REVIEW: Knives Out (Spoiler Free)

Wouldn't you say, it's "no time to die"... aye, Bond? On the morning following his birthday, successful mystery novelist, Harlan Thrombey, is found dead leading master detective, Benoit Blanc, to investigate an entire family of suspects. Rian Johnson, hot off his controversial take on the Star Wars saga with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has sprung back into …

REVIEW: Terminator: Dark Fate (Spoiler Free)

They said they'd be back. An advanced terminator and an enhanced super soldier are sent back in time to war over the survival of a young woman, Dani Ramos, who's fate is seemingly tied to the legacy of one, Sarah Connor. Do I care about the Terminator franchise? That is the big question. Look, I have never …

REVIEW: Parasite

Finally, 2019 has thrown me a bone. Thriving in poverty, a young man leads his family towards a hopeful profit by tutoring the daughter of upper class tycoons... an initially "simple" task. In all honesty, Parasite has been in Australian cinemas for almost two months now and it was only this week I managed to grab a …

REVIEW: Zombieland: Double Tap (Spoiler Free)

That's so 2009. Ten years on from their first encounter, the makeshift family of apocalypse survivors, Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock attempt to keep their tightknit group together whilst hordes of zombies continue to tear into their lives. I was never the biggest Zombieland fan back in the day. I liked the movie but, I guess, …

REVIEW: Joker (Spoiler Free)

Wanna get nuts? Well, come on, let's get nuts. In 1980s Gotham city, failed stand-up comic, Arthur Fleck, descends on a path of madness after succumbing to the pressure of societal constraints. The long awaited DC standalone supervillain feature, Joker, has finally made its way to cinemas and... it feels good. Truth be told, as …

REVIEW: The Dead Don’t Die

The deadpan don't die. A cosmic realignment leads to the reanimation of corpses in the once quaint and seemingly normal town of Centreville. The new black comedy from notoriously weird filmmaker, Jim Jarmusch, The Dead Don't Die is this year's dry, deadpan Arthouse comedy flick that has a lot to like but only for very, very, very …

REVIEW: Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark

Scary movies to show in the off season. It's Halloween in 1968 America and a band of misfit children manage to stumble upon a cursed book withholding their wicked fates. In this precursor to Halloween season, Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark is the adaptation of a horror book series in which, to be …

REVIEW: Ad Astra

Once upon a time on Neptune. In the near future, the astronaut, Major Roy McBride, ascends on a quest into deep space where, on the edge of Earth's solar system, a series of mysterious power surges begin to threaten human life. The 2019 resident space movie for Oscar consideration, Ad Astra stars Brad Pitt in a …

REVIEW: It Chapter Two (Spoiler Free)

Twenty seven years is so specific... couldn't it have just been rounded up to thirty? *Almost* three decades after the last sighting of the demonic clown, Pennywise, the now middle-aged members of the Losers Club are forced to return to their hometown of Derry to confront It whom seemingly has resurfaced. Following on from the …

REVIEW: Weathering With You

Let's be honest, following up from Your Name is like a singer having to come on stage after Freddie Mercury. During a horrible spout of weather over Tokyo, two teenage runaways have their lives intertwined when one of which is discovered to be more than what she appears. From Makoto Shinkai - the filmmaker behind such anime …