Even though Love the Coopers is a holiday comedy about one dysfunctional family, it immediately reminded me of the ensemble comedy romance Valentine’s Day, that was released in 2010. Christmas may come but once a year, but that is more than enough for the Cooper family. It is a question of bracing yourself for their…
– Legend – Only in cinemas from 15 October 2015 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Written and directed by Oscar® winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland. LEGEND is based on the true story of the rise and fall of the notorious Kray twins,…
Literature, history and inappropriate dealings between a teacher and student are at the core of this incendiary drama, which plays out over two decades. We begin in country Victoria in 2007, where Damon (Dion Mills) is an inspirational English teacher. He changed Chris’ (Will Lonsdale) life when he taught him. Now, Chris’ career path is…
From acclaimed Estonian filmmaker Zaza Urushadze (Three Houses) comes this Oscar nominated anti-war drama, set in the disputed territory of Abhazia during the war between Georgia and Chechen rebels in the early 1990s. Tangerines is a strong and provocative but very human look at the horrors of war, but it also looks at the futility…
There are apologies and then there are apologies. Some are genuinely heartfelt, while others are confected. In other words, the latter aren’t real apologies. Still, all get a workout in the highly interactive and engaging show, Sincere Apologies. Positioned alongside a standing microphone in the middle of a few rows of wooden seating in the…
Thirty years ago, Tom Cruise played a cock-sure, gung-ho naval pilot in the classic Top Gun. Now he plays another hot shot pilot in American Made. This bizarre story about drug smuggling, gun running and money laundering again proves that quite often truth is far stranger than fiction. Cruise plays Barry Seal, a disenchanted pilot…
Sound quality was the only sour note in an at times uproariously funny opening night for First Date The Musical, a comedic musical about a hook up between a serial dater and a nerd. With a book by Austin Winsberg and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, the show – inspired by…
As a teenager I scoffed at elders who insisted that the generation gap was alive and well. They claimed we spoke a different sort of English to them, that the things we were obsessed with were unfathomable, the complications of our lives irrelevant, and the music sucked. Then I recently found myself saying the problem…
White hot rage built in me the longer Todd Haynes’ latest film, Dark Waters, went on. This is a shocking story of corporate greed at the expense of humanity. It’s a slow burn. Nothing happens quickly. Obstacle after obstacle is put in the way of full disclosure and redress. The film has much in common…
A political firestorm is brewing as the Far Right and LP the Far Left clash in the incendiary new work from writer Van Badham and director Gary Abrahams. There is no shortage of satire in this political thriller, which is bombastic and loud and revolutionary and proud of it. Between them, Badham and Abrahams set…
