Movie Review
Klara and the Sun Review
Klara and the Sun Review – A Charming Sci-Fi Drama That Doesn’t Quite Reach Its Potential Directed by Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) and based on the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun is a science-fiction drama exploring artificial intelligence, human connection and the emotional complexities of family. Blending futuristic concepts with an intimat...
Wildwood Review
Directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) and produced by LAIKA, Wildwood is an animated fantasy adventure that transports audiences into a strange and enchanting world filled with mythical creatures, dangerous villains and breathtaking landscapes. Based on Colin Meloy’s novel of the same name, the film represents another ambitious undertaking from a studio renowned for its imagin...
Street Fighter Review
Directed by Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip), Street Fighter brings Capcom’s iconic fighting game franchise back to the big screen with a colourful, action-packed adaptation that embraces the outrageous characters, over-the-top combat and unmistakable style of the beloved video games. Packed with an eccentric cast and plenty of nostalgic charm, the film hopes to deliver a non-stop thrill ride that i...
Sense and Sensibility Review
England in the late 17th century, and the Dashwood family — sisters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, along with their widowed mother, Mrs Dashwood — live at Norland Park, a family estate in Sussex. The death of Henry Dashwood impacts his wife and daughters severely. They are his second family, which is why his son John, from the first Dashwood family, inherits Norland. It soon becomes obvious that J...
The Social Reckoning Review
By this point, we are acutely aware of the dangers of social media, and anyone who follows the news knows that those behind the platforms actively find ways to exploit these dangers to drive clicks, likes, engagements and shares for greater profits. Truly diabolical. We know, in large part, due to those who risk their lives to inform us, like Frances Haugen. After discovering a friend has been rad...
Ice Cream Man Review
Ice Cream Man Review: Kids hacking up adults in graphically disturbing ways for shock value? Sounds like Eli Roth is back in horror mode. Roth has always set out to disturb from the icky skin-eating virus of Cabin Fever to the torture porn of Hostel. Now he finds glee in kids creating the carnage with Ice Cream Man. It seems like it’s going to be another idyllic summer in Bayleen Bay, until a myst...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Four years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is no more and Spider-Man is at the…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review: Following a string of divisive entries in recent years, Marvel Studios and Sony return to their flagship hero with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). Blending coming-of-age drama, superhero spectacle and martial arts-inspired action, the latest Spider-Man outing aims to remind audiences why the...
The Wizard of the Kremlin Review
The Wizard of the Kremlin Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin is directed by Olivier Assayas. Lovers of French cinema will know him from Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), Non-Fiction (2018) or Wasp Network (2019). Film lovers with long memories will recall his early indie hit, Irma Vep (1996). His work as a film critic, screenwriter and director has made him a familiar and recognisable part of the intern...
The Odyssey Review
The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan returns after directing 2023’s critical and financial juggernaut, Oppenheimer, this time adapting Homer’s legendary epic, The Odyssey. Tackling The Odyssey is no small feat, but if there was ever a filmmaker capable of bringing such an ambitious tale to the screen, Nolan is the obvious choice. Following the fall of Troy, the legendary warrior Odyss...
Minions & Monsters Review
Minions & Monsters Review: Set in the glitz and glamour of 1920s Hollywood, Minions & Monsters follows the lovable yellow troublemakers as they embark on a mission to find the world’s most frightening creatures for an ambitious creature movie. Along the way, they form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious green monster, Goomi (Trey Parker). When their well-intentioned antics accid...
Disclosure Day Review
Disclosure Day Review: Disclosure Day marks the long-awaited return of director Steven Spielberg to the world of extraterrestrial science fiction, a genre he helped define with classics such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Produced by Universal Pictures, this ambitious sci-fi adventure blends government conspiracies, alien mysteries, and philosophical question...