by Daniel Tune | Mar 22, 2022 | Comedy, Film, Movies, Reviews
[FILM/Comedy/Horror ~ AUS] Wallis Cinema Mitcham, Thu 17 Mar. This oblique, droll Australian comedy is perhaps the most exciting thing to come out of the national film industry in decades. Following the lives of bored, directionless upper middle class Sydney... 
by Dave Bradley | Jul 4, 2019 | DVDs, Movies, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, Rated MA First-time co-writer/director Dominique Rocher’s low-budget, memorably-titled French zombie drama found an unexpected ally in Stephen King who (much like he did with Sam Raimi’s original The Evil Dead years ago) loved it and was... 
by Dave Bradley | Sep 4, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated M Sibling co-writers/co-directors Jonathan and Josh Baker expand and yet diminish their short film Bag Man with this messy and oddly pretentious sci-fi actioner that offers a glimmer of the forgotten Laserblast (1978), a lot of awkward moral messaging about... 
by Dave Bradley | Aug 22, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated (M) 2.5 stars (out of 5) Sharks are always a cinema fave, from the barnstorming original Jaws and its sequels, imitations and rip-offs to those dire Sharknado pics to the endless stream of sharky TV movies that includes (no joke) Sand Sharks, Snow Sharks, Super... 
by Dave Bradley | Aug 22, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated (M) 2.5 stars (out of 5) As ‘Young Adult’ as ‘Young Adult’ movies get, this filming of Alexandra Bracken’s book by director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (her live-action début after two Kung Fu Pandas) is all sorts of annoying, from its awfully derivative storyline to... 
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Writer/director John Michael McDonagh is not to be confused with his playwright/writer/director brother Martin, although both went slightly nuts when they went to Hollywood, with Martin following up his very fine In Bruges with the wild, crazy and all-over-the-shop... 
