Boys in the Trees Review
The subject of bullying is something that appears quite often in films - however, it's rarely as deftly handled as it is in Nicholas Verso’s Boys in the Trees. Toby Wallace headlines as Corey - a…
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Review
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back returns Tom Cruise to the role of the ex-U.S. Army Military Police Corps Officer turned drifter, Jack Reacher, and supplants him into a story already in motion. Through som…
Café Society Review
Woody Allen returns to his love affair with the early 1900’s with his look at Hollywood and romance in Café Society. Thematically picking up where films like Midnight in Paris and Magic in the Moonlig…
Early Winter Review
When we reach the end of our lives, we are forced to look back on the journey that has brought us to our conclusion. We reflect on the people who we’ve interacted with, and the role our families have…
The Confirmation Review
It's understandable, given today's difficult social climate, that people would turn to religion at times of need and assistance. With wars raging on in the world, unemployment and inequality i…
Downriver Review
Downriver is the first time feature film for writer/director Grant Scicluna. It tells the story of James Levy (Reef Ireland), a young man who is back in the open world after years in juvenile detent…
Ben-Hur (2016) Review
If there was one static noise that has permeated throughout film-focused social media during 2016, it was that of ‘why remake X film when the original is so good’. Usually the words are a little harsh…
Red Billabong Review
Genre pictures are somewhat of a rarity in Australian cinema. Sure, horror films pop up here and there, but they’re mostly ultra-low budget affairs that are successful overseas. The genre pictures I’m…
High-Rise Review
J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise was written as a response to the escalating class divide during seventies era Britain. As council flats for the lower class grew, the decadent society of the wealthy increased…
Demolition Review
Welcome to Man Child: The Movie. Demolition is the latest film from Jean-Marc Vallèe - you may know him as the director who helped add an Oscar to Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto’s bathroom shelve…
An (Sweet Bean) Review
Films are just like food. They nourish, they enrich, they provide an energy you can't find anywhere else. Just like food, films follow a set of ingredients - you have a script, you add a director,…
Green Room Review
Green Room is a brutal anxiety attack of a film. It heaves and explodes its way through a breathless ninety five minute run time, leaving you exhausted and shaken at the end. Where Blue Ruin hinted at…