Film Review: Hail, Caesar! (2016)
It has been a while since co-directors and co-writers Joel and Ethan Coen have made a straight up comedy – eight years in fact,…
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Film & Event Review: The Big Lebowski Second Annual Big Bash
Endlessly quotable, over the top and ridiculous, The Big Lebowski is simply put, a comedy classic, and the event is a must for lovers of the film to dress up, drink milk kahlua and vodka, and have a good old time with some fellow nuts.
83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations
Just in: Nominations for this year’s Oscar nominations. And my accuracy rate comes in at:82%, down 6% from last year. Mind you, I did…
Academy Award Predictions
So, it has come to that time of year again. Last year I spent a fair bit more time pondering the predictions of the…
Film Review: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
In 2012 Tame Impala released Lonerism. Within an album full of ambience and reverb the Aussie rockers cemented themselves as the modern day Doors/Pink…
Film Review: Brothers’ Nest (2018)
Brothers’ Nest is the latest film from Clayton Jacobson, the director of the Australian film Kenny. Again Clayton both directs and teams up with…
Film Review: Suburbicon (2017)
Suburbicon is both the title of the film and the name of the idyllic and idealised 1950s style suburb in which it is set….
Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
This is truly virtuoso, expertly crafted film making, the only problem is that it’s just a little soulless, and just a little soullessness is a fairly big problem if it stops you caring about the characters. The Brothers, as usual, are more interested in the world they’re creating – and it’s impeccably done – but they forget to make us care about the people that populate it. Offering little resolution does little for them either.