Film review – Wicked: Part I
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo headline the long-awaited adaptation of the Broadway juggernaut that pays respect to its source material and the classic 1939 movie.Faithfully…
By Alys Martin - 4 min readAriana Grande and Cynthia Erivo headline the long-awaited adaptation of the Broadway juggernaut that pays respect to its source material and the classic 1939 movie.Faithfully…
By Alys Martin - 4 min readRidley Scott trades Russel Crowe with Paul Mescal but recruits Denzel Washington to elevate his sequel to the classic blockbusterNick Cave tells an anecdote about…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readA single day account which tells the earthly story of being alive.Orbital was today announced as the 2024 Booker Prize winner. The judges said “our…
By Amy Dale - 3 min readA new Australian dark comedy fails on some pretty basic comedy notions, though the cast does its best to keep it afloat.Bad people make good…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readJason Reitman helms the retelling of the 90 minutes before the airing of the first SNL episode. Some cast members do not rise to the…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readA new voice in American cinema emerges in a complex and unique drama with Sebastian Stan about loneliness and beauty standards.Humans are so flawed. For…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readSet in the Soviet Union during the peak of Stalinism, The First Friend is an absurdist comedy on the legacy of despots and blood-thirsty dictators.Author:…
By Vincent Barry - 3 min readWith a great cast of Australian voices, Adam Elliot’s sophomore feature was worth the 15 years wait.There’s something comfortingly pure in Adam Elliot’s second feature,…
By Francisco Silva - 3 min readDetectives Harry Bosch and Reneé Ballard join forces again in a new Michael Connelly page turner that delivers exactly what it promises.I am busy (but…
By Pippa Lyons - 2 min readThe long-awaited biopic of Donald Trump’s rise to fame comes a little bit too early and has little to say. But it gives us a…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readTodd Phillips’ sequel to his unexpected critically-acclaimed comic-book adaptation takes some brave swings but the original’s shortcomings are accentuated.Poor Arthur Fleck cannot find a world…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readFrancis Ford Coppola finally releases his magnum opus. An insane esoteric multi-million dollar project with a lot to say to those willing to hear.The goal…
By Francisco Silva - 5 min readDemi Moore is back in this award-winning ultraviolent satire about toxic beauty standards. Not for weak stomachs.Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance comes at its audience with…
By Francisco Silva - 5 min read