Movie Review: Peanut Butter Falcon
Peanut Butter Falcon is the kind of movie you probably wouldn’t think about seeing but you really should. The movie delivers an important message without falling into the usual stereotypes.…
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Movie Review: Knives Out
Most whodunit movies run to a formulae, find a body, gather the suspects, throw in some red herrings, line everyone up in the lounge and hey presto we have our…
Movie Review: The Dead Don’t Die
Zombie movies aren’t the usual Perth Festival fare that’s true. As the audience filled every seat at the small Backlot Studio, I heard one reviewer suggest “it’s the Perth Festival…
Movie Review: Fisherman’s Friends
There’s something incredibly ironic about sitting in a movie theatre with a raging cold waiting to see a movie called Fisherman’s Friends. It speaks volumes that I was soon so…
Movie Review: Judy and Punch
Expectations were high for this movie which is not always a good thing. In this case the movie definitely matched the hype. Judy and Punch movie is such a treat…
Movie Review: Doctor Sleep
Confession time. I’ve never read a Stephen King novel, though I have watched The Shinning many, many years ago, I’m not into horror that much. Given that I was pleasantly…
British Film Festival 2019: Reviews and Top picks
There’s nothing mini about the entertainment in The MINI British Film Festival, there I said it. Woeful pun aside, it’s absolutely true. This is one festival I put in my…
Movie Review: After The Wedding
After The Wedding is a powerful story about the cards we are dealt in life. It was a pleasure to watch two great actresses Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore play…
Movie Review: Promised
Promised the movie offers a step back in time to Australia in the 1970’s when there was, patterned wallpaper, dubious fashion choices, big hair and for our two Italian lead…
Movie Review: The Portal
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with The Portal movie, especially as it has been dubbed genre defying. It could go two ways. Thankfully this one went the right…
Movie Review: The King
Let me be clear from the outset, this genre doesn’t usually grab me so it was an absolute surprise how much I loved this movie. The scenery, the action, the…
Lavazza Film Festival 2019
The 2019 Lavazza Italian Film Festival will showcase 26 new Italian films, drama, thrillers, comedies, World and Australian premiers. If the past years are anything to go by I’m be…
Movie Review: Ugly Dolls
After months of reviewing dark dramas and tough issues the Ugly Dolls movie couldn’t have come at a better time. A cute feel good family movie Ugly Dolls delivers an…
Movie Review: Ride Like A Girl
It’s always challenging going to a movie when you know the story. Will it be a straight forward depiction of events or will we learn something new in the retelling?…
Movie Review: The Goldfinch
In some movies very little happens while in others there’s way too much going on to keep track, and then there’s The Goldfinch. Thanks to The Goldfinch
Movie Review: Palm Beach
When you hear about a drama/comedy movie shot in the NSW northern beaches and starring an array of Aussie movie legends, how can you say no? Throw in an important…
CinefestOz 2019
First established in 2008 by David Barton and Helen Shervington, CinefestOz initially marked the French bicentenary of Antipodean exploration of the WA’s South West. Twelve years on and the festival…
Movie Review: Camino Skies
Having spent three days on a wellness retreat I arrived at the screening of Camino Skies in an appropriately meditative head space. The danger was being so zen would I fall…
