In The Measure of a Man, Thierry Taugourdeau (played by Vincent Lindon) is a 51-year-old French factory worker who lost his job 20 long months ago and despite repeated efforts to find new employment he hits one brick wall after another. Included in his endeavours is being sent on a wild goose chase, attending a…
Yet another formulaic odd couple buddy action comedy, Central Intelligence teams action hero Dwayne Johnson (San Andreas) with motor mouthed comic Kevin Hart (Ride Along 2), the most annoying and unfunny comic working in mainstream movies at the moment). It is an odd couple pairing that will remind audiences of the Rush Hour series, in…
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest set the benchmark as an intoxicating thriller on stage with innovative and creative staging. Now Tom Holloway has adapted James M. Cain’s 1943 novella Double Indemnity, which was inspired by a 1927 murder that Cain covered as a New York journalist. It originally appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine…
Term Life is the kind of movie that makes me think deeply the next day, just because I can’t remember the title anymore. Let alone I remember anything significant content wise. At first I didn’t even feel like watching this comical crime film, due to the presence of Vince Vaughn. He isn’t exactly my favorite…
Band of Horses have every reason in the world to be one of the biggest rock acts currently on the scene. They have great songwriting, a superb voice in Ben Bridwell and a discography that can find memorable moments on each record. This is especially true when you go back to their first two Sub…
Excellent pacing, a strong ensemble cast, a rich and attractive set and a ripping good whodunit are the hallmarks of this Agatha Christie masterpiece. Christie regarded it as her favourite of the 80 plus novels and plays she wrote. It was first published in the UK as a book titled Ten Little N*ggers in November…
A charming storyline, strong vocals and an evocative set are hallmarks of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the four-time Tony Award nominated Broadway musical comedy, based upon characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schultz in his comic strip Peanuts. With music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, the show premiered off Broadway in March 1967…
I don’t think I’ve ever read a book as visceral and challenging before. I’d been warned by friends to expect tears, to want to throw the book against the wall (because it’s confronting), to need time out. They were right. This book has outstripped any other I remember reading in years, in terms of feeling…
Two actors – presumably in their 60s – dressed in dark attire, sitting on fixed chairs about five metres apart, one questioning the other and then the roles are reversed … for 100 minutes without interval. No set. The audience on tiered seating on either side. Hardly what you may imagine could lead to riveting…
Backtrack is an atmospheric Aussie psychological thriller with supernatural undertones that borrows elements from the superior The Sixth Sense and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, among others. The film explores themes of grief, redemption, loss, forgiveness, and confronting the ghosts of the past. Troubled psychologist Peter Bower (played by Oscar winner Adrien Brody, from The…
