A video game turned into a special effects blockbuster, with plenty of running around and fighting to the death and some big names to go with it – that’s what you are in for when you buy a ticket to see Assassin’s Creed. Released in 2007, the game dropped players into the heart of the…
– Moonlight – Only in cinemas from 26 January 2016 We have 8 double in-season passes thanks to Roadshow Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE At once a vital portrait of contemporary African American life and an intensely personal and poetic meditation on identity, family, friendship and love, MOONLIGHT is a…
Damian Chazelle made a splash with 2014’s Whiplash, and now he takes a headlong dive into the deep end of the Hollywood pool with La La Land. This brilliantly conceived and handsomely executed paean to the Dream Factory is definite Oscar-bait and will also win a strong following from everyday moviegoers who should respond to…
A powerful, historically-based yarn about bigotry and politics, A United Kingdom tells of the rise of Botswana as an independent nation. Based upon fact, it also happens to be a rich and respectful love story. In 1947 Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo – Selma), a brilliant young African law student, met Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike –…
Politically incorrect, deliberately crass, with many scenes orchestrated to be painfully awkward, Why Him? is a kind of Meet the Parents crossed with Bad Santa. Owner of a mid-sized printing business in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ned (Bryan Cranston) is genial, outgoing and adored by his employees, his friends and his close-knit family. The latter consists…
Girl kicks butt and sings a happy tune. That about sums up Disney’s latest foray into fantasy, this time into the Pacific Islands. Moana is an animated feature about an adventurous teenager who sails away from home on a daring mission to save her people. The title character is the 16-year-old daughter of the chief…
Colourful characters, a great soundtrack and elements of The Voice are my immediate reflections when considering Sing, the latest animation from the studio that brought us Despicable Me, The Lorax and Minions. It is the first collaboration between writer/director Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and the founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment,…
Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog was a feelgood film that captivated Australian audiences way back in 2011. It was a genuine crowd-pleaser and a tear-jerker and also one of the highest grossing films of the year. It proved so popular that are sequel was probably inevitable given how the industry works. But is has taken five…
A dozen years ago, Gabrielle Savrone, one of the co-owners of The Owl and Cat, joined a cult and for the next 36 months she was prey to its whims and fancies. She has channelled that experience into Red Boots and Half-Smoked Cigarettes, an esoteric play set in an art gallery. Why that setting? Because…
