I went from thinking I was watching a badly acted telemovie to forming a genuine attachment to the British dork at the centre of this recreation of events that led to Eddie the Eagle soaring at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Inspired by truth, this is a feel-good story about Michael “Eddie” Edwards (Taron Egerton –…
Occasionally there are times when we get two films released dealing with similar themes or plot lines – we’ve had two “Die Hard in the White House” clones with Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, two volcano films with Dante’s Peak and Volcano and two giant asteroids heading for Earth with Mimi Leder’s Deep…
Haley Joel Osment spoke to dead people in The Sixth Sense, but Midnight Special is a different “other world” experience for the eight-year-old at the centre of this science fiction thriller. Much of the material is perplexing for a long time. The film starts off looking anything like it turns out. So, what do we…
Written by actor Damien Hill (Neighbours) and directed by Paul Ireland, Pawno is a gritty ensemble-driven slice of life drama and also a love letter to the suburb of Footscray and its multicultural nature and colourful inhabitants. It revolves around a seedy and cluttered pawn shop located in Barkly Street and the motley character who…
The diabolical consequences of a boy’s night gone horribly wrong – that’s the premise of The Boys’ Club, a disturbing and eye-catching world premiere, written and directed by Thomas Ian Doyle. These are a bunch of cement workers in a testosterone-rich environment together for a warehouse party that the boss has splashed out $6k for…
A superb musical score and the rich, strong and pure voice of Alinta Chidzey (Show Boat, Singin’ In The Rain, Chess, West Side Story) make the world premiere of this new Australian musical one not to be missed. CROSSxROADS is a story of love and loss with more than a touch of Sliding Doors (the…
Being one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the last five years becomes a little tough to back up over time but I will tell you that Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts have struck gold again with their new long player Human Performance. It does not succeed because it gives you more of the same Parquet…
– Bastille Day – Only in cinemas from 12 May 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Michael Mason (Richard Madden – Game Of Thrones) is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals…
– Spanish Film Festival 2016 – At Palace Cinemas in April and May We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* The 2016 Spanish Film Festival evokes a wealth of emotions with dramas, romances, thrillers and major box-office hit comedies from across Spain, plus a selection of…
“The only thing I love more than a good documentary is a good music documentary,” says Australian filmmaker Lisa Nicol. “I love documentaries, which is probably why I wanted to make them myself. I’m a big fan of D B Pennebaker, Errol Morris, films like Hoop Dreams, the usual suspects,” she continues. Nicol studied communications…
