Film Review: Ad Astra (2019)
byWriting takes time. Sorting out your thoughts and feelings and reactions takes time. But often we see only films just before they’re released and…
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Film Review: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
byIn 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: Ocean’s 8 (2018)
byWhy ask eleven men (or twelve, or thirteen) to do a job that will only take eight women, and who will do it in…
Film Review: Allied (2016)
byAllied opens in French Morocco in 1942, with Canadian spy Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) parachuting into the desert in dramatic fashion. He is on…
Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
by“The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry” When the credits for The Big Short started rolling on by, the words…
Film Review: By the Sea (2015)
byWritten, directed and starring Angelina Jolie-Pitt, By the Sea is an examination of a couple in a relationship crisis. Paired on screen with her…
Film Review: The Counselor (2013)
byExpectations are high for The Counselor. It comes from the first produced screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest living novelists, whose work…
MIFF 2013: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
byResponding to the recent economic disaster in his home country of Hungary and its effects on his film industry, director György Pálfi has made…
Film Review: World War Z (2013)
byworld war zBefore you say ‘ergh, not more zombies’, it may surprise you to hear that Marc Forster’s World War Z (it’s pronounced ‘zee’ not ‘zed’) is not as bad as you think. Even if you don’t much rate Brad Pitt as an actor, he does have a good eye for roles.
Film Review: Killing Them Softly (2012)
byJackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) is the go to man when you need things sorted out. He is called upon when an illegal mob poker game…