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Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

January 6, 2020

A few years on from their gleefully gross zombie flick Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, sibling directing team Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner bring us their second feature, Nekrotronic (also known as Nekromancer in...

Terminator: Dark Fate Review – A worthy sequel with winning performances

Christopher Spencer

November 4, 2019

Reviews

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 protect Dan...

Ad Astra Review – The Search for the Unknown and the Unattainable in Space

Christopher Spencer

September 24, 2019

Reviews

Directed and co-written by James Gray, Ad Astra stars Brad Pitt as Major Roy McBride, an astronaut dedicated to his job and willing to complete missions by any means necessary. When his lost father (Tommy Lee ...

Ad Astra Review – Yet Another Space Odyssey About Abandonment

Hagan Osborne

September 19, 2019

Reviews

Given the slew of movies focusing on stranded astronauts with parent issues, you’d be forgiven for thinking that people only go into space to avoid their families. As fascinated as filmmakers are by the dar...

Mac and Me Review – An Unfairly Maligned Hopeful Film

Andrew F Peirce

August 27, 2019

Reviews

In 1988, director Stewart Raffill released his follow up to the moderately successful The Philadelphia Experiment. Raffill’s career has never been one to garner awards attention, having delivered mostly genre f...

Life Review – An Unsettling and Horrific Sci-Fi Fable

Andrew F Peirce

July 4, 2019

Reviews

If there’s one thing that Daniel Espinosa’s Life makes clear, it’s how thin the line between fear and hope is. For the six astronauts on the International Space Station who have the task of assessing a sample ...

Umbrella Entertainment July 2018 Releases

Andrew F Peirce

July 2, 2018

Culture

We're back to take a look see at what great releases Umbrella Entertainment has for July 2018. (We are not paid by Umbrella to push these releases at all, we simply love their work and feel that folks should...

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The Endless Review

Travis Akbar

July 2, 2018

Reviews

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-Director) a...

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I Kill Giants Review

Travis Akbar

July 1, 2018

Reviews

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 first thing ...

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Star Trek Beyond Review

Andrew F Peirce

July 24, 2016

Reviews

Under the direction of series newcomer, Justin Lin, this story of the crew of the Starship Enterprise doing what they do best feels like the most thematically faithful modern Star Trek film. An unknown ship app...

Revelation Film Festival - 20 Years of Unique Films

Spice World Leads the Final Rooftop Movies Program for Summer 2020

Unknown Pleasures: Australian Independent Cinema Screenings

International Filmmakers Flock to Mardi Gras: Queer Screen’s 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival: 13 – 27 February 2020

Cloudy River to Premiere at Queer Screen’s 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival

WA Made Film Festival Kicks Off with a Stellar Homegrown Lineup

Studio Ghibli on Netflix – Gateway to Timeless Imagination

Vic Park Summer Street Party Returns for 2019

Cale Street Festival Program Announced

New Aussie film Wild Butterfly Reveals Claire Murray’s Devastating Untold Story

Happy Sad Man Screenings Roll On in Sydney

In My Blood it Runs Gets Theatrical Release with Q&A Screenings in Aus

Thelma Plum Headlines Global Beats and Eats 2020

Redmond Theatre Brings Fringe Fun to Perth’s Northern Suburbs

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Review

The Lighthouse Review – Cult Classic Perfection

For Sama Review – A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary

1917 Review – A Technical Spectacle Lacking Some Heart

Birds of Prey and the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Review – Delightful and Fun

Richard Jewell Review – Rinse and Repeat, Same Old Same from Clint Eastwood

Sonic the Hedgehog Review – A Cynical Attempt at Superhero Tropes

RocKabul Director Travis Beard, Subject Lemar and Producer Brooke Silcox - Not A Knife

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

Interview with Me and My Left Brain Writer/Director/Actor Alex Lykos

H is for Happiness Interview with Director John Sheedy and Star Daisy Axon

Interview with H is for Happiness Writer Lisa Hoppe

Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

Terminator: Dark Fate Review – A worthy sequel with winning performances

Ad Astra Review – The Search for the Unknown and the Unattainable in Space

Ad Astra Review – Yet Another Space Odyssey About Abandonment

Mac and Me Review – An Unfairly Maligned Hopeful Film

Life Review – An Unsettling and Horrific Sci-Fi Fable

Umbrella Entertainment July 2018 Releases

The Endless Review

I Kill Giants Review

Star Trek Beyond Review

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