Film Review: Non-Stop (2014)
byThe events of September 11, 2001 sparked a sweeping overhaul in security, especially on airplanes, and since then there have been several films which…
Current Theatrical Releases
Film Review: Warwick Thornton’s The Darkside (2013)
byWarwick Thornton is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading story-tellers. His latest project, The Darkside, is a collection of ghost stories collected over many…
Film Review: Labor Day (2013)
byJason Reitman has an impressive resume to date and it’s full of unconventional romances: America’s love of smoking in Thank You for Smoking; coping with…
Film Blerg: Last Vegas (2013)
byBilly (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) are childhood friends, constantly adjusting to the fact that they’re…
Film Review: Lone Survivor (2013)
byThere have been many films about soldiers and war, but few quite as brutally visceral and arduous as Lone Survivor, directed and with a…
Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
byThis 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.
Film Review: August: Osage County (2013)
byAugust: Osage County features great opportunities for actors, and thankfully a cavalcade of brilliant actors breathes life into these intricate and multi-layered characters. There really isn’t a weak link in the cast, but Streep, Roberts and Cooper deserve to be singled out. Not far behind them are Martindale, Nicholson and Cumberbatch.
Film Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
byThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty has its share of rousing moments, but it never becomes the sweeping inspirational gesture that it wants to be.
Film Review: Philomena (2013)
byBroad English humour? Check. Mismatched duo forced together by circumstance? Check. A heartbreaking and deeply moving story that will bring most of its viewers to tears? Check. A nearly 80 year old woman cussing? Check.
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
byIn Jackson’s view, it seems nothing is done unless it is done to excess and this dizzying flurry of action may be exhausting for some. However, it is nothing if not a spectacle and leaves me eagerly waiting for more.