REVIEW: Miss (2020)
Miss is simply glorious. It is a French mainstream comedy-drama about a young person’s quest to win the Miss France beauty pageant. It does everything right. It finds comedy in characters and situations and not in mocking identities. It carries an … Continue reading REVIEW: Miss (2020)
REVIEW: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
The Walt Disney Animation Studio, pound for pound the most reliable entertainment bet in Hollywood, has struck gold again with Raya and the Last Dragon. This beautifully presented fantasy adventure should be a good bet to revive the fortunes of movie … Continue reading REVIEW: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
REVIEW: Boss Level (2021)
Films based around time loops seem more prevalent in recent years than ever: whether done for dramatic purposes, to stimulate horror films, or just to be funny, stories of people trapped re-living the same day over and over seem to … Continue reading REVIEW: Boss Level (2021)
REVIEW: The Last Wave (1977)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this review names and references people who have died. The Last Wave is a 1977 supernatural thriller co-written and directed by Australian filmmaker Peter Weir. It followed his internationally acclaimed 1975 film Picnic … Continue reading REVIEW: The Last Wave (1977)
REVIEW: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
It is remarkable, 13 years after launching with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, just how far Marvel Studios have come in producing film and television content out of their stable of comic book characters. These days it all forms an inter-related network … Continue reading REVIEW: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
REVIEW: The Godmother (2020)
Isabelle Huppert is easily one of the world’s most accomplished and talented actors. She is also one of its most versatile, having spread her long career across films as varied as French prestige dramas, Hollywood westerns, and even the South … Continue reading REVIEW: The Godmother (2020)
REVIEW: Fire in the Sky (1993)
If a film purports to be based on a true story, but features a man being abducted by aliens, does that make it a drama or a science fiction film? After all, science fiction inherently requires an element of science-based … Continue reading REVIEW: Fire in the Sky (1993)
REVIEW: Spring (2014)
The short version: Benson and Moorhead’s Spring (2014) is an excellent independent film, and absolutely worth watching if you are either a fan of their other works (The Endless and Synchronic are their two most recent films) or a fan of independent genre … Continue reading REVIEW: Spring (2014)
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016)
Year in and year out, we are always going to be flush with screen adaptations of William Shakespeare. In 2016 the BBC produced a made-for-television adaptation of his comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by David Kerr and adapted and produced … Continue reading REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016)
REVIEW: The Expendables 2 (2012)
The requirements for a good sequel are fairly clear. The audience wants more of the same, but they also want something different. A change of tone, a progression of the characters, a raise in stake, or whatever transformation a filmmaker … Continue reading REVIEW: The Expendables 2 (2012)
