No one should ever mistake quietness for lack of presence or emotional power. Case in manifestly resonant point is the 1981-set The Quiet Girl, written and directed by Colm Bairéad, which is matches the titular mood in just about every possible way – slow, thoughtful exchanges between characters, none of Continue Reading
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New Star Wars trailers there are: The Mandalorian (S3) and final Andor trailer
I’m fairly certain there will never not be a time when a new Star Wars trailer, whether it’s for a movie or a TV/streaming show, doesn’t fill me with all kinds of anticipatory thrill. Ever since I saw A Hew Hope, then just good old Star Wars in a small Continue Reading
A mass of movie trailers Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, My Policeman, Blueback, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, What’s Love Got To Do With It + Armageddon Time
Get your popcorn ready! It’s doesn’t matter what your tastes run to – upcoming cinemas releases have all kinds of films in the offing and you’ll be happily relaxing into your cinema chair or firing up your favourite streaming platforms over and over again as we head into the end Continue Reading
Movie review: Minions – The Rise of Gru
Life is hard. Life is grim. Life is, dare I say it, evil at times? Which is why, whether you’re a kid or an adult, but I would wager especially if you’re adult, you need some silliness, some whimsy, some off the chart mischief, best delivered if you’re looking for Continue Reading
Mini mass of marvellous movie trailers: Slumberland, Pinocchio, Waiting For Bojangles, The Lost King + Confess, Fletch
Whether you like heading to the movies to munch on popcorn in the dark or sitting at home snuggled up on the lounge watching your streaming service of choice, there are a lot of movies coming your way. The five selected here are a beguiling mix of the fantastical, the Continue Reading
Movie review: Wedding Season
Love may indeed be a many-splendoured thing but in the hands of Hollywood’s filmmakers, it has often not been culturally diverse in a way that reflects the composition of many modern societies, especially ones as multiculturally diverse as the USA or Australia. Thankfully a growing group of culturally and ethnically Continue Reading
Movie review: Nope
As a species, humanity has shown a healthy evolutionary disposition for engaging in flight rather than fight, the better to live and build civilisation another day. Of course, though, sometimes the challenge before us demands a fearsomely fight-driven response, something we instinctually seem to know when a particular problem plagues Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Funny Pages, Catherine Called Birdy + The Good House
The world is our oyster when it comes to cinematic offerings. There are films everywhere all of a sudden, then result no doubt of a pandemic bottleneck which, while not totally freed, is far more open than it was, allowing us to once more disappear into worlds far away and Continue Reading
Movie review: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
It is near impossible to watch Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and not have your heart pulled from your chest, shaped, prodded, poked and split into two and healed before being placed back in your chest beating furiously and with gloriously, heartwarmingly renewed purpose. You could possibly say that Continue Reading
Movie review: Prey
Having your expectations about a particular film blown to smithereens – in a good way, not the hype-exceeds-reality way – is one of those rare life pleasures that never gets old. Especially in an era where every single film is known about, dissected and examined to within an inch of Continue Reading