film review: Enough Said (2013)

October 20, 2013 // No Comment

Young love isn’t just for the young in Nicole Holofcener’s latest, Enough Said

film review: Captain Phillips (2013)

October 16, 2013 // No Comment

Tom Hanks teams up with Paul Greengrass, of United 93 and the Bourne films, to bring us Captain Phillips – the true story of a 2009 hijacking of US cargo ship off the coast of Somali.

film review: The Fifth Estate (2013)

October 11, 2013 // No Comment

Hot on the heels (ish) of Alex Gibney’s recent Wikileaks documentary, The Fifth Estate is a dramatic re-telling of the genesis of famed whistleblower site, Wikileaks, and its Australian founder Julian Assange’s fall from grace. Unfortunately when I say dramatic, I mean not.

film review: Prisoners (2013)

October 1, 2013 // No Comment

Denis Villeneuve, director of the Oscar nominated Incendies makes his English-language (and Hollywood) debut with Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

film review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

September 27, 2013 // 5 Comments

Woody Allen. One of the most well-known, prolific directors working today. And somehow I’ve only seen one of his films. As a result, I didn’t know what to expect of his new one, Blue Jasmine

film review: Rush (2013)

September 20, 2013 // No Comment

Ron Howard’s one of those directors that I’ve never really cared that much about. He makes good films, sure, but they’re not ones I’d be getting passionate about.

film review: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

September 13, 2013 // No Comment

If you’ve seen Insidious, you will no doubt be wondering… how are they going to pick up from that ending?

film review: Elysium (2013)

September 10, 2013 // No Comment

Back in 2009, South African director Neill Blomkamp appeared out of nowhere (seemingly) with his sci-fi thriller District 9.

film review: Upstream Colour (2013)

September 7, 2013 // No Comment

I thought I’d take a while before I reviewed Upstream Colour. It’s one that deserves a bit of time before you decide exactly what you want to make of it.

film review: You’re Next (2013)

August 30, 2013 // No Comment

Horror’s a difficult genre. You’ve got two main types of horror fans. Well ok, there’s all sorts of sub genres and all sorts of types but I’m breaking it down to two. Go with it.