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Just Mercy Review – Confronting, Puts an Unexpected Emotional Weight on Your Shoulders

January 24, 2020

I am going to start by adding to some extra context to what I am going to write. Because I found Just Mercy to be not only extremely powerful, but also emotional. I decided that I was going to review Just M...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – Nice Guys Finish First in this Sorta-Biopic of Mister Rogers

Hagan Osborne

January 24, 2020

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Growing up in Australia in the mid-'90s, you were hard-pressed to find children's entertainment that didn't focus on brawling anime monsters or anthropomorphic bananas. That is where a beloved figure like ...

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

Christopher Spencer

January 23, 2020

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Written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit stars Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, a lonely German boy living during the end of World War II and whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his ...

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Travis Johnson

January 23, 2020

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Early on in the proceedings of Justin Kurzel’s iconoclastic take on Australia’s favourite outlaw legend, young Ned Kelly (Orlando Schwerdt) watches furtively as his mother, Ellen (Essie Davis doing a feral rif...

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hagan Osborne

January 22, 2020

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The bottom of the ocean contains more than just a sparkling blue diamond belonging to Kate Winslet. Released under the studio formerly known as 20th Century Fox, Underwater is a sci-fi horror where monolith...

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Travis Johnson

January 21, 2020

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Katie and Grace’s Hour of Power January 23 -25. 2020 The Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville NSW Reviewing stand up comedy is a tricky bit of business, comedy as a whole being an extremely subjective ar...

A Simple Space Fringe Review – An Unforgettable Dance Comedy Experience that Can’t Be Missed

Ella Smith

January 20, 2020

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A Simple Space will leave you as breathless as it’s seven acclaimed performers. Nestled in a corner of Fringe’s Woodside Pleasure Garden, you’ll leave the streets of Northbridge behind you upon entering this w...

Dolittle Review – An Inexplicable Garbage Dump

Christopher Spencer

January 20, 2020

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Directed and co-written by Stephen Gaghan, Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Dolittle, the famed physician of animals who can also communicate with them. Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) is dying, and ...

Bad Boys for Life Review: Bad Boys, Good Fun, Great Laughs

Travis Akbar

January 18, 2020

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Back in 2018, I wrote about the Predator franchise, which I nostalgically love, in anticipation of the new instalment, The Predator. I was trusting in Shane Black to prevail with his entry in the series, regar...

Go! Review – A Fun Family Friendly Crowd Pleaser

Andrew F Peirce

January 16, 2020

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There’s something completely charming about one of the directors of the TV series Top Gear taking the experiences they learned on the series and applying it to a kids film. One would think the logical move wou...

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Just Mercy Review – Confronting, Puts an Unexpected Emotional Weight on Your Shoulders

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – Nice Guys Finish First in this Sorta-Biopic of Mister Rogers

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

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Just Mercy Review – Confronting, Puts an Unexpected Emotional Weight on Your Shoulders

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – Nice Guys Finish First in this Sorta-Biopic of Mister Rogers

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

A Simple Space Fringe Review – An Unforgettable Dance Comedy Experience that Can’t Be Missed

Dolittle Review – An Inexplicable Garbage Dump

Bad Boys for Life Review: Bad Boys, Good Fun, Great Laughs

Go! Review – A Fun Family Friendly Crowd Pleaser

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