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With news that the Australian government has taken away the Department for the Arts, it's left many Australian filmmakers and artists frustrated with the whole process. The press release below is…
This is the second remake of the 1974 Canadian slasher movie Black Christmas, and seems to be a remake in name only. The first two Black Christmas’ were about evil degenerate people living in the atti…
I know that the world of streaming is beyond overwhelming to look at. You've got your Netflixes mixed up in your Disney+'s, all the while Stan stares on as you load up Kanopy again. It's a…
Directed and co-written by Jake Kasdan, Jumanji: The Next Level stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black as the four video game characters that inhabit the world of Jumanji, poss…
When we sit down to watch a movie or a TV show, we see a complete piece of art. Yet, when we watch the latest episode of The Heights, or Mystery Road, or when we watch Judy & Punch in a cinema, we…
Directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family stars Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, and Nick Kroll as Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Uncle…
Directed by Bill Condon, The Good Liar stars Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren as Roy and Betty, two pensioners who meet on online dating. Secrets are being kept from one another, and the truth gets incre…
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (also the sole screenwriter), Frozen II stars Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell as Elsa and Anna, returning three years after the events of Frozen a little older an…
In 2014, the eerie surveillance footage of a demented looking clown known as Wrinkles appearing from beneath a sleeping child's bed had spread across the internet faster than you could say Bloody…
Three feature films inspired by Shakespeare and his work - Kenneth Branagh’s All is True, Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia, and David Michôd’s The King - made fleeting theatrical appearances in Australian ar…
Prepare yourself for a bit of effusive praise. If you haven't already seen, I quite love Koko: A Red Dog Story, calling it a 'dogsterpiece' and naming it the second best Australian film of…
Coming in at number nine on my Best Australian Films of 2019 list is Steve Vidler's Standing Up for Sunny. I was already fortunate enough to chat to Steve about making the film, and was triply for…