Film Review: Cats (2019)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 23 December 2019 Despite being the fourth longest running Broadway musical of all time, most people will agree…
Written by Claire Robson Originally published 23 December 2019 Despite being the fourth longest running Broadway musical of all time, most people will agree…
Written by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 6 November 2018 You’re not meant to judge a book by its cover and nor should you make…
Written by Angus Tonkin Originally published 17 September 2018 It was the mid 1990s when prolific director Bruce Beresford first read Madeleine St John‘s novel The Women…
Written by Ben Isbel Originally published 26 May 2016 The Nice Guys is a neon filled, retro blast of slick schtick. Opening with uber-funky…
Written by Nick Alexander Originally published 28 March 2014 When I told a good friend I was going to see Noah, he joked that…
Written by Chris Smith Originally published 16 February 2014 Winter’s Tale, a modern fairy tale taking place across three time lines and concerning itself…
The 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.
There’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.
Written by James Madden Originally published 20 December 2012 It seems strange to write that actors singing in a musical is revolutionary, but in…
Written by Film Blerg Originally published 2 October 2012 Perhaps you’re excited about the big screen adaptation of the insanely popular musical Les Miserables,…