Reviews

Real-life American writer Bill Bryson (Redford) is enjoying a settled existence in New Hampshire. He lives there with his English wife Catherine (Emma...

HOLDING THE MAN is based on a popular book and a well-received stage play. Now Tim Conigrave’s 1995 memoir has been adapted into a feature film. The f...

In my teens, quirky ‘coming of age’ films were my movie of choice.  I ate them for breakfast, lunch and tea. So you could say I’m quite critical of th...

After the official trailers were released, many were ready to write off We Are Your Friends as rubbish. Having DJ friends, being a regular in Los Ange...

On the set of a playwright’s new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the pro...

Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to ch...

LAST CAB TO DARWIN is about a taxi driver called Rex (Michael Caton). Rex is in his 70s and has lived in Broken Hill all his life. His life is mostly ...

THE THIRD MAN is a thriller made in 1949. The film is the best known example of British noir. It doesn’t deal with crime in any of the expected ways. ...

IRIS is the new documentary from celebrated filmmaker Albert Maysles who is best known for his work on GIMME SHELTER (1970) and GREY GARDENS (1975). T...

I’ve never been less excited to go to the movies…but appearances can be deceiving. I wasn’t sold on the trailer for THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.  I couldn’...

Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes has been interpreted in a myriad of ways. According to our friend the Internet, the chara...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...