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Powered by JustWatch The moment Michael Smiley turns up in a film, it instantly gets ten times better - at least for the time he's onscreen. So having him as the lead of The Toll, a crime come…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Ryan Andrew Hopper’s debut feature The Toll gleefully wears it’s influences on its sleeve yet still manages to crea…
This review contains spoilers. Every first sentence I’ve tried to write for this review I have ended up deleting in frustration. I don’t know where to begin with New Zealander Ant Timpson’s first ful…
In times of seclusion and quarantine, the most comforting thing can be a familiar face. Christina Ricci is a face that has been part of my life since the beginning, one of the earliest films I remembe…
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…
When the rest of the world was making Threads, Miracle Mile and The Day After, Australia was busy making Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em. Writer/director Ray Boseley plugs in the amp, loads up the bong, a…
Thirteen years ago, Terry Zwigoff unwittingly spawned a loosely related set of films focused around usually good people doing bad things. Bad Teacher, Bad Grandpa and another 2016 comedy, Bad Moms all…
For a long while now, Australian comedies have been regularly considered our weakest of film genres. Sure, everybody loves The Castle, a couple of lines from Crocodile Dundee are oft-quoted and Muriel…