Film Review: David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
byRicky Gervais is back in all his cringeful glory as David Brent in Life on the Road. It wasn’t a return people were clamouring…
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Film Review: A Hologram for the King (2016)
byTom Tykwer’s latest film is A Hologram for the King, based on the novel of the same name by Dave Eggers. Although entertaining and…
Film Review: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
byDirected by Travis Knight, Kubo and the Two Strings is the fourth animated feature film from the Laika studios. Voiced by Charlize Theron, Matthew…
Film Review: The Shallows (2016)
byNancy is getting some alone time. A medical student spooked out of her studies after being unable to prevent her mother from succumbing to…
Film Review: War Dogs (2016)
byBased on a true story, War Dogs is the latest outing for director Todd Phillips. Best known for The Hangover trilogy, Phillips is also…
Film review: Broke (2016)
by‘How the mighty have fallen’, when a footballer errs and winds up a disgrace. For Australians, to see their heroes of the field fall…
Film Review: Indignation (2016)
byIndignation, based on the 2008 novel by Philip Roth, begins with Marcus Messner’s philosophical musings on death. He considers how every choice we make…
Film Review: Neruda (2016)
byNeruda is a warm and funny film, with gorgeous careful editing which serves to meld together fantasy, delusion and a ‘reality’ of sorts. Director Pablo…
Film Review: Cholai (2016)
byIt’s hard to pin down a definition for ‘black comedy’ but the best description would be that if you weren’t laughing you’d probably be…
MIFF 2016 Film Review: Operation Avalanche (2016)
byNo one will think it’s fake because how insane would this be? There’s an excellent moment in Rodney Ashcer’s documentary Room 237 where the…