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Powered by JustWatch Paris Hilton, formerly the most famous person in the world. With This Is Paris, the documentary format breaks the character facade portrayed by the 00’s icon, revealing her…
Powered by JustWatch Music documentaries come in various forms. There’s the rise-fall-rise film that provides a warts and all perspective of a loved band across their career - see Dig! -, or the…
Powered by JustWatch Hey! The New Mutants, aka the last X-Men-related film we’ll get for quite a while, is out now. Did you know that? Wouldn’t be surprised that you didn’t. Do you know what Th…
Powered by JustWatch I am a fool. A damned one at that. For about a year or more, I was confident and excited for the fact that Disney were doing a live-action remake of their 1998 film Mulan, s…
Powered by JustWatch I support Josh Trank. At 27-years-old, Trank was the youngest director to have a film open at number one at the US box office, with 2012’s Chronicle, following such heights…
Powered by JustWatch In 1999, Heath Ledger arrived on cinemas screens as a fully formed film star with a one-two punch of stellar films. His laid-back looks and easy-going ocker attitude made hi…
Powered by JustWatch Rightio: Let’s get this over with. Existential cynicism; fractured romance; projective introspection; all of the hallmarks which transform Charlie Kaufman into a misanthrop…
Powered by JustWatch Writer and director Cory Finley burst onto the scene almost out of nowhere with his 2018 debut Thoroughbreds. His career started as a playwright, and impressed Oscar winners…
Powered by JustWatch 2016’s Train to Busan is one of those movies that people got interested in regardless of its international beginnings. It has all the trappings of a modern hit: zombie horro…
Powered by JustWatch In Australia, Winter is coming to an end, and as the warm seasons roll on, so do the refreshing comforts of the Summer months. Cold beers taste better on a searing hot day,…
Every so often, two similar films arrive in the same calendar year. In 1997, Dante’s Peak and Volcano erupted onto screens. In 1998 there were triple bill double ups with Armageddon and Deep Impact se…
Powered by JustWatch This review contains discussions of death and trauma. I’ve written this review countless times in my head over the years since my first viewing of Toa Fraser’s Dean Spanley…