Don's Party Review - Labor Loss Through the Ages
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Review - Action Packed, Plot Dreary
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum makes a firm case that John Wick is the greatest Time Crisis player ever. He never misses a shot, moving through violent scenario after violent scenario with ease, di…
Fish Out of Water Review - A Harrowing Doc About Two Men Out of Their Depth
Ignorance is bliss has never been so true as it is in Israel Cannan’s documentary Fish out of Water. The documentary centres around two men, Tom Hudson and Pete Fletcher, who make the decision to cros…
Champions Review - Well Meaning Comedy Misses the Net
There are not many comedies depicting people living with a disability. And for a good reason, with actors such as Ben Stiller and Johnny Knoxville playing to the lowest common denominator in their ass…
Little Woods Review - One of Tessa Thompson's Finest Performances Yet
Films are a reflective medium. They present our world – our lives – back at us through skewed perspectives with a fresh realisation of how our society operates. Ever since the dawn of celluloid, cinem…
Celia Review - Ann Turner's Singularly Unique Trifecta of Horror
Released in 1989, filmmaker Ann Turner’s debut feature Celia is another entry into the “fantastical coming of age” subgenre, which includes the baroque, playful fantasy of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986…
Long Shot Review - A Political Stoner Comedy That Surprisingly Works
Seth Rogen takes co-lead duties in Long Shot, as the only-in-Hollywood named Fred Flarsky, a hyper-indie journalist who routinely tells big business to ‘go fuck themselves’ via whatever thousand plus…
Thunder Road Review - Meet Jim Cummings, the Voice of Modern Independent American Cinema
Meet Jim Cummings: this generation’s Steven Soderbergh and Kevin Smith and David Gordon Green. A voice that has arrived to shake up and rattle the cage of independent American cinema. One that aims to…
1985 Review - A Powerfully Quiet Film
Yen Tan’s 1985 may be presented in black and white, giving the illusion that this is a story that takes place long in the past, but this is a narrative that is still startlingly relevant in today’s so…
Top End Wedding Review - Save the Date for Miranda Tapsell's Hilarious RomCom
Yes, bloody yes, Lauren (Miranda Tapsell) exclaims after overly excited fiancé-to-be Ned (Gwilym Lee) bends down mid-sentence to ask her one simple question. Will you? Well I, too, say yes, bloody yes…
Breaking Habits Review - Stoner 'Nun' Doc Lacks Punch
It’s a story that sounds too bizarre to be real: a successful business woman transforms her life after her marriage of seventeen years is suddenly brought to an end. In a bid to rebuild her life, she…
Hellboy Review - A Dud Reboot That Should Have Stayed Buried
As much as I shouldn’t be, I’m comparing Neil Marshall’s Hellboyto the Guillermo Del Toro efforts of the mid 2000’s. I just can’t help myself. What Del Toro did with those films was create a wonderful…