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Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days

April 1, 2020

Life sucks. Everything I write might as well start like that from now until… whenever this current state of the world ends. I spent my last week of social opportunity having a good final cinema day for who kno...

The Wishmas Tree Review – A Timely Celebration of Australian Wildlife

Andrew F Peirce

February 27, 2020

Reviews

Despite being the home of heavy-hitter animated films like Happy Feet and Mary & Max, there’s precious few Australian animated films being produced. There’s a fairly good reason why too: it’s bloody hard f...

Studio Ghibli on Netflix – Gateway to Timeless Imagination

Jonathan Spiroff

February 3, 2020

Culture

On January 20th, 2020 Netflix made the announcement to the world that they had acquired exclusive worldwide streaming rights to the Studio Ghibli film library – unless you lived in Canada, Japan or the U.S. (w...

Spies in Disguise Review – An Good Old-School Spy Flick, Just… Animated

Travis Akbar

December 28, 2019

Reviews

“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’ mov...

The Addams Family Review – Fun Gags, but Ultimately Toothless

Christopher Spencer

December 10, 2019

Reviews

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 Fester, r...

Frozen II Review – A More Mature Film Than the First

Christopher Spencer

December 8, 2019

Reviews

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 and wiser, ...

Celebrate Cinematic Brilliance with Palace Cinema Paradiso’s In Focus: Wes Anderson Festival

Andrew F Peirce

November 27, 2019

Culture

In the continuing battle between streaming services and cinemas, there's one director who has continually pushed out films that have demanded a cinema viewing: Wes Anderson. From his auspicious debut film B...

Mary and Max Review – An Underrated Beauty of a Film

Christopher Spencer

August 26, 2019

Reviews

In 2004, Australian animator Adam Elliot won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his 2003 clay-animation film Harvie Krumpet. Enriched by the critical success of the short, Elliot set about on h...

Dot and the Kangaroo Review – A Kids Film with a Timeless Conservation Message

Andrew F Peirce

August 6, 2019

Reviews

To the CHILDREN OF AUSTRALIA In the hope of enlisting their sympathies for the many Beautiful and frolicsome creatures of their fair land; Whose extinction through ruthless destruction is surely being accom...

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Missing Link Review – A Weak Entry in Laika Studios Filmography

Andrew F Peirce

April 15, 2019

Reviews

Laika Studios fifth film, Missing Link, is clear evidence of the natural evolution of stop motion animation that made the studio a force to be reckoned with ten years ago with their debut film, Coraline. The a...

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Frozen II Review - A More Mature Film Than the First

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Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days

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Longest Day in Chang’an Review – An Inventive Imagining of Tang China that Deserves a Wide Audience

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Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days

The Wishmas Tree Review – A Timely Celebration of Australian Wildlife

Studio Ghibli on Netflix – Gateway to Timeless Imagination

Spies in Disguise Review – An Good Old-School Spy Flick, Just… Animated

The Addams Family Review – Fun Gags, but Ultimately Toothless

Frozen II Review – A More Mature Film Than the First

Celebrate Cinematic Brilliance with Palace Cinema Paradiso’s In Focus: Wes Anderson Festival

Mary and Max Review – An Underrated Beauty of a Film

Dot and the Kangaroo Review – A Kids Film with a Timeless Conservation Message

Missing Link Review – A Weak Entry in Laika Studios Filmography

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