Tully is one of those terribly difficult films to discuss without spoilers, so bear with me. The second Diablo Cody collaboration with Charlize Theron following Young Adult and third Cody collaboration with Juno Director Jason […]
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DEADPOOL 2
The worst sin a movie can commit is far from being irreverent. To the contrary, that’s what movies so often and acceptably are, and if they happen to flounder into the realms of theses beyond […]
KODACHROME
Two years ago, an artificial intelligence robot called Benjamin wrote a screenplay after absorbing hundreds of others taken from science fiction films and television. Rudimentary, the finished product nonetheless bore basic tenets and tropes of […]
ANON
One of those near-future escapades where the execution is barely a match for the idea, Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried give it all they’ve got in Anon. Starring respectively as a hardened detective and an […]
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Magnificent and magnificently flawed, when judged against the standards set by its precursors Avengers: Infinity War joyously excels. And it is only fair to judge this and all other entries against the now 19-strong behemoth […]
FOURTH ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES IN SYDNEY
The fourth annual Irish Film Festival kicked off in it’s 2018 run at Paddington’s Chauvel Cinema with a sold-out screening of Maze, based on the 1983 breakout of a heavily-fortified prison in Northern Ireland. The […]
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth or Dare is the model of what to do and what not to do in a horror film. Step one – always, always find that great premise. The one that sets you apart and […]
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
The most British thing since the last Lily James Second World War drama, The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (hereafter mercifully referred to as ‘Guernsey’) is, thankfully, a great deal better. Whereas Darkest […]
RAMPAGE
“Of course the wolf flies.” This one line, uttered with seamless sincerity and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s boundless enthusiasm tells you everything you need to know about this movie. If you’re still reading, it’s because […]
CHAPPAQUIDDICK
There’s a fantastic movie in cinemas now. It’s a dark thriller with some counter-intuitively comic elements, telling of a tumultuous period decades-past. It’s called The Death of Stalin. There is also Chappaquiddick. The film’s events, […]
THE TITAN
Avatar-lite Netflix release The Titan is one you can miss. Why Sam Worthington, scheduled for not one, not two, not three, but FOUR sequels to the Fern Gully remake would headline yet another languid jaunt […]
BLOCKERS
Blockers is a strange one. An avowedly dumb movie that’s actually a lot smarter than it will have you believe, packs a frightfully regressive plot unashamed to bandy about it’s woke credentials. If this sounds […]
ISLE OF DOGS
Isle of dogs, a lot more than this movie. In this latest foray into animation by the Fantastic Mr. Fox Director, a young boy crash-lands on a Japanese island, heaped with the nation’s deserted pups, in […]
A QUIET PLACE
Have you ever found yourself mimicking someone in a horror film, holding your breath when they do, or clinging to your seat for dear life? What about trying to be completely silent, when every instinct […]
THE DEATH OF STALIN & LOVE, SIMON
Breakfast movie reviews on 2SER 107.3 – Love, Simon & The Death of Stalin
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
Sequels are sparingly better than their precursors. Pacific Rim: Uprising had a very low bar, and to the film’s credit it comfortably clears it. Does this make Uprising a great film, or at all memorable? […]
LOVE, SIMON
For interviews with Nick Robinson & Katherine Langford see here Simon is in high school. He’s your regular run-of-the-mill guy with better than average looks, the perfect family and friends with supporting roles in Marvel […]
READY PLAYER ONE
Nostalgia has never had such a big playground. There’s a question as to whether we need a film that is in so many ways derivative of readily available pop culture stalwarts, but then how many […]
TOMB RAIDER
There are games you can play more than once and discover nuances every time. There are others where you solve the mystery, play it once with no regrets and then await the next iteration in […]
ANNIHILATION
To baffle someone is one thing – to flummox them is something else entirely. A distinction made by the best of science fiction, it is not made here. The highly-anticipated (maybe) sophomore Directorial feature by […]
IN THE FADE + OSCARS 2018
Breakfast reviews on 2SER 107.3 – In The Fade & Oscars 2018
GAME NIGHT
No one asked for a David Fincher parody and we really, really should have. Game Night is perhaps most brazen for skewering a film, The Game, that has not superseded pop culture so greatly as […]
