Backtrack Boys Review
Full disclosure - this film will have you crying within the first five minutes. And odds are, you won't stop crying til the credits roll. Not only is Backtrack Boys an immensely powerful film, it&…
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Valiant Hearts Review
World War One is sadly under represented in video games. It’s a war that - to steal from a film critic I follow - is simply not ‘sexy’. It’s a war without the same level of firepower or artillery as W…
Ghost Stories Review
After an irrelevant childhood focused opening, Ghost Stories kicks into its narrative with obnoxious sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman (co-director Andy Nyman) interrupting a psychics attempt to (fals…
The Cleaners Review
It's been a couple of months since I wrote up my first impressions on The Cleaners. I had copped a facebook ban for posting a picture of Prince Harry in Nazi attire, and it had made me think back…
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Review
As the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist started to roll out around the world, the subject of the documentary, Vivienne Westwood, tweeted the following: As searing an indictment of first t…
Reigns Review
As my work life has changed, I have found my available gaming time has changed as well. Where I used to sit down for hours on end to play through a fantasy epic, I now find myself struggling to comple…
First Man Review
Imagine trying to rewrite a language. Imagine sitting down, and seeing the immense history of English and thinking, I'm going to reinvent this language and make it new again. It's an insurmoun…
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Review - Steve Irwin, the Next Mick Dundee
The early 2000's was a curious time in the history of Australian cinema. After a wealth of films that were domestic successes in the nineties (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Str…
The Predator Review
The Predator, written and directed by (the usually unbelievably talented) Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, The Nice Guys) is a complete shambles. In fact, so much so that I sat in the cinema until t…
Upgrade Review
Leigh Whannell is a filmmaker who is steeped in the genres of cinema. The Saw series carved a way through the horror genre, helping forge a subgenre of gorno films (or, torture porn) that changed the…
The Predator Series Review: Now You See It
In the mid 1990’s I spent the weekend at my dad’s house. I can't remember the exact year, I can't remember my exact age – probably a little too young – but one thing I do remember is Bill Duke…
Beast Review
Do you ever feel trapped by a film? You've sat down to watch it, and as it goes on, you realise you're powerless to move. You have a fair idea of where the film is dragging you, but you sit in…