Dolittle Review - An Inexplicable Garbage Dump
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…
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…
Joaquin Phoenix Needs to Make His Oscar Glory a Climate Emergency Moment
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…
The Peanut Butter Falcon Review - A Rare Treat About the Restorative Power of Friendship
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…
Go! Review - A Fun Family Friendly Crowd Pleaser
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.…
Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview
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…
Judy Review - Zellweger Dazzles in Poignant Biopic
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…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Review - A Film You Want to Fall in Love With
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…
The Lighthouse Review - A Sea-Salt-Soaked Waiting for Godot
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…
Without a Tracey World Premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival
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…
Bombshell Review - Great Performances Fail to Give This One Purpose
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…
Two Heads Creek Review - Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress
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…