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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Review

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION is the fifth installment of the shape-shifting extravaganza that is the Impossible Missions Franchise.  By now, we in...

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Trainwreck Review

Amy Schumer is the “it” comedian of 2015. Her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer has become a huge hit with an audience ready for a different take...

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13 Minutes Review

November 1939. Germany’s invasion of Poland was two months ago.  Adolf Hitler was in Munich, about to speak to a large room filled with people celebra...

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The Gallows Review

This year we have seen a number of great Blumhouse Productions and New Line Cinema releases. This week their latest has hit Australian screens. The Ga...

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Amy Review

Like many people, I first heard about Amy Winehouse when her worldwide hit song Rehab swept across the globe, taking all before it. Suddenly it was ev...

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Marshland (La Isla Minima)

Perthians, who were quick on the draw, may have seen MARSHLAND (La Isla Minima) as part of the Spanish Film Festival back in March. If not, here’...

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Ant-Man

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr...

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Love and Mercy

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is acknowledged as a bona fide musical genius and the man who changed the way modern popular music was created and reco...

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The Wrecking Crew Review

If you know your movies you’ll be aware The Wrecking Crew was the name of a 1969 Dean Martin movie in which he played the spy Matt Helm for the third ...

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Magic Mike XXL Review

Magic Mike XXL is here. So does it live up to all the hype the studio has put out there?  Let’s face it, not a lot of people care about its plot, the ...

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Plague

A small group of survivors in post-apocalyptic Australia seek shelter from a zombie-esque infection that has spread like a plague….sure; the story sou...

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Terminator Genisys Review

Terminator Genisys has arrived with a lot of hype and expectations. The film opens in 2029 where civilisation had ended in an apocalyptic battle betwe...

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Woman in Gold Review

The year is 1999. Maria Altmann is an octogenarian living in Los Angeles. In Austria, there is pressure on the government to make restitution to survi...

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The Nightingale

Ren Xing (Yang Xinyi) is a young girl being brought up in contemporary Beijing. Her Mother (Li Xiaoran) and her Father (Qin Hao) are busy, thirty-some...

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Review

GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF is a feature length documentary about Scientology made by Alex Gibney. It examines the experiences o...

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Ted 2 Review

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court o...

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The Emperor’s New Clothes Review

I like Russell Brand. I like Michael Winterbottom…and I like capitalism. So THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES was a must-see in my book. Would the Brand and W...

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Jurassic World Review

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

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Aloha

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f...

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Partisan Review

Eleven-year-old Alexander lives in a blasted landscape of old, concrete buildings with a Soviet feel. There is the occasional person living in shacks ...