Reviews

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Three Summers Review

The Westival is an annual music festival that attracts great players and enthusiastic folk-loving audiences to a small town in Western Australia. The ...

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Breathe Review

Robin is married to Diana. The Cavendishes are English and live in Kenya. It is 1958 and his business is coffee. The couple live a good life and have ...

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Thor: Ragnarok Review

Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race ag...

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The Snowman Review

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

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1922

The film 1922 is the latest Stephen King adaptation to arrive on our screens. It is based on the novella of the same name from King’s 2010 collection ...

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Loving Vincent Review

Loving Vincent, directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, retells the life and death of the world’s most recognisable artist, Vincent van Gogh (Ro...

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Alias Grace

Alias Grace is based on the true story of Grace Marks, a poor Irish immigrant, who becomes a young domestic servant after she moves with her family to...

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Brigsby Bear Review

Kidnapped as an infant and raised in a bunker in the desert, James (Kyle Mooney) lives a lonely existence. For 25 years his only companions are his ‘p...

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Happy Death Day Review

It took a decade to bring it to screen but Happy Death Day is finally here just in time for Halloween.

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Blade Runner 2049 Review

BLADE RUNNER 2049 is the sequel to science fiction, neo-noir, BLADE RUNNER (1982). The original film (set thirty years before the sequel) told the dys...

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The Meyerowitz Stories

Netflix continues to up its film distribution sector, with another original release to add to the growing pile. This time it’s American comedy-d...

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American Vandal

The prank is juvenile. On a non-teaching day, 27 teachers’ car are vandalised at a high school in a small town called Hanover. The vehicles are spray-...

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The Go-Betweens: Right Here

Brisbane’s indie rock legends The Go-Betweens were formed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in 1977.  Lindy Morrison became the drummer in 1980 and...

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Flatliners Review

Haunted by a past mistake, medical student Courtney (Ellen Page) convinces a group of friends to partake in a risky experiment of pseudo-science in or...

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Battle of the Sexes Review

In 1973, at the Houston Astrodome, 29-year-old Billie Jean King played 55-year-old Bobby Riggs at an exhibition tennis match described as a “battle of...

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Fortunata

Fortunata (Jasmine Trinca) is a single mother living in one of the rougher parts of Rome. She has an eight-year-old daughter Barbara (Nicole Centanni)...

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The LEGO Ninjago Movie Review

It’s adaptable in more ways then one: LEGO is like the McDonalds of the toy industry – it knows how to stay in business. Over 80+ years LEGO has...

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle Review

Eggsy Unwin (Taron Egerton) the novice spy of 2014’s KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE returns in its first sequel KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. Another mov...

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Gaga: Five Foot Two

An intimate portrait of a year in the life of Lady Gaga, this film presents an unguarded glimpse into the superstar’s personal highs and lows, focusin...

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Tommy’s Honour

It is 1866 and Tom Morris (Peter Mullan) is the two-times winner of the first major golf tournament, the Open Championship in Scotland. He founded the...