There have been a few excellent, heart-wrenching movies made in recent years about disabled men being looked after by caring attendants. Those that immediately come to mind are The Intouchables (2011) with François Cluzet and Omar Sy, The Sessions (2012) featuring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, and The Theory of Everything (2014) starring Eddie Redmayne…
Family is at the heart of Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo (2003), which has a standalone script (in other words, if you haven’t seen the former, you can still appreciate the latter). When we are first reacquainted with Dory here, she is living a comfortable existence with loving parents who dote on her,…
Based on the groundbreaking British documentary series 7-up, A Man With Five Children tells the story of a documentary maker who follows the lives of five people from childhood through to their adult years. The play, by the acclaimed writer Nick Enright, was first seen by Sydney audiences in 2002, a time when reality TV…
Keep is about a young hoarder (Naomi, played by Jess Yates) and her sisters (Jane, Angie Glavas and Kara, Christina Walls), who are trying to intervene and force her to start cleaning her messy house as they reconnect with her. It is inevitable that old wounds are opened, notably the disappearance of another sister (Margo,…
– Goldstone – Only in cinemas from 7 July 2016 We have 10 double advance passes for the weekend of 1 – 3 July thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Indigenous Detective JAY SWAN arrives in the frontier mining town of “Goldstone” on a missing persons enquiry. What…
– Our Kind of Traitor – Only in cinemas from 14 July 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Adapted from one of John Le Carré’s best selling novels, OUR KIND OF TRAITOR features a quality ensemble cast, international locations and cinematography to…
If you’re looking for a book that entertains and is thought-provoking at the same time, The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood has that wrapped up in a bright red package. Here’s the blurb: Miss Ona Vitkus has – aside from three months in the summer of 1914 – lived unobtrusively, her secrets fiercely protected. The boy,…
Breathtaking vocals, including soaring solos and perfectly pitched harmonies, outstanding musical accompaniment and a superbly crafted set are hallmarks of Songs for a New World, a musical about journeys through the ages. There is no spoken or linear narrative, rather back-to-back characters’ stories (all sung) about moments of decision in their lives – decisions draw…
A superb performance from Sally Field makes this a movie that many will find enchanting. In Hello, My Name is Doris, Field (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart) plays a role that reinforces just how good an actor she is (after all, she did win two Oscars). Doris Miller (Field ) is a classic outsider,…
For the uninitiated, like I was, Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. The series is made up of five core games, the first three of which are in the real-time strategy genre, where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or…
