Reviews
Batman: The Killing Joke Movie Review – Cowl Controversy or Batshit?
Batman: The Killing Joke is like Two-Face’s coin; a pristine perfect adaptation on the one side and on the other, according to a large portion of people who viewed the film, a defilement of Batgirl and Barbara Gordon.
Personal Shopper (2016) Movie Review: I Boo Dead People
Personal Shopper is a film with the power to beguile and send you into a rage.
Swiss Army Man (2016) Movie Review: Home is Where the Farting Corpse Is [Sydney Film Festival]
Swiss Army Man's reputation precedes itself. When you reanimate the corpse of our cinematic Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, and have his arsehole barking out more noises than the guy from Police Academy, you'd expect the attention.
GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) Movie Review: It's true, these badass Ghostbusters have no dicks.
Ghostbusters is a riot.
The Nice Guys Movie Review: Nice Enough
This sordid 1970's fast-talking detective noir is the perfect sandbox for filmmaker Shane Black.
The Legend of Tarzan (David Yates - 2016) Movie Review
Alexander Skarsgård is the kind of guy that feels like words aren't his first language.
Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven - 2016) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Uplifting, devastating, touching, Mustang is a magnificent tale about sisters wrestling to break free of cultural and generational gender shackles.
Independence Day Resurgence (Roland Emmerich - 2016) Movie Review
Twenty years on and Independence Day Resurgence has the bombastic size, self effacing humour, and explosive badass sci-fi that's so fun that you don't mind that it's silly.
The Endless River (Oliver Hermanus - 2015) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
South Africa is racial battleground. The wounds of the apartheid era and the institutional prejudice continue to affect the country.
Retirement Denial - Blood Father and Dirty Grandpa
There are flashes of pathos in this by the numbers, borderlands "careless actions by stupid daughter brings tough old bastard of a dad out of retirement" Blood Father, but they appear rarely & Dirty Grandpa is a film that almost makes you want to relegate the great De Niro to movie jail.
Down Under (Abe Forsythe - 2016) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Somehow a dark comedy about the Cronulla Riots, despite one's knee jerk rejection to that premise, is precisely what the Australian cinematic landscape needs.
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch - 2016) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Beneath this unassuming exterior is a beautiful tale of living a fulfilling existence.
Goldstone (Ivan Sen - 2016) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Ivan Sen and Aaron Pedersen's Jay Swan are the indigenous cinematic heroes we deserve.
It's Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan - 2016) [Sydney Film Festival]
Those wanting to boo need not apply.
Demolition (Jean-Marc Vallée - 2015) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Leading man Jake Gyllenhaal continues his performance hot streak (Prisoners, Enemy, Nightcrawler, Southpaw) in director Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition; a stirring ride towards necessary self destruction.
War on Everyone (John Michael McDonagh - 2016) [Sydney Film Festival]
John Michael McDonagh's (JMM) War on Everyone is a buddy cop parody that feels like Shane Black doing Bad Lieutenant.
High-Rise (Ben Wheatley - 2015) Movie Review [Sydney Film Festival]
Ben Wheatley is a filmmaker that rails against a passive viewing experience; forcing the audience to unpack and study every frame of the his constantly intriguing enigma.
The Jungle Book (Jon Favreau - 2016) Movie Review
Favreau's adaptation of The Jungle Book weaves the technical into the magical, and when it's at its best, the frightening.
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi - 2016) Movie Review
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the best film of 2016, so far; or as Ricky and Uncle Hect would say - "sh*t just got real."
Bad Neighbours 2 (Nicholas Stoller - 2016) Movie Review
Bad Neighbours 2 hits like a sledge hammer when it hits, but the contending priorities often leave it licking you like a warm breeze.