave You is your run of the mill, part black…
Film Review: Whiplash (2014)
by‘There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job’ as the despotic conductor, Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) puts it….
Film Review: Force Majeure (2014)
byForce Majeure is certainly a loaded term. French in origin, it denotes a ‘superior force’, one out of human control. It is, in fact,…
Film Review: Son Of A Gun (2014)
bySet in the seedy world of prisons and the mafia in Australia is Son of A Gun, directed by Julius Avery and with a…
Film Review: Tusk (2014)
by“You need to go full Walrus”. For better or worse no film is quite as original as cult writer/director Kevin Smith’s similarly themed follow…