Reviews

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Gunda Review

More vital experience than film, Gunda (a Scandinavian word meaning “female warrior”) follows our titular sow in unadulterated black and white as she ...

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Supernova Review

When it comes to reviewing SUPERNOVA, it’s hard to really know where to start. I absolutely adored it. But it also kind of broke me…  It’s a slo...

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Nobody Review

I was so excited to see NOBODY. It promised to be ‘A History of Violence’ meets the newer ‘Rambo’ films, and I was here for it. Ever since John Wick t...

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Tom & Jerry Review

A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day ...

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Godzilla vs. Kong Review

GODZILLA VS. KONG is the Giant Monster (Kaiju) movie I’ve been waiting for since I was a little kid, staying up late to watch black-and-white monster ...

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Crisis Review

CRISIS is about the the opioid epidemic in the United States. It’s a public health crisis, destroying countless lives and communities. In 2017, opioid...

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Girls Can’t Surf Review

First thing’s first: you don’t need to know a thing about surfing to love this film. You’ll quickly catch on to the slang, and to th...

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From Sky to Sea Review

Jaimen Hudson: From Sky to Sea follows WA’s own Three-Eyed Seagull (and Warg-of-sorts) who operates a drone from the confines of his wheelchair ...

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My Fiona Review

Where to even begin with this film? MY FIONA tore my heart out. I was emotionally destroyed. And I don’t tend to cry at movies. The opening scen...

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Bye Bye Morons Review

My friend – who is French, and so knows about these things – tells me a good French comedy needs two things: whimsy and depression. With a...

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Cosmic Sin Review

Bruce Willis in a sci-fi action film – words that ignited cautious excitement in the heart of someone whose favourite film is Luc Besson’s The F...

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Judas and the Black Messiah Review

Right from the start, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH hits hard and fast. There’s dramatic speeches, bloody violence, deep friendship, and growing l...

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Boss Level Review

BOSS LEVEL is an action film that uses a time-loop plot mechanism and combines that with gaming tropes to create an actioner that gets better as it zi...

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The Little Things Review

Serial killer crime thrillers. These films are a dime a dozen. So what does John Lee Hancock’s new offering, THE LITTLE THINGS, contribute to th...

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Minari Review

Minari is an American-made film produced by Brad Pitt about an immigrant family living in the Ozarks chasing the ‘American Dream’, but for one reason ...

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Wrong Turn Review

From the acclaimed director of a movie that no one saw comes a reboot of 2003’s Wrong Turn – the first in a franchise that no one really asked f...

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Another Round Review

Another Round stars Great Dane Mads Mikkelsen and was released on my birthday in his home country of Denmark last year. For reasons I will explain in ...

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High Ground Review

Simon Baker has hair like a woman (I am quoting a jab made towards his character in Stephen Maxwell Johnson’s High Ground and not stating my personal ...

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Penguin Bloom Review

Right off the bat it’s important to demarcate the actual life and experiences of Sam Bloom and family from the film based on them. Sam Bloom, a nurse ...

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Ammonite Review

It is the 1840s in England. Self-taught Palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslett) has a reputation for the Jurassic fossils she has found on the coa...