Reviews

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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...

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Silent Night Review

Lionsgate is hoping to capture some thrilling holiday magic with its latest Christmas action flick – Silent Night. Directed by the iconic John W...

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Bottoms Review

Have you ever been sitting in a cinema when you get the feeling that you’re watching a cult film in the making? Welcome to Bottoms, from director Emma...

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Napoleon Review

For anyone not following cinema news over the last year, Napoleon is the latest film by Sir Ridley Scott (Gladiator, The Dualists), starring Joaquin P...

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Cat Person Review

In cinemas from today (23rd), Cat Person is part cautionary tale and part mirror for participants in the modern dating scene. A serviceable psychologi...

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Review

Francis Lawrence (Catching Fire, Mockingjay films) continues to realise Suzanne Collin’s Panem and the aristocratic machinations of that fictional, dy...

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Saltburn Review

Universal Pictures and Warner Bros present Saltburn; the latest feature from Writer/Director and Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell (Promising Young...

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The Dive Review

In Australian cinemas from today, The Dive poses the question; How far would you push yourself to save another life? Pretty far, as it turns out. Dire...

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The Old Oak Review

Set in a small north-eastern English town still living in the shadows of the UK miners’ strike, a new form of solidarity and brotherhood emerges as Ke...

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The Healing Review

This 2022 documentary is made in Australia and focuses on the work of Scott Brodie, who is a former policeman who runs a self-created therapy course. ...

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The Exorcist: Believer Review

October fifth heralds the return of the legendary Exorcist. Can David Gordon Green and Danny McBride deliver an installment that lives up to the inten...