This grand musical comedy is based upon the 1952 film version of Singin’ in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. Set in the late 1920s, it is a light hearted take on a period of transition in Hollywood, with the leads playing performers caught up in the move from silent films…
Can you tackle a movie about war and make it funny while not losing its dramatic impact? Well … based on what I saw in this endeavour, the answer is “yes”. Sometimes it takes saying Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (military code for the letters WTF) to discover the life you were always destined to lead. That’s…
– Now You See Me 2 – Only in cinemas from 2 June 2016 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to eOne Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE The Four Horsemen return for a second mind-bending adventure of Now You See Me, elevating the limits of stage illusion to…
After 2011’s The King of Limbs, Radiohead have finally returned! With them, they have brought their 9th LP entitled A Moon Shaped Pool. Now I could go into the groups almost 32 year history together and share all the innovations and artistic changes that they’ve brought with them but, if you are a fan of…
Joy Dettman is another new author to me, but the premise of The Silent Inheritance had immediate appeal. Secrets? Mystery? Crime? All ticks for me. Here’s the blurb: Sarah Carter, mother of twelve-year-old Marni, is raising her daughter alone in a small granny flat in suburban Melbourne. A serial killer, dubbed ‘The Freeway Killer’, is…
Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room) has often been compared to Woody Allen, although his films are a lot darker in tone and much more personal in nature. Mia Madre is a quiet, contemplative and introspective film that explores themes of mortality, loss, family, the death of a parent, emotional connections, the clash of…
If you think it is nerve-wracking planning and orchestrating a dinner party or perhaps even a gallery opening, just imagine what it would be like helming an exhibition that will attract 800,000 people. Opening night will be veritable who’s-who of paparazzi favourites dressed to the hilt by the foremost fashion designers. That is what The…
Cinematographer turned director Jeremy Saulnier has begun to establish himself as an exciting and inventive filmmaker on the independent scene. His previous film was Blue Ruin, an edgy and nasty little revenge thriller that played well on the festival circuit. His latest film Green Room is a smart but harrowing and intense horror thriller which…
There have been a few films exploring the lives of genius mathematicians – from the Oscar winning A Beautiful Mind, a biopic about bipolar mathematician John Nash and his inner turmoil, through to The Imitation Game, a drama about Alan Turing, who helped crack Germany’s unbreakable Enigma Code thus turning the tide of WWII. Turing…
Given recent terrorist attacks in Paris, this action-thriller cuts close to the bone. Paris is a powder keg of political and racial tension in the lead up to the titular national holiday. Michael Mason (played by Richard Madden, from TV’s Game Of Thrones) is a talented pickpocket eking out a living on the streets of…
