Q and A with Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows)
After the movie premier of What We Do In The Shadows at Luna Cinema (see here for the review link) director Taika Waititi stayed on for a Q and A…
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Howling with laughter at What We Do In The Shadows
Before I turn my attention to the recent Telstra Perth Fashion Festival (TPFF) there’s a movie I’ve been ‘dying’ (queue spooky music) to tell you about. Given that it features…
Q and A Joe Edgerton, Matthew Saville for Felony movie
After the preview of Felony at Luna in Leederville (see earlier Felony post), actor, writer and producer Joel Edgerton and director Matthew Saville stayed on for a Q and A. Here…
What mistakes can you live with? (Felony movie review)
Don’t know if you’ve noticed but August has been awash with new movies. Whenever I can I like to support Australian movies and in the case of Felony it’s pretty…
100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window movie reminds about how to live life
One of the aims of The Ponder Room is to help people get the most out of their lives and to profile people who already are. Allan Karlsson, the main…
The Hundred-Foot Journey, a delight for the senses and soul
There have been a lot of good food-based movies lately, Chef, The Trip to Italy, and The Lunch Box. Consequently when I first saw the trailer for this movie I…
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Scandinavian Film Festival starts in Perth on July 24 and I managed to see the much heralded noir crime thriller, The Keeper of Lost Causes. The script was written…
Five lessons learnt about female characters from Tara Moss (The Fictional Woman part 2)
Finally I get to the follow up promised post about the evening with Tara Moss. Funny how one evening can have such a lasting effect. I arrived at the Dolphin…
Can a Lunch Box add spice to a relationship? (The Lunch Box movie)
There’s been a number of successful movies about food lately, most notably The Chef, and looks like The Lunch Box will be another popular choice. It’s already won a swag…
Lies, Deception, (The Two Faces of January)
Hot on the heels of Tara Moss’s talk about labels and ‘not judging a book by it’s cover’, I was offered a ticket to see Hossein Amini’s, The Two Faces…
Ever felt invisible in your own life? (The Double)
There are moments in everyone’s life when they’ve felt invisible. Whether as an adult or a child, life seems to be passing you by, everyone racing ahead of you and…
Four ingredients that can make a sequel as good as the original (The Trip To Italy)
In a follow up to the smash hit comedy The Trip, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon team up to take another culinary trip, this time exploring Italy. The film attempts…
Animal healing powers shown off in the Healing movie
When I first read the synopsis of director Craig Monahan’s latest movie, Healing, about redemption, hope and healing your spirit, I was pretty sure I knew what to expect but…
Chef movie dishes up food, marketing and life lessons
Hot on the heels of Perth’s Food Truck Rumble, Chef the movie performs the neat trick of being on trend, educational, and thoroughly entertaining while a providing commentary about social…
Why would the Beatles be asking for help? (Spanish Film Festival 2014)
Break out the beer and tapas, this year’s Spanish Film Festival has begun. If the film ‘Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed’ is anything to go by, it’s definitely worth…
Who will save your life? (Tracks movie review)
I finally got to see the movie Tracks, an utterly mesmerising film based on Robyn Davidson’s real life 2,700km trek across West Australian deserts. Having recently jettisoned most of my…
How do guys cope with break ups? (Are We Dating Yet? Movie)
After weeks of packing up my house and waiting for gumtree people who never arrive, I decided it was time for a break. As luck would have it a preview…
10 lessons learnt from Eric Bana (Luna Cinema Q and A Closed Circuit)
It was a full house at Luna Cinema in Leederville when Eric Bana arrived for the preview and QA session for his latest movie Closed Circuit. I’ve already reviewed the…
