Movie Review “Noise” (2007)
An Australian Drama by Matthew Saville Contemplative, honest and direct – so subtle in places, you really have to work at it. The kind of movie about which you don’t immediately make your mind up....
View ArticleMovie Review “Babylon A.D.” (2008)
Never under the influence of white spirits (.. shall I rent a movie again) Source: IMDB.com With a score of 5.3/10 from IMDB and an inclination towards action and sci-fi, I thought this might fill my...
View ArticleDue Date
I’m a big fan of Robert Downey Jr and to some extent Zach Galifianakis, so it was with some elevated expectations that I dragged myself along to use some about-to-expire movie vouchers and kill some...
View ArticleTron:Legacy
I can’t remember (or even if I saw) the first Tron movie, but perhaps it was just as forgettable as this installment. Sure – the effects, particularly in one scene, are amazing … but if you’re like me...
View ArticleWinter’s Bone
Cold (literally), suspenseful, gritty and harsh. A story told with such a sense of honesty and sympathetic and balanced pace that you wonder where the hour and a half went. With an absent father and a...
View ArticleBlue Valentine
Intimate In a word, it is just that. A story told from the time-disjointed perspective of two young hapless lovers, whose directions in life hit an abrupt cul-de-sac. One, happy to ‘be’ as he found his...
View ArticleAnimal Kingdom (2010)
As an Australian, it’s taken me a long while to stand up and show some support for our particular breed of cinema – too often playing on the ‘mongrel battler’, the borderline psycopath or down-and-out...
View ArticleDjango Unchained: Quick Review
★★★★☆ Quentin Tarrantino can still make solid films. Christoph Waltz, who was mesmorisingly good in Inglourious Basterds, also commands your attention in this one. Jamie Foxx is brilliantly cast,...
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