Movie Review: La Belle Epoque
If you could go back to any period in time, any time at all, when would it be? In the romantic comedy movie La Belle Epoque it was one specific…
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Movie Review: House of Cardin
How often do you get a sneak peak into the life of an internationally acclaimed fashion designer? If you’re the very private Pierre Cardin the answer is never. The House…
Movie Review: A Son
A Son is a simple story about a family’s race against time to save the life of their only son. The ethical twist and turns they must travel down make…
Movie Review: 23 Walks
What if meeting your partner didn’t involve a dating app? And what if you were in the twilight years of your life? 23 Walks offers up a gentle tale of…
Movie Review: Shirley
When is a movie neither drama nor biography? When it’s an unusual hybrid, a re-imaging of someone’s life. Shirley splices into the life of horror author Shirley Jackson, to create…
Movie Review: The Booksellers
If your idea of an ideal holiday includes meandering around the dusty shelves of a tiny bookstore then you’ll want to watch this one. The documentary peaks into the world…
Movie Review: Love Sarah
The movies are back baby! And after the gloomy time we’ve had what better than a sweet feel good escape. Love Sarah is just what the doctor ordered. Thanks Love…
Movie Review: Hearts and Bones
While in Covid-19 lock down I managed to see Hugo Weaving’s latest movie Hearts and Bones. The movie makes a very interesting point about what we take away from those…
Movie List: Movies to see after Covid
With no movies or events to review life is fairly quiet. What’s a girl to do? But then I realised there’s a dearth of movie releases that’ve been put on…
Movie review: Photograph
A while back I fell in love with the movie The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra. Naturally then, it follows that I’d check out his latest romance movie Photograph. Thanks to…
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2020
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is one of my favourite annual film events. 2020 marks the 31st year of the festival and the largest French film festival in the…
Movie Review: Military Wives
If you liked Brassed Off, Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and other movies echoing stories of communities rallying together to overcome adversity, you’ll want to check out Military Wives. You’ll…
Movie Review: Wild Butterfly
Remember the media headlines about the “young WA mother and junkie” seeking a second liver transplant because the first one failed? Yes? If so I urge you to watch Wild…
Movie Review: Miss Fisher and The Crypt of Tears
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries was a huge success when it hit the small screen in 2012, garnering an incredibly loyal following across 220 territories worldwide. Their loyalty was rewarded with…
Movie Review: Honey Boy
Let’s be honest I wasn’t a big fan of Shia LaBeouf. Having only seen him in a few rolls my perceptions were based on what I’d read in the tabloids.…
Movie Review: Adam
It’s not often that a movie you don’t really want to see surprises you, challenges you, and stays with you for days afterwards. Adam is a simple tale beautifully told…
Movie Review: The Leunig Fragments
Perhaps like me you’ve been a Leunig fan for years. Perhaps you have a cartoon of his on your fridge, like I do. If so The Fragments of Leunig is…
Movie Review: Emma
We all know the story, we’ve even seen many a screen rendition, so why go to another movie about Emma? Well, I must admit Bill Nighy was a big enticement,…
