WA Made Film Festival Call Out for Submissions
There is no person more dedicated and excited about Australian film than West Aussie bloke Matthew Eeles. When I started writing about Australian film, the one website that I’d look to for information…
Doctor Sleep Review - A Perfect Blend of King, Kubrick, and the King of Modern Horror Mike Flanagan
Written, directed, and edited by Mike Flanagan, Doctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance, last seen as a child in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and now a middle-aged alcoholic who has been co…
Last Christmas Review - Hopefully the Last Christmas Movie
Directed by Paul Feig, Last Christmas stars Emilia Clarke as Kate, a young woman in London burning the candle at both ends and struggling every step of the way. Her life starts to turn around when she…
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…
The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions
If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mu…
The Irishman Review - Andrew Has a Blatantly Obvious Lightbulb Moment
I’d long wondered what Martin Scorsese’s fascination with Italian-American gangsters was. Why had he dedicated so much of his career to telling the mostly true stories of some of the most violent, cor…
An Interview with Dr Mace Francis – Perth International Jazz Festival and beyond
Mace left Geelong nearly 15 years ago to begin his studies at the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Since then he’s made himself right at home in Perth, becoming a staple of the west coast jazz s…
Happy Sad Man Review - The Most Important Film You'll See This Year
Happy Sad Man may be the most important film you’ll see this year. Director Genevieve Bailey turns the camera on five men and shows us who they are behind their smiling faces. These are men who look…
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…
Terminator: Dark Fate Review - A Worthy Sequel with Winning Performances
Directed by Tim Miller, Terminator: Dark Fate stars Linda Hamilton returning as Sarah Connor, now reluctantly helping a mysterious future warrior named Grace (Mackenzie Davis), sent back in time to pr…
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…