Film review: The BFG (2016)
bySpielberg is a virtuoso of inclusive ‘big’ cinema. His broad demographic appeal spans all ages. While adult stories have been his focus of late,…
Current Theatrical Releases
Film Review: Central Intelligence (2016)
by“Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson” says the tagline of Central Intelligence, the new film by Rawson Marshall Thurber…
Film Review: Goldstone (2016)
byFilmmaker Ivan Sen returns to the world of his previous film Mystery Road with his new thriller Goldstone, which continues the adventures of Aboriginal detective…
Film Review: The Wait (2015)
byFor audiences of the mainstream who subsist on the endless supply of samey films that tumble from the Hollywood conveyor belt, European cinema can…
Film Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
byThe year is 1980 – a gallon of petrol costs 79 cents. The Empire Strikes Back makes the greatest parental reveal in film history,…
Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
byFourteen years on from the original Ice Age, it’s hard to believe that we have now come to the fifth of the franchise, Collision Course,…
Film Review: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
byTwenty years since the 1996 heroics of Will Smith, the aliens have returned to Earth responding to a distress beacon. And this time *dramatic pause* it’s personal. The…
Film Review: Mustang (2015)
byOne of last year’s Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominees was Mustang, a stirring portrayal of the yearning for freedom against the constraints of…
Film Review: Mr Gaga (2015)
byMr Gaga is a documentary from Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann, about the renowned choreographer and dancer Ohad Naharin. Heymann blends footage from Naharin’s own…
Film Review: Me Before You (2016)
byBased on the novel by screenwriter Jojo Moyes, Me Before You is director Thea Sharrock’s feature debut. Starring a pair of beautiful Brits, it…