Reviews
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.
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos - 2015) Movie Review
Welcome to The Lobster, a divinely weird satire of romantic conformity from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. It's a recipe that's as weird as it is tragic, as philosophically sabre sharp as it is hilarious; this is a film that deserves your time.
BASTILLE DAY (James Watkins - 2016) Movie Review
Bastille Day reaches for the top of Nakatomi Plaza and takes a running swan dive out a window into the carpark.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) MOVIE REVIEW
Captain America: Civil War is very good, but the connective tissue between the powerful scenes, felt like chewy gristle in a great cut of steak.
The Invitation (Karyn Kusama - 2016) Movie Review
Karyn Kusama's The Invitation is a disturbing psychological thriller that will whip you into a state of paranoia with calculating manipulation of perspective.
Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick - 2016) Movie Review
Finding the profound meaning in L.A's dream highway or Malick's Californication? Here I wrestle with Knight of Cups.
Broke (Heath Davis - 2016) Movie Review
Broke shows that writer/director Heath Davis left nothing on the field with this ambitious debut.
The Boss (Ben Falcone - 2016) Movie Review
The Boss is at its best when McCarthy's Darnell is being inappropriate around children.
Zootopia (2016) Movie Review
Zootopia remembers the power of George Orwell's Animal Farm and gives it a Disney digital system upgrade and brings it to the 21st Century.
Beasts of No Nation (Cary Joji Fukunaga - 2015) Movie Review
Jane Eyre, True Detective and now Beasts of No Nation; Cary Joji Fukunaga is one of the world's most exciting and versatile filmmakers.
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder - 2016) Movie Review
The Dark Knight, RETURNS with a BANG, BOOM, POW; Wonder Woman arrives, fashionably late as you'd expect from the world's most iconic and coolest female superhero; but this emerging Superman may have you humming, "will the REAL Man of Steel, please stand-up."
Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle - 2015) Movie Review
Thank you Danny Boyle, thank you Aaron Sorkin, thank you linesmen and ball boys; the Ashton Kutcher certified piece of excrement "Jobs" has been successfully eclipsed by this inventive and kinetic glimpse into the life of tech icon Steve Jobs.