The Breaker Upperers Review
Comedy is subjective, that's a given. So, when the core concept of The Breaker Upperers is explored in the opening moments - two women who professionally break up with people for them - has them f…
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Betty: They Say I'm Different Review
Betty: They Say I'm Different feels like a half finished promise. It starts with gusto, it rollicks and rolls in a way that has you intrigued as to where it'll go, and then it just... ends. In…
Salyut 7 Review
The 80's was the era of the Cold War and the space race. America was as focused on outperforming and outclassing the Russian space agency, as the Russians were to the Americans. Salyut 7 takes a l…
Brothers' Nest Review - Nail Biting Uncomfortable Tension
It’s been twelve years between drinks for director Clayton Jacobson. Kenny arrived in 2006 and conquered the Aussie film industry and box office, leaving a genuine mark on culture and redefining the c…
The Endless Review
The Endless is a low budget film. You can just tell. From the (at times) poor acting to the poor lighting and the average special effects. However monetary constraints do not stop Aaron Moorhead (Co-D…
Cargo Review
Back in 2013, after short film festival Tropfest, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling offered the short film Cargo to the world. The YouTube release went off and the film currently holds over 14 million vie…
I Kill Giants Review
I am generally an optimist. I try to find around a way around the negatives by focusing on the positives, but, as most of you would probably know, that is not always possible. Having said that, the fi…
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review
There’s a point in your life as a film critic that you realise that maybe, just maybe, the shit that used to not bother you, really starts to bother you a heck of a lot. 2018 has gone down as the year…
Ready Player One Review - A Bazinga and a Pickle Rick Away From Being Actual Vomit
This review will contain spoilers. The eighties feels like it's the decade that spawned that pesky thing called ‘nostalgia’. The rose tinted glasses of the seventies were discovered by upstart sq…
Pacific Rim Uprising Review
Ok – a quick rundown of the plot. The monstrous kaiju’s at the ending of Pacific Rim have been stopped thanks to Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost sacrifice. His son, Jake (John Boyega), sees the hero st…
Tomb Raider Review
In video games, the cut scenes that occur in between the shooty, punchy, player driven moments, are traditionally the moments that character development is delivered. They're the context sensitive…
Rip Tide Review
For a country that’s well known for its sun drenched beaches, with waves that roll on forever, Australia surprisingly doesn’t have that many surfing films. On top of this, the surfing films that do ex…