Midway Through 1917 Reviews - Contains Spoilers
I finally managed to see 1917, in a double war film effort, that also encompassed the latest release of the two, Midway. I don’t really need to go into 1917, as it’s been the talk of the town for the…
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Just Mercy Review - Confronting, Puts an Unexpected Emotional Weight on Your Shoulders
I am going to start by adding to some extra context to what I am going to write. Because I found Just Mercy to be not only extremely powerful, but also emotional. I decided that I was going to review…
Bad Boys for Life Review: Bad Boys, Good Fun, Great Laughs
Back in 2018, I wrote about the Predator franchise, which I nostalgically love, in anticipation of the new instalment, The Predator. I was trusting in Shane Black to prevail with his entry in the seri…
Spies in Disguise Review - An Good Old-School Spy Flick, Just... Animated
“Why is this kids movie so scary?” my 5-year-old son Raiden, asked as we were about two thirds through Spies in Disguise. I had to think deeply about an answer. I thought back to the countless kids’…
KGB Review - Short Lived, but Terrific
As a film reviewer, and aspiring screenwriter, my favourite hobby came full circle in early October of 2019 when I attended an Australian Film, Television and Radio School Talent Camp, in which one of…
Interview with KGB Actor Bjorn Stewart
Travis Akbar got to speak to Indigenous KGB actor Bjorn Stewart about KGB, the show's production, what he's watching on TV at the moment and his desire to get some dirt on future co-stars. And…
6 Underground Review - Hot Guys, Hot Girls, No Substance
When I first read the synopsis about 6 Underground, I likened it to Mark Wahlberg’s Mile 22, as far as a team of off-grid operatives go anyhow, and as Mile 22 was a complete shambles, I had zero expec…
#SaveRadioADL - Radio Adelaide Needs Your Help!
#SaveRadioADL - Radio Adelaide Needs You! In 1972, Adelaide University started Australia’s first community radio station; 5UV, now known as Radio Adelaide. The signal reaches all over metropolitan Ad…
Netflix and Nell: Is Perth a talent hotspot?
Rattlesnake is the new Netflix genre flick written and directed by Zak Hilditch, and with it, he teams up with Perth local Alexandra Nell, raising the question, is Perth Netflix’s new hotbed for talen…
American Son Review - Provocative, or too safe?
American Son is a Broadway play that has made the transition to film, with only four characters, it stars Kerry Washington (Fantastic 4, Django Unchained), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, AVP: Requiem), J…
Bishop. The Aboriginal X-Man and His Suitors
Grammy Award-Winning Rapper Method Man, of the Wu-Tang Clan, has let his desire to play the X-Man ‘Lucas Bishop’ known. Posting a picture of himself as the character, who was played by Omar Sy in X-Me…
The Furies Review - An Enjoyable, Uniquely Australian Horror Film
In comparison to the Australian film industry, the size of the American film industry is unfathomable. But the creativity of it is lacking. Remakes, revamps and sequels dominate the US market. With fr…