Taking painting by numbers to a whole new level – Vincent Van Gogh is fittingly the subject of the first ever fully painted feature film. A panoply of the Dutch master’s works are intermingled throughout […]
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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
There are only so many sequels that live up to the original. There are even fewer that threaten to eclipse it. The successor to the film all your friends told you about and that you […]
ASSASSIN’S CREED
Someone forgot to tell Michael Fassbender to smile. An action movie, based on a hugely popular game no less, is supposed to be fun. Not a Shakespearean tragedy, which was incidentally the last time Fassbender, […]
LA LA LAND
You know it’s a good movie when you’re still humming the soundtrack the next day. You know it’s a great movie when you can’t wait to see it again. La La Land is that […]
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
For even the most hardened sceptics, sometimes it’s enough for a film to just be fun. The absurdity of the Death Star’s fatal structural flaw, something that should surely have come up in quality control […]
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
It’s not easy to make a Harry Potter film without Harry Potter. Director David Yates, the veteran of now five J.K. Rowling adaptations and better-placed than anyone else to continue the franchise, can rest easy; […]
UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS
The year is 2016. That means it’s been 3-4 years since the last Underworld film – we’re due for another. Merely a blip to Vampires, Lycans and studio execs, the gap between the saga’s chapters […]
THE FOUNDER
Odds are, you’re going to walk out of The Founder within spitting distance of a McDonald’s. A peek inside the Sausage McMuffin factory and the giant’s earliest days, The Founder might just tell you more […]
MORGAN
A decrepit mansion in the middle of the woods. A tight-knit group with a secret. A monster lurking underground. Luke Scott’s (son of Ridley) sci-fi shocker Morgan may sound like your typical horror film. It’s […]
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
Ever feel frustrated when you watch a trailer and it basically shows you the whole film? Then Nocturnal Animals might just be the flick for you. Fashion designer-turned-director Tom Ford could have done just about […]
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
‘Spy hard or go home’ might have proved a nifty tagline for Keeping Up With The Joneses if this film hadn’t been able to sell itself on its star-power alone. A fun if irreverent night […]
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
Much more than Oscar bait, The Light Between Oceans shows you just how far two talented actors can take a film. Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, further known for being one of the darling couples […]
REACHING NEW AUDIENCES AT THE 20TH CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
“99% of the films you’ll see in the Festival, you won’t have access to them at the cinema usually. They’re non-commercial films and they tell stories from people who we might not hear from otherwise.” […]
JACK REACHER AND THE SEARCH FOR THAT ELUSIVE TITLE CARD
NEVER. GO. BACK Sounds pretty great huh? It doesn’t really tell us anything about the movie, but the conjunction of three action words that sound vaguely like they could be verbs reads a lot better […]
HELL OR HIGH WATER
It takes a lot to outdo Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine, even in the latter’s best performance to date. Ben Foster (Inferno, 3:10 to Yuma) does just that, and he’s a sight to behold. Essentially […]
THE ACCOUNTANT – THIS YEAR’S MOST ORIGINAL SUPERHERO MOVIE
It’s crazy to think that in the year of Ben Affleck’s highly-anticipated and equally disappointing Batman v Superman that a film called The Accountant would be his best superhero flick. Make no mistake – The […]
INFERNO
“Oh highest virtue, you who lead me through these circles of transgression, at your will, do speak to me, and satisfy my longings.” The above exchange is from the 10th Canto of the first part […]
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Kristen Stewart’s come a long way since Twilight. It’s hard to command a thriller, let alone a psychological horror that rises and falls on its central performance, in this case that of personal shopper Maureen […]
‘KILL ME THREE TIMES’ TOURS AUSTRALIA
“Let’s try a different way of reaching audiences where they are now.” Kill Me Three Times producer Tania Chambers addressed a post-screening Q&A of the Aussie dark comedy, filmed on location in Western Australia. The […]
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 […]
Napoleon: Kubrick and his lost film
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Waterloo (no, not the ABBA song) and Glen Falkenstein says it’s the right time to make Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon movie. “He was one of those rare men […]
Mel Gibson’s Film Loses Andrew Lesnie as DOP
The recently deceased Australian cinematographer had reportedly been set to lens Mel Gibson’s latest directorial effort, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, which is headed down under. Mel Gibson will be returning to Australia this year to shoot Hacksaw […]
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