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'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' Review - Wholesome Musical Fun

By Nick Janks
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'Flux Gourmet' Review - Culinary Style with a Pinch of Substance

By Patrick Scott
05/08/22

Filmmaker Peter Strickland has developed a shorthand for horror and tension in his cinematic oeuvre with a fetishistic soundscape of food, objects and even the idiosyncrasies of characters. His latest film, Flux Gourmet, sardonically offers a dual perspective on food as pleasure and pain.

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'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' Review - Nic Cage to the Max

By Ross Carroll
26/04/22

The Nic Cage renaissance continues with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the eccentric actor’s most meta project to date.

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'Friends and Strangers' Review - All Bark with No Bite

By Jessica Seychell
17/03/22

As ever-changing Australian Iconography is scattered across every wall, Friends and Strangers poses the question, what if it begins to stare back?

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'Fresh' Review - Slightly Stale at Best

By Jessica Seychell
05/03/22

In a film where right and wrong are so carefully defined, Fresh finds itself torn between genres.

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'Marry Me' Review - Far-Fetched Silly Rom-Com Manages to Hook You In

By Nick Janks
13/02/22

Marry Me is cliché-packed but entirely endearing, making for a mostly enjoyable musical rom-com.

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'Don't Look Up' Review - A Preachy Mess with Low Satirical Value

By Keagan Federici
04/01/22

In the Greek myths, Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam of Troy, was afflicted by the gods with the curse that she would have accurate knowledge of future events but that nobody would ever believe what she said. Scientists in movies are the modern Cassandras.

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'The King's Man' Review - Manner Maketh Mediocre at Best

By Jessica Seychell
04/01/22

It’s interesting to see that after a questionable sequel, the Kingsman movie creators believed the natural solution to be an even more questionable prequel with The King’s Man.

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'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' Review - Another Disappointing Reboot

By Ross Carroll
26/12/21

The Ghostbusters are finally back in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a nostalgia trip with very few original or intriguing ideas.

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'Licorice Pizza' Review - Pretty Cool, But Still Problematic

By Jessica Seychell
24/12/21

Licorice Pizza is a charming yet unforgivingly problematic addition to director Paul Thomas Anderson’s directorial lineup in what can only be described as a teenage boy’s wet dream.

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'Back to the Outback' Review - A Questionable 'Kids' Film

By Keagan Federici
17/12/21

Back to the Outback is not entirely awful. There is much here that very young children will find enjoyable. The question is, should responsible adults leave them alone to watch it?

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'The French Dispatch' Review - A Whimsical Wonderland

By Jessica Seychell
16/12/21

In what can only be described as a love letter to literary magazines, Wes Anderson runs hot off the press with his newest instalment, The French Dispatch.

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Nostalgia Season's in Full Swing with Trailer for 'Home Sweet Home Alone'

By Nick Janks
16/10/21

The legendary 90s holiday film Home Alone is being rebooted for a modern audience known as Home Sweet Home Alone.

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'Ride the Eagle' Review - A Quirky Family Bonding Session

By Simmon Wagner
14/09/21

Ride the Eagle heroically dismantles the victimhood of estrangement in an unconventional, moving portrait of family love.

Trailers

'Ron's Gone Wrong' Trailer 2 Features More Robot BFF Shenanigans

By Nick Janks
10/09/21

A boy becomes best friends with a defective robot in the new animated family film Ron’s Gone Wrong from 20th Century Studios (Disney).

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