Film Review: Back to 1942 (2012)
There are two distinct instances in 2012 ‘s retroactive cinema in which the human torso is decorated with symbols intended to pump war’s glaring…
Wednesdays With Woody: Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
The third of Allen’s London films, Cassandra’s Dream, much like Match Point is a film within which what we know as “Woody Allen” is…
Film Review: The Master (2012)
Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) a WWII veteran turned drifting vagrant, wakes up on the ocean-liner of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a writer and…
Film Review: Hail (2012)
Hail is the first feature effort from Amiel Courtin-Wilson who has gained international recognition for his documentaries Chasing Buddha, Bastardy and his short film…
Film Review: Savages (2012)
Ben (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch) have it made. Growing/selling large quantities of marijuana, they are supervised by a corrupt FBI agent (John…
Film Review: I Wish (2011)
Two brothers are separated when their parents divorce. Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents in Kagoshima where its active volcano rains ash every…
Film Review: Taken 2 (2012)
Taken 2 was bound to suffer in the shadow of Taken as so many cinematic abortions had heeded the success of the 2010 action…
Wednesdays with Woody: Small Time Crooks (2000)
Ex-con Ray Winkler (Woody Allen) convinces his wife, Frenchie (Tracy Ullman), to front a cookie store so that he and his friends can tunnel…
Film Review: Bait 3D (2012)
A devastating tsunami – filled with sharks – hits coastal Queensland just as an escalating armed-robbery is taking place at a beachfront supermarket. The…
Film Review: Lore (2012)
Director Cate Shortland won much appreciation for her superb first feature Somersault. Finally, her long-awaited follow-up, Lore, is a German-language Australian co-production, adapted by…