Film Review: The Death of Stalin (2017)
The man who gave us The Thick of It and Veep strikes comedy gold again with his latest feature. Armando Iannucci, one of the…
The Act of Killing
Film Review: Jigsaw (2017)
Believe it or not, the last Saw film came out seven years ago. It seems like it was only recently that we’d get a…
Film Review: Atomic Blonde (2017)
Inspired by the 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, David Leitch’s film, Atomic Blonde, brings ruthless heroine Lorraine Broughton to the screen in startling…
Film Review: The Mummy (2017)
Starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alex Kurtzman (director of Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man 2), The Mummy is part of the “Dark…
Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
When John Wick was released it was hailed in many ways as a new standard for action movies. Unburdened by the need to service…
Film Review: Bitter Harvest (2017)
About twenty minutes into George Meneluk’s Bitter Harvest, you can’t help but feel the film is moving slightly fast. Barely developed characters are killed…
Film Review: Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Blood Wars is the fifth installment of the Underworld franchise. With the recent saturation of vampire flicks finally dying down this is a welcome…
Film Review: Your Name (2016)
Hayao Miyazaki isn’t the only Japanese director making whimsical, environmentally charged animations. Makoto Shinkai has also contributed. Your Name is Shinkai’s latest feature and it’s confusing…
Film Review: Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2016)
In 2004 Australian author Helen Gardner published Joe Cinque’s Consolation. Gardner’s seminal work reported on events that happened in Canberra in 2004, when Anu…
Film Review: Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Disney’s done it again. And I don’t just mean killing off the parents in the opening scene (because Disney = #orphanlife). With director David…