22 Mar 2022
Friends And Strangers: A Shockingly Hilarious, Yet Deeply Disturbing, Movie ~ Film Review
This oblique, droll Australian comedy is perhaps the most exciting thing to come out of the national film industry in decades.
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4 July 2019
THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD: Paris, Je Te Mange ~ Defiant DVD Review
First-time co-writer/director Dominique Rocher’s low-budget, memorably-titled French zombie drama found an unexpected ally in Stephen King who (much like he did…
4 Sept 2018
KIN (M): Sci-fi Action Movie From Sibling Co-Writers/Directors Jonathan and Josh Baker ~ Film Review
Sibling co-writers/co-directors Jonathan and Josh Baker expand and yet diminish their short film Bag Man with this messy and oddly pretentious sci-fi actioner…
22 Aug 2018
THE DARKEST MINDS: My Brain Hurts ~ Film Review
As ‘Young Adult’ as ‘Young Adult’ movies get, this filming of Alexandra Bracken’s book by director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (her live-action début after two Kung Fu…
22 Aug 2018
THE MEG: Eating Chinese ~ Film Review
Sharks are always a cinema fave, from the barnstorming original Jaws and its sequels, imitations and rip-offs to those dire Sharknado pics to the endless stream…
26 Nov 2016
ELLE (MA): A Daring and Confronting Look into the Mind of a Woman Following her Violent Assault at the hands of a Masked Attacker – Film Review
Amsterdam-born director/troublemaker Paul Verhoeven’s no stranger to movies with strong sexual content, either at home (Spetters, The 4th Man) or in America…
26 Nov 2016
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (MA): A Decidedly Dark View of Humanity, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Isla Fisher – Film Review
Director, co-producer and script adaptor Tom Ford’s first film (the Colin Firth-starring A Single Man) made quite an impact, and its considerable cred surely…
26 Nov 2016
WAR ON EVERYONE (MA): A Scattershot Comedy-Of-Sorts about Two Bad Cops Being Really Dodgy – Film Review
Writer/director John Michael McDonagh is not to be confused with his playwright/writer/director brother Martin, although both went slightly nuts when they went…
2 Mar 2015
Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas: Ice Cream And Movies On A Summer Night – Adelaide Fringe Review
A perfect way to enjoy the last days of summer, Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas is a scenic cinematic event alongside the beach in Glenelg. Here is one of your…
26 Nov 2014
Mr Angel: From Girl To Boy – The Story Of The Very Masculine Buck Angel – Feast Film Review
There is nothing about Buck Angel that screams anything but raw, unabashed masculinity. He is shorter than one imagines yet his broad shouldered muscular…
11 Sept 2014
RUIN – Love And Death In The Face Of Brutality – OzAsia On Screen Review
The title says it all really. Ruin starts in a bad place and heads south from there. It’s hard to know what drives someone to make a film like this. In…
27 June 2014
Fasten Your Sequins – The Feast Film Festival Is Here!
The Inaugural Feast Film Festival is happening now in and around between Fri Jun 27 – Sun Jul 6. Tickets and information are available from www.feast.org.au