Movies

Indie films are good for my soul. While there are those who like to mock their earnestness or their stylistic artifice, there is often great meditative depths to these films, which give their narratives the necessary time to explore issues like grief and loss or a deep longing for connection Continue Reading

SNAPSHOT“Following the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter Parker’s life and his reputation is turned upside down following his identity being exposed at the hands of Mysterio. Seeking help from Stephen Strange to try and fix everything, things soon become much more dangerous and Parker must find what it Continue Reading

Maintaining hope in the face of adversity, or simply a lack of substantial and real change, is taxing for anyone. Even more so, when you have placed everything on the line when it comes to fulfilling your dream and all you see for your effort of incremental advancement that seems Continue Reading

Thank goodness for streaming huh? With lockdowns a feature of many people’s lives even in the latter half of 2021 – the Sydney one which I am in is in week 8 with about another 8 to go – it’s good thing we don’t have to rely on cinemas anymore. Continue Reading

Whimsical threatening title aside, Gunpowder Milkshake is one hell of a violent film. That is not necessarily a bad thing since much of the murderous mayhem takes place in almost operatically balletic fashion, cartoonishly lit by primary colours that instill a trippily colourful film noir aesthetic to proceedings. But the Continue Reading

The latest COVID lockdown in Sydney is still very much on, and so while I may not be able to go to the cinema, I can still dream of seeing movies there. Thankfully, the trailers keep on coming which makes all the dreaming remarkably easy. And while the actually going Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTInspired by true events, New Regency & Film4’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is the movie adaptation of the hit musical. Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a “real” career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTMarvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The film also stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy and Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan, as well as Fala Continue Reading

If there is one thing movies have had an undeniable lock on since their earliest days, it’s the ability to transport us far away from the world we left outside the cinema doors and do in a way so absolute and complete that only books come close to matching it. Continue Reading