Historically, Keanu Reeves fans can be split into two camps: well-read scifi fans whose brain chemistry was permanently altered by the first time they watched The Matrix, and thoughtful stoners who still haven’t lost the high of seeing themselves represented for the first time on the big screen in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Good Fortune, the new divine body-swap comedy, written, dir...
Who hasn’t wondered if their CEO or anyone leading a major corporation is from another planet and trying to destroy us? Out of touch, unrelatable, speaking in foreign corporate lingo, and running companies that are doing more harm to humans than good – maybe it isn’t too much of a stretch that they are not really “one of us”. The idea has certainly consumed Teddy (Jesse Plemons). The struggling fa...
SKETCH is set in present-day America. The story is about the Wyatt family who live in a small town. It focusses on siblings Amber (Bianca Belle) and Jack (Kue Lawrence). She is ten-years-old and he is twelve. They are being raised by their widower father Taylor (Tony Hale). The family is living with the aftermath of losing their wife and mother. Her death has most clearly affected Amber, who was o...
In a cinematic landscape flooded with nostalgia-driven reboots, The Naked Gun (2025) is hoping to manage the rare feat of feeling both fresh and faithful to a multi-decade franchise. Keeping old fans happy while introducing a new audience isn’t something we’ve seen done particularly well over the past few years, but director Akiva Schaffer (Palm Springs) and crew are hoping to do just that. Having...
Rom-coms are back, and they’re better than ever. The once cliché-ridden genre, popular only with hopeless romantics and teenage girls, gets a much needed update with the release of A Nice Indian Boy. Roshan Sethi brings us the magical love-story between two young men, Naveen (Karan Soni) and Jay (Jonathan Groff) who come from oddly similar backgrounds, but with stark differences that they must ove...
I confess: Wes Anderson films have never really done it for me. His cinema feels more architectural than visceral—films that seem made by and for the art-world elite, keeping the viewer at arm’s length. There’s a “you can look, but you can’t touch” energy to them. Don’t get me wrong: I went to film school. I fell in love with cinematography. I understand and respect the cra...
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is the latest cinematic release from Warner Brothers, featuring the timeless Looney Tunes. With a legacy spanning nearly 100 years, and some of the most iconic cartoon characters in pop culture, WB is hoping for a film that delights both fans new and old. The plot centres around Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, when the two are thrust into a zany adventure ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Fatman, The Sea Beast) effortlessly portrays a woman on the edge of an emotional breakdown. However, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths being an easily relatable week in the life of tale only goes so far. Moments of insult comedy laced with zingers aside, the film comes off underwhelming. Leigh’s (Peterloo, Vera Drake) direction and Dick Pope’s (The Air Up There) ci...
The opening hour of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy takes its sweet time—way too much of it, in fact. We meet Bridget several years after Bridget Jones’s Baby, where she and Mark had a son and got hitched. In Mad About the Boy, Bridget has become a widow and single parent to Billy and his younger sister, Mabel, after Mark died while on a humanitarian trip four years prior. This new reality ...
Paddington in Peru, the third cinematic entry for Michael Bond’s famous bear, falls short of its predecessors. Directed by Dougal Wilson (his feature film debut) with the titular bear voiced by Ben Whishaw (No Time to Die). Campy performances mixed with wholesome character arcs result in a watchable family flick. However, this entry lacks the charm of the first two films. Paddington in Peru sees P...
Jeff Fowler and his familiar fast band of hyperactive heroes return to Aussie cinemas this boxing day, with Sonic The Hedgehog 3. A surprisingly decent animated action flick with enough juice to please everyone. Some mild spoilers to follow. Don’t worry if you’ve missed the first and second entries in this franchise, adapted from the Sega video game series. The story opens with enough information ...
Natalie Bailey (Retrograde, The Thick of It) and Lou Sanz (The PM’s Daughter) present cinema goers with a sardonic, dysfunctional, contemporary Aussie family. Starring Jackie Van Beek (What We Do in the Shadows), Josephine Blazier (True History of the Kelly Gang), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (The Dry) and Hannah Diviney (Latecomers), as The Lipsick’s. Audrey is a relentless dark comedy that tackles cont...
