There is no watching this film passively. Mad Max: Fury Road is a merciless onslaught on your eyes, ears and any sense of calm or complacency you may have had before deciding to see it. […]
Category: Reviews
Best of Enemies
More than a documentary on the public rivalry between liberal intellectual, Gore Vidal, and conservative heavyweight, William F. Buckley Jr, ‘Best of Enemies’ is a boxing match played out through rounds of televised debate and […]
Cinderella
Disney own our childhoods, and they’re cashing in. Cinderella is the latest in a series of adapted for adults, hyper-realistic, live-action remakes of our fondest adolescent memories. The story doesn’t need repeating – Cinderella (Lily […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron – The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
In his review of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Glen Falkenstein finds equal measures of “The Good, Bad and Ugly”, but overall finds it a whimsical, technically-accomplished, deeply-flawed enthralling beast. There is no question the Avengers […]
Focus – When star power can’t shine a light
Focus tries to lift a lot of its game from con-artist cinematic classics like Ocean’s Eleven and The Sting…unfortunately, it still couldn’t convince Glen Falkenstein that it was a decent film. Will Smith can […]
Festival Report: Irish Film Festival, Sydney
The inaugural Irish Film Festival took place in Sydney 26 – 29 March 2015 with several Australian premieres. Glen Falkenstein sat down with the festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, on the closing night to go […]
Furious 7 – Don’t ask questions, just enjoy
Seven films into the franchise and yet Furious 7 still does not disappoint, writes Glen Falkenstein…as long as you don’t think about it too much. If you’re thinking too much into Furious 7, then you’ve got […]
Game of Thrones Season 5 Premiere
Note: Spoilers ahead for the TV show, not the books The most pirated show of all time is back! Game of Thrones even managed to beat The Sopranos for HBO viewings, and that’s not including the […]
Big Eyes – Art imitating life
Tim Burton’s Big Eyes is understated in terms of the director’s usual standards, but despite some minor flaws Glen Falkenstein still finds it a little bit unreal. “Why are their eyes so big?” The New York Times […]
Irish Film Festival Wraps In Sydney!
The inaugural Irish Film Festival hit Sydney on the weekend with several Australian premieres. The Irish Film Festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, worked in conjunction with the local Irish community to export some home-grown cinema […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service, while not as slapstick as Austin Powers, offered Glen Falkenstein some cracking jokes and hammy action accompanied by solid performances, particularly from Colin Firth. “You are about to embark on the most […]
Come Fly With Me – Birdman and Fellini
Glen Falkenstein explores the similarities between a couple of Oscar winners “All art is autobiographical… Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.” Italian […]
A Little Chaos
A Little Chaos, Alan Rickman’s latest film, may not be historically accurate (a gainfully employed woman in the 17th century??), but Glen Falkenstein still manages to find it a lot of fun. “It is deeply historically inaccurate […]
Sixty Years Of ‘The Seven Year Itch’
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of 20th Century Fox, we list the 50 Best Films from the Hollywood studio in our latest issue. But we kick off the countdown online with Billy Wilder’s subversive comedy […]
Oscar Spotlight: Whiplash
In the lead-up to Hollywood’s night of nights, we look at the dark horse in the Best Picture race and one of the most intense flicks of last year. In one word – unnerving. You […]
Oscar Spotlight: The Imitation Game
In the first of our articles shining a spotlight on a Best Picture nominee, we take a look at the Alan Turing pic, which departs from its “Troubled Male Genius” template just enough to stand […]
Taken 3 – The Takening
Remember that dad from ‘Love Actually’ who turned badass and went after the sex-traffickers who kidnapped his daughter? Liam Neeson’s third outing as Bryan Mills takes place 7 years later – his wife’s been killed and he’s […]
The Interview – Someday, This Will Be a Good Movie
Prediction – one day – when Kim Jong-un is busy figuring out what the next state-sanctioned haircut should look like – the events of December 1-25 will making for a really great biopic. It’s the […]
Interstellar – A Space Odyssey for 2014
Nolan. McConaughey. Space. Worm holes. Intense visuals. Emotions. In a starved future, Michael Caine convinces his daughter (Anne Hathaway) and Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) that the only cure for the barren wasteland earth is fast becoming lies […]
GOLD CLASS… and ‘The Judge’…. GOLD CLASS
The Emperor had his box in the Colosseum to watch the gladiators fight; he saw the same spectacle as everyone else, but he wasn’t down there with the plebs. Tickets with the masses weren’t appealing, […]
Madam Secretary beats out The Bachelor
Last night I sat through the finale of ‘The Bachelor,’ a show which neither through casual, serious, nor ironic viewing can surpass the flawed premise that over a dozen attractive, successful women could be so utterly […]
‘Gotham’ – Because we couldn’t wait for Ben Affleck
Ryan from the ‘O.C.’ grew up and moved to Gotham. He’s not popular, he’s different, and he’s having trouble fitting in. James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) investigates the deaths of Bruce Wayne’s parents while navigating the Rogue’s […]
