Category: CINEMA REVIEWS

The 2003 hillbilly horror flick is given a slick and inventive reboot that detours into unexpected...

Occupation: Rainfall – review

‘Go big or go home’ is the mantra adopted by writer-director Luke Sparke for...

Penguin Bloom – review

Based on the inspirational true story of Sam Bloom, a wife and mother whose life was forever...

Music – review

Music is a curious little film that is guaranteed to spark debate. In fact it already has – if you...

Monster Hunter – review

Director Paul W.S. Anderson is an old hand at adapting video games, with his Mortal Kombat and the...

The Croods: A New Age – review

The Croods are back and they’re up against all sorts of odds, with the most problematic...

A Christmas Gift from Bob – review

Bob the Cat returns to the big screen in this somewhat unexpected sequel to the 2016 surprise hit...

Freaky – review

by Adam Colby | CINEMA REVIEWS

Having successfully cross-pollinated the horror film with Groundhog Day in 2017’s Happy...

Slim & I – review

The Eurythmics once proclaimed that “Behind every great man/ There has to be a great...

Lowdown Dirty Criminals – review

This New Zealand comedy-crime caper is best described as Guy Ritchie crossed with Taika Waititi....

Babyteeth – review

Australian director Shannon Murphy’s accomplished feature debut, Babyteeth, gives the...

The King of Staten Island – review

Judd Apatow’s latest slacker comedy, The King of Staten Island, is a heartfelt and entertaining character study that resonates with truth.

Downhill – review

There are many American movies, unbeknownst to their general audience, that are in fact remakes of...

Dark Waters – review

Most adults over the age of 40 will remember the moment when Teflon became the new asbestos. It...

The Wishmas Tree – review

Animated movies are huge, expensive undertakings, so due to economies of scale, and despite having...

The Invisible Man – review

Following their successful partnership on the sci-fi action flick Upgrade, writer-director Leigh...

Guns Akimbo – review

New Zealand director Jason Lei Howden’s sophomore film is a highly stylised, ultra-violent...

The Call of the Wild – review

John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain are names amongst those considered to be the...

The Lighthouse – review

Writer-director Robert Eggers’ magnificently moody second feature is as gloomy and menacing...

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – review

Not only has Harley Quinn escaped the shackles of Suicide Squad to go wild in her own romp,...

Color Out of Space – review

Color Out of Space marks the return of director Richard Stanley, whose 20-year exile from...

Midway – review

Midway is the type of war film that was made in the 1960s, where action and adventure took a front...

Underwater – review

Underwater monster movies were a thing back in the ’80s and ’90s with films like...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood – review

It will be interesting to see how Australian audiences respond to A Beautiful Day in the...

Bombshell – review

A killer cast heads up a look at the toxic culture at US bastion of conservative coverage Fox...

Bad Boys for Life – review

All it took was 17 years, a few added kilos and the absence of Michael Bay to deliver what is...

Dolittle – review

Hugh Lofting’s tale of a doctor who can “talk to the animals” hits our screens...

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – review