Movies about war are generally no picnic. When done well, they’re pretty much indelible (after all, people still talk about the opening sequence in Saving Private Ryan, a film that opened in 1998). Mel Gibson has had some experience in the genre as both an actor (in We Were Soldiers) and director (Braveheart); so while…
– The Light Between Oceans – Only in cinemas from 3 November 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to eOne Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE In the years following World War I, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and his wife Isabel begin their life together on a remote island…
“All writers are procrastinators,” laughs filmmaker Nicholas Verso, the director of a new Australian coming of age drama Boys In The Trees. We’re sitting on the outdoor rooftop bar of QT, the newest boutique hotel/bar in Melbourne, built on the site of what was once the Russell Street Cinemas. It seems a fitting location to…
Joyful and triumphant, with modern flourishes and contemporary references, a pared back Godspell Reimagined, with a young and enthusiastic cast, makes for a fun night out. Above all, it is the sense of community – a collegiate feel – that prevails. As co-producer and director Glenn Elston points out, the first act of the musical…
Pedro Almodovar’s 20th film, Julieta, is something of a dull affair that lacks many of the Spanish auteur’s usual flamboyant flourishes, edgy quality and signature stylistic touches. It doesn’t carry the emotional weight of his best films. The eponymous Julieta (played by Emma Suarez, who has worked with Almodovar before) is planning to leave her beloved…
For better or worse, there’s only one Woody Allen. The master of that dry, self-deprecating New York wit is back with Café Society, a film that strikes me as possibly one of his most personal — as it serves as a kind of love letter to two things Allen clearly cares deeply about – old movies…
The latest Marvel superhero movie (its 14th title) has a strong set up, cutting edge effects and a traditional good versus evil storyline. Doctor Strange deals with alternate dimensions and what is known as the multiverse (I take that to mean multiple universes). It is the story of an arrogant, self-centred, world-famous neurosurgeon, Dr Stephen…
Inferno is the third film adapted from the series of novels written by Dan Brown featuring the religious symbologist Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks). A symbologist is the type of arcane profession that only exists within the cloistered world of academia or the pages of thriller novels. Although the second novel in the series,…
A rich, harrowing and deeply evocative story has been superbly translated into captivating musical theatre in this Australasian premiere production of The Color Purple – The Musical. It charts the life of Celie Johnson (played by Jayme-Lee Hanekom – Disney’s The Lion King), a battered and downtrodden African-American woman from when she was a 14-year-old…
The contemporary heist Western Hell or High Water comes from British director David MacKenzie (the violent prison film Starred Up), who gives us a rather bleak picture of an economically depressed dustbowl area in rural Texas, where family farms are falling into disuse and disrepair and the roads are lined with signs offering debt relief….
