Reviews

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Goosebumps Review

Those who were in school in the 90s undoubtedly have read at least one Goosebumps book or watched the TV series. Fast forward a couple of decades and ...

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The 5th Wave Review

Set in the present day, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, 16-year-...

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Sisters Review

The premise of the movie SISTERS is simple. Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) and her sister Kate (Tina Fey) are asked to return to their family home in Orlan...

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The Revenant Review

Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a fur trapper in 1823 Wyoming. He is one of a party of trappers making their way through the frozen hinterland. He t...

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Youth

Retired composer and conductor, Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) and his daughter, Lena (Rachel Weisz) are holidaying at an upscale resort in the Swiss ...

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Joy

JOY, the latest movie collaboration of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and director David O. Russell, seems at first, to be about Joy Mangano, the w...

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a rag-tag group of he...

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Daddy’s Home Review

Sometimes you find a movie that is smart in its dumbness. DADDY’S HOME falls into this category….just. DADDY’S HOME follows step dad of the century Br...

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The Good Dinosaur Review

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. Newcomer director Peter Sohn is at the hel...

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In the Heart of the Sea Review

We all know the story of Moby Dick, the allegedly true story of a vengeful, massive white sperm whale that nearly killed an entire vessel of whale fis...

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In Harmony (En Équilibre)

I had the chance to attend the wonderful opening night of the PIAF Lotterywest Festival Films last Sunday, with In Harmony starting off the festival. ...

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Suffragette Review!

Based on real events from a century ago that still resonate today, SUFFRAGETTE adopts a cleverly fictionalised angle to explore the suffrage movement ...

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Creed Review

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apoll...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Review

As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must brin...

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99 Homes Review

A father struggles to get back the home that his family was evicted from by working for the greedy real estate broker who’s the source of his fr...

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Spectre Review

A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci)...

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Hotel Transylvania 2 Review

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: If there’s one genre of film I am really excited about, it’s animation.  Seriously. Having arguably evolve...

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Sleeping with Other People Review

A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in. Writer a...

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Bridge of Spies

An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg col...

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UnIndian

Every now and then you see a film that is made with a tonne of heart – UNINDIAN is one of those movies. So many of the Aussie films I’ve watched latel...