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Hour Of Power - With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Travis Johnson Jan 21, 2020 2 min read
Reviews Comedy Grace Rouray Hour of Power Katie Lees Review stand up comedy

Katie and Grace’s Hour of Power January 23 -25. 2020 The Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville NSW Reviewing stand up comedy is a tricky bit of business, comedy as a whole being an extremely subjective…

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A Simple Space Fringe Review - An Unforgettable Dance Comedy Experience that Can't Be Missed

Ella Smith Jan 20, 2020 1 min read
Reviews Fringe festival Perth Festival Review

A Simple Space will leave you as breathless as it’s seven acclaimed performers. Nestled in a corner of Fringe’s Woodside Pleasure Garden, you’ll leave the streets of Northbridge behind you upon enteri…

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Dolittle Review - An Inexplicable Garbage Dump

Christopher John Jan 20, 2020 3 min read
Reviews children Dolittle kids film Review Robert Downey Jr. Stephen Gaghan

Directed and co-written by Stephen Gaghan, Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Dolittle, the famed physician of animals who can also communicate with them. Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) is dy…

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Bad Boys for Life Review: Bad Boys, Good Fun, Great Laughs

Travis Akbar Jan 18, 2020 4 min read
Reviews for life martin lawrence Review Vanessa Hudgens Will Smith

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…

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Joaquin Phoenix Needs to Make His Oscar Glory a Climate Emergency Moment

Andrew F Peirce Jan 17, 2020 3 min read
Articles climate change climate emergency Greta Thunberg Joaquin Phoenix unity

If you follow Oscar lore, you'll likely be well and truly familiar with the time Sacheen Littlefeather collected Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar on his behalf. Brando had sent Sacheen on his…

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The Peanut Butter Falcon Review - A Rare Treat About the Restorative Power of Friendship

David Giannini Jan 16, 2020 2 min read
Reviews Comedy Dakota Johnson Drama Michael Schwartz Shia LaBeouf The Peanut Butter Falcon Thomas Haden Church Tyler Nilson Zack Gottsagen

Cinema history is thick with examples of the buddy comedy. It has become a genre unto itself. Whether it is two cops, like Lethal Weapon, or enemies turned friends in White Men Can’t Jump, the formula…

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Go! Review - A Fun Family Friendly Crowd Pleaser

Andrew F Peirce Jan 16, 2020 4 min read
Reviews australian cinema australian film CinefestOz Dan Wyllie Darius Amarfio Jefferson Family film Go! kids film Owen Trevor Review Richard Roxburgh Steve Worland William Lodder

Powered by JustWatch There’s something completely charming about one of the directors of the TV series Top Gear taking the experiences they learned on the series and applying it to a kids film.…

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Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jan 14, 2020 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Comedian Grace Rouvrey Interview Katie Lees stand up comedy Sydney

Andrew caught up with comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray to chat about their successful stand up comedy show, Hour of Power. Kicking off on Thursday January 16th at the Flight Path Theatre in Marr…

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Judy Review - Zellweger Dazzles in Poignant Biopic

Simone Grogan Jan 13, 2020 3 min read
Reviews Academy Awards Drama Jessie Buckley Judy Judy Garland Oscars Renee Zellweger Review Rupert Goold

Judy relays the final year of the late, exceedingly great Judy Garland and her reluctant relocation from LA to London. It’s a touching homage to the bittersweet life of performance and stardom, founde…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Review - A Film You Want to Fall in Love With

Christopher John Jan 10, 2020 3 min read
Reviews Drama Foreign Language Film French Noémie Merlant Portrait of a Lady on Fire Review

Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire stars Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel as Marianne and Héloïse, a painter and her unknowing subject, respectively. Marianne is sent to…

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The Lighthouse Review - A Sea-Salt-Soaked Waiting for Godot

Andrew F Peirce Jan 10, 2020 4 min read
Reviews Dark Comedy horror pitch black Review Robert Eggers Robert Pattinson The Lighthouse Waiting for Godot Willem Dafoe

Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Whatever goat or seagull that Robert Eggers slaughtered at the altar of his chosen deity…

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Without a Tracey World Premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival

Press Releases Jan 9, 2020 1 min read
Articles australian film LGBTIQ LGBTIQ cinema Mardi Gras Webseries Without a Tracey

It was only just the other day when I was talking about the changes in the Australian film and TV landscape, with short films and webseries flourishing. The shorter formats have allowed for some fasci…

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