Reviews

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Abigail Review

In cinemas now, director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (Ready or Not, Scream 2022) brings us Abigail. A slick action horror date night movie that delivers com...

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Challengers Review

Tashi, an ambitious and former tennis prodigy is married to a champion (Art) on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband’s redemption takes...

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Civil War Review

Writer and Director Alex Garland (Men, Ex Machina) delivers a spectacular, confronting and all too plausible take on a fictional modern conflict gripp...

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Late Night with the Devil Review

“In 1977 a live television broadcast goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms.” The premise for Late Night with the D...

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Monkey Man Review

The much-anticipated Monkey Man hits cinemas this week, seeing actor Dev Patel (The Green Knight) sitting in the Director’s chair for the first time e...

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Before Dawn Review

Inspired by historical war diaries, Jordan Prince-Wright’s West Australian film Before Dawn transports audiences to the harsh trenches of the Somme an...

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Review

This week sees the release of the fifth instalment in the epic Monsterverse franchise – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This time around, we se...

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Review

Columbia Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire emerges as the sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, hoping to propel the iconic franchise to...

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Love Lies Bleeding Review

Love Lies Bleeding is a movie that we’ve all seen before – a drama that’s sexy, gorey, dark and so incredibly visceral that you feel like you ne...

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Dune: Part Two Review

Dune: Part Two is the much anticipated sequel to 2021’s sci-fi epic – Dune. With Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049) returning to the director&...

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Baghead Review

February is spoken about as the cinematic dumping ground. With studios releasing films they have little confidence in during this period. Enter Baghea...

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Madame Web Review

What started with a unique premise and intricate storyline, Madame Web quickly became more tangled up than, well, a fly in a spider’s web. In an effor...

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The Rooster Review

Writer/Director Mark Leonard Winter brings audiences his debut The Rooster. A contemporary psychological drama set amongst the backdrop of an isolated...

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How to Have Sex Review

How to Have Sex is definitely not the how-to guide that its title suggests – instead it’s a haunting coming of age story that is all too familia...

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The Holdovers Review

It’s 1970 and at a Barton Academy, a New England prep school, the staff and students are about to break for Christmas.  History teacher Paul Hunham (P...

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Mean Girls Review

It’s not just déjà vu with fabulous musical flair – Mean Girls is back, but maybe not with as much of a vengeance as its predecessor. Directors ...

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Anyone But You Review

If you, when sitting down to view Anyone But You,  were also dreading another shaky Shakespere inspired rom-com, you might find yourself in for an une...

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Review

Dive in and get wet with Aquaman one last time (well, maybe) as he deals with child-rearing and sibling rivalry while taking on a vengeful enemy. Driv...

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Wonka Review

While only read about in the books and seen in the movies, the wonderfully weird Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory rivalled Disneyland as the most magic...

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Uproar Review

Uproar brings us the fictional story of misfit Josh (Julian Dennison, Deadpool 2), set against the very real backdrop of New Zealand’s 1981 Rugby prot...