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Directed by Jay Roach, Bombshell stars Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil: three women who used to work for FOX News and who were, a…
There’s a style of comedy fairly common in Australian culture that really gets my back up, and it’s classist ocker comedy. You know the type: take a small Australian community – generally rural but o…
A few years on from their gleefully gross zombie flick Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, sibling directing team Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner bring us their second feature, Nekrotronic(also known as Nekrom…
It is the First World War. The unnerving silence of a quaint French town - now occupied by German military forces - is interrupted by the sound of invading soldiers making howling commands. The fall…
In 2019, I was fortunate enough to meet and run a Q&A with the exceptionally talent writer/director/actor Alex Lykos. After the run of his film Me and My Left Brain around Australia, I got back in…
If you've been following the site for a bit, you'll have noticed I'm a fairly major fan of the new Aussie film, H is for Happiness. I adore it completely, and was fortunate enough to chat…
Another year, another doom and gloom report for the state of Australian arts. I’m writing this before the box office wrap up reports have been written, but at a glance, it’s obvious that Australian f…
I'm a massive fan of the Aussie family film H is for Happiness, as shown in my review where I called it an instant classic. I got in contact with writer Lisa Hoppe to chat about what went into ada…
A quick look into Episode IX’s production will tell all you need to know about its problems. Carrie Fisher’s untimely passing, the divided fanbase left from The Last Jedi, and original director Colin…
Back in 2017, directors Josh and Benny Safdie broke out with their hyper-stylised, synth-infused indie thriller, Good Time – a film which earned the Safdie brothers mainstream attention, after a decad…
When looking out at the television landscape in 2019, it’s difficult to avoid a streamer or network without a flagship fantasy series currently being aired, or deep in development. Amazon is prepari…
“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’…