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I’d long wondered what Martin Scorsese’s fascination with Italian-American gangsters was. Why had he dedicated so much of his career to telling the mostly true stories of some of the most violent, cor…
Happy Sad Man may be the most important film you’ll see this year. Director Genevieve Bailey turns the camera on five men and shows us who they are behind their smiling faces. These are men who look…
American Son is a Broadway play that has made the transition to film, with only four characters, it stars Kerry Washington (Fantastic 4, Django Unchained), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, AVP: Requiem), J…
Directed by Tim Miller, Terminator: Dark Fate stars Linda Hamilton returning as Sarah Connor, now reluctantly helping a mysterious future warrior named Grace (Mackenzie Davis), sent back in time to pr…
In comparison to the Australian film industry, the size of the American film industry is unfathomable. But the creativity of it is lacking. Remakes, revamps and sequels dominate the US market. With fr…
I was fortunate to pop along to the preview screening of Yuli – a beautiful and moving biopic about Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta (nicknamed Yuli by his father). As I write this, it’s World Ball…
Directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Zombieland: Double Tap stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone, the same cast and crew from the…
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Ready or Not stars Samara Weaving as Grace, a newlywed marrying into the Le Domas dynasty, a family who have made an empire out of various gaming.…
There are few comedic voices in entertainment, quite as prominent or long-revered as Eddie Murphy’s. Different generations have their own recollection of being introduced to the comedian, whether they…
‘But the world was changing and so were we – some of us sooner than others.’ Promised, written and directed by Nick Conidi (co-directed with Tony Ferrieri), is a film which draws inspiration from Con…
Directed by Joachim Rønning, Maleficent: Mistress of Evilstars Angelina Jolie, returning as the titular dark fairy, dealing with her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) becoming engaged to Prince Philip…
Directed by Ang Lee, Gemini Man stars Will Smith as ageing hitman Henry Brogan. He is someone who is targeted and sent on-the-run by a younger clone of himself, also played by Will Smith through de-ag…