The Front Runner: Review
A film that reminds us that you can’t always champion the press. If The Front Runner stands out at all, ...
Mary Queen of Scots Film Review
Might make you wonder why you’re watching it I had kind of a curious experience watching Mary Queen of Scots ...
Glass Film Review
Shyamalan once again proves he has a lot to say and no idea how to say it. Movie obsessives like ...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review
Grindelwald’s most heinous crime is its second act. The latest entry in the Harry Potter spinoff franchise has so many ...
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: Three Film Reviews
Climax When I tell people about Gaspar Noé’s films (likely often enough to constitute a social faux pas), I like ...
Hereditary Film Review
Resist expectations and trust the filmmakers We will always need movies that mess with our expectations. Ari Aster’s Hereditary arrived ...
The Shape of Water Film Review
Embracing the Other Despite his subject matter, Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water’s director, has never really been a ...
I, Tonya Film Review
Reading between the lines of a trashy tabloid tale The Tonya Harding scandal happened a year or so before I ...
Crawling Out of a Pit of Despair: A ‘Black Mirror’ ...
*Spoilers abound for all seasons* Watching Charlie Brooker’s bleak anthology series is kind of like sadism by way of entertainment. ...
The Post Film Review
Seasoned actors and a veteran director make The Post a cause for celebration. If the news, like Meryl Streep’s character ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Film Review
If only every recycled movie franchise was this much fun. Moviegoers who don’t want their precious childhood movie-memories spoiled by ...
The Five Best LGBT Films Released Since 2010
The Australian senate has passed the bill on marriage equality, and people have come together in celebration. Rainbows are strewn ...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Subtle Art of Not ...
Rian Johnson isn’t kowtowing to expectations in The Last Jedi If JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens was about ...
The Disaster Artist Film Review
‘What a movie, James!’ Everyone knows where they were when they first saw Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. It’s a movie ...
California Burgers: Inspired American Cuisine
California Burgers 42 Chapel Street, Windsor, Vic 3181 03 9525 2280 Website A thick slice of American culture for late-night ...
Murder on the Orient Express Film Review
It’s one for the Cluedo addicts. Sometimes you know immediately whether or not a movie is made for you. If ...
Stranger Things Have Happened: Is TV Overtaking the Movies?
The new season of Netflix’s Stranger Things aired on October 27, right in time for Halloween. It was, arguably, this ...
Thor Ragnarok Film Review
The goofy sight gags and quips will keep non-fans at least mildly entertained. Taking its cues from the ultra-successful Guardians of the ...
Happy Death Day Film Review
Trite moralising sours an already pretty bland teen slasher movie. Happy Death Day is the story of one slightly narcissistic ...
Battle of the Sexes Film Review
Lovingly detailed recreation of an era. There’s not much subtlety in a title like Battle of the Sexes. Calling their ...
The Best Things Said About the Harvey Weinstein Scandal
A much-needed discussion is finally being had. Harvey Weinsten, co-founder (with his brother Bob Weinstein) of influential American entertainment companies ...
Blade Runner 2049 Film Review
Sit and stare in awe. Some films are difficult to review. I don’t envy the weekly reviewers who had to ...
The Book of Mormon Theatre Review
International smash hit musical does not disappoint Musical theatre ought to be bursting with unrestrained joy, setting the stage alight ...
‘mother!’ Film Review
If nothing else, the most confounding film of the year. It’s not often anymore that a film gets reviewed as ...