I will be honest. I have never been a massive fan of Superman. To be fair, I have not exactly been a card-carrying flag-waving (should that be cape-waving?) member of the Superhero Fanclub. As a child I read British comics such as Cheeky, Buster, and Whizzer and Chips instead Continue Reading
Movies
On the up and up: “300 – Rise of an Empire” (poster + trailer)
SYNOPSIS Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300 this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “The East”
SNAPSHOT A covert female operative infiltrates an anarchist faction that stages clandestine attacks on major corporations, and finds her mission compromised when she falls for the group’s charismatic leader in this tense and topical thriller from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij — the creative duo behind the indie hit Continue Reading
Movie review: “Prince Avalanche” (#SydFilmFest)
Alvin (Paul Rudd) is a man of a very firm ideas. Silence is good for you. Learning languages, particularly German, is vital (especially if you want to converse easily with “the natives”). And taking an entire summer out to manually paint bright yellow lines on remote roads that twist Continue Reading
Movie review: “L’écume des jours (Mood Indigo)” (#SydFilmFest)
L’écume des jours (or Mood Indigo/Froth of the Daydreams) co-written and directed by famed French director Michel Gondry is one of the most delightfully odd movies I have ever seen. It clutches the bizarre, the strange, the whimsical and the downright fanciful close to its storytelling breast at all Continue Reading
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”: new teaser poster + trailer released
It’s only six months till the next instalment in Peter Jackson’s epic screen adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit hits the movie screens – 13 December in USA, 26 December Australia – which means of course that the promotional campaign to remind the world of that Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Way, Way Back” (#SydFilmFest)
Fitting in anywhere new is always a challenge. But that would not exactly be a revelation for introverted 14 year old Duncan (Liam James), who prefers the company of his recently-divorced mother Pam (Toni Collette) and the safety of their apartment to venturing out into a wildly unpredictable world Continue Reading
Movie review: “What Maisie Knew” (#SydFilmFest)
What Maisie Knew, a contemporary retelling of the 1897 Henry James novel of the same name set in contemporary New York City, is the heart-wrenching tale of love gone slowly, then explosively wrong and the sad-eyed but emotionally-agile child caught in its messy wake. It is told from the Continue Reading
Get ready to enrol in “Monsters University”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Adoration” (previously “Two Mothers”)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS A gripping tale of love, lust, and the power of friendship, Two Mothers [now Adoration] charts the unconventional and passionate affairs embarked upon by two lifelong friends, Lil and Roz, who fall in love with each other’s sons. Afraid of facing the ire and judgment of their Continue Reading