Films of the fortnight
29 November 2018
Films reviewed by Anthony Morris
4 October 2018
Night School Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart) is a successful BBQ salesman with a fast car, a girlfriend who’s well out…
4 June 2018
BREATH is in the cinemas now and it is the latest attempt by filmmakers to tell a good surf yarn. The film is based on the award winning book by Tim Winton, a lover of the ocean and surfer himself which is a good start. He knows his subject matter.
7 March 2018
Safe Harbour is a bold new psychological thriller about a group of friends whose sailing holiday of a lifetime alters their lives forever after they cross paths with a struggling fishing boat overloaded with asylum seekers en-route to Australia.
23 August 2017
If you saw the movies and not-so-secretly hoped someone would make it a reality, you’re not alone.
26 June 2017
As the sound of carolers echo throughout Sovereign Hill’s township, and anticipation of snowfall fills the air, visitors will be swept up in the excitement of a special European-style Christmas event, as Sovereign Hill shines brighter than ever before from July 1 to 30 for the Winter Wonderlights.
19 April 2017
With Carl Barron’s show just around the corner, we thought we would help you out and binge watch his stand-up acts to give you our top five. Here’s a few to get you warmed up.
23 December 2016
Now more than ever, movies are something to watch. Only trouble is, it’s hard to know which ones are going to be good and which ones are going to stink. As someone who has watched around 300 movies this year, why not take advantage of my suffering as I point out (in no particular order) the five best and not-so-best movies of the year gone by.
11 September 2016
When we meet ex-con John Link (Mel Gibson), he’s in an AA meeting confessing his sins. Any connection to be made between this role and the real-life dramas Gibson has gone through over the last few years is 100% intentional – especially now that Gibson looks like a man who’s been through hell.
9 September 2016
When a trio of thieves decide to break into the home of a blind man to steal the large cash settlement he got after the death of his daughter, it seems pretty clear who we’re meant to be cheering for.
7 September 2016
Greta Gerwig has locked down the market for a certain kind of bubbly yet concerned character so tight that even when she’s playing someone who doesn’t quite fit the mould, it’s hard to see beyond her type.
6 September 2016
One of the strangest things about Ricky Gervais’ sub-par return to the character that made him famous is that for the first ten minute or so, this looks like it just might be a decent comedy.
3 September 2016
Vee (Emma Roberts), is a hard-working high school student just a little bit bored with her life and where it’s heading. The solution? An online game where Watchers set challenges and Players act them out for real (and for money).
29 August 2016
It’s present-day Turkey, and five orphaned sisters are heading home from school when they decide to have a cooling dip at the local beach.
28 August 2016
Blame Four Lions: UK comedian Chris Morris’ 2010 terrorism comedy set out the template that Down Under – set the day after the Cronulla riots follows to a T.
26 August 2016
Probably the best joke in Sausage Party is the way that – if you could somehow cut out all the bad language and racist stereotypes and sexual innuendo – you’d have something very close to a traditional animated Disney film.
25 August 2016
When Tomas (Javier Cámara) arrives in Madrid from Canada to surprise his old friend Julian (Ricardo Darín) it’s hardly a surprise.
24 August 2016
It’s probably obvious to state that it helps to be a mum (or mom) to enjoy Bad Moms, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
28 July 2016
Yes, this is the movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a magic farting corpse.
26 July 2016
Who knew that Jane Austin and US writer-director Whit Stillman would turn out to be the perfect pair?
22 July 2016
In case you missed David F Sanberg’s 2013 short “Lights Out” – which was so insanely scary it scored him the chance to turn it into a feature film – the opening of this 80 minute expansion of that film basically does it all over again: a woman turns off the lights, only to reveal a creepy figure in the shadows.
