Film Review: Cats (2019)
byDespite being the fourth longest running Broadway musical of all time, most people will agree that Cats is up there as one of the…
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Film Review: Boy Erased (2018)
byYou’re not meant to judge a book by its cover and nor should you make assumptions about a film’s quality by the strength of…
Film Review: Ladies in Black (2018)
byIt was the mid 1990s when prolific director Bruce Beresford first read Madeleine St John‘s novel The Women in Black, so almost a quarter of a century…
Film Review: The Nice Guys (2016)
byThe Nice Guys is a neon filled, retro blast of slick schtick. Opening with uber-funky hit ‘Papa was a Rolling Stone’ we are transported…
Film Review: Noah (2014)
byWhen I told a good friend I was going to see Noah, he joked that I absolutely needed to start my review with two…
Film Review: Winter’s Tale (2014)
byWinter’s Tale, a modern fairy tale taking place across three time lines and concerning itself with the age old theme of true love, must…
Film Review: People Like Us (2012)
byThe idea of the prodigal son returning home after an extended absence has been done a lot in movies. Because it’s so thematically rich though, unlike other plot cliché’s, it’s also been done well, memorably in movies like The Indian Runner, You Can Count on Me, No Looking Back and in Australia’s own (extremely worthy, early Russell Crowe vehicle) The Crossing.
Film Review: Broken City (2013)
byThere’s not much groundbreaking going on in Broken City, but, to be fair, there is a quality to this run-of-the-mill genre picture that keeps you engaged through to its final credits. In part, this can boiled down to its director, Allen Hughes, and the film’s star-studded supporting cast.
Film Review: Les Misérables (2012)
byIt seems strange to write that actors singing in a musical is revolutionary, but in this case it is. Appropriately, the revolution is made…
News: Les Miserables, Live Singing!
byPerhaps you’re excited about the big screen adaptation of the insanely popular musical Les Miserables, directed by last year’s Best Director Oscar winner Tom…