month : 10/2022 37 results

British Film Festival Fisherman’s Friends: One and All Movie Review

The album went gold selling over 150,000 copies and in these days of streaming that is an impressive number. With that surprise success, media attention and a film based on their story was inevitable. The first film did well and now part two gets a release. The first version was a feel-good story and the second continues with that momentum.   //   The story that has been built around the facts feels very contrived but that does little to dull the joy. Who doesn’t love ...

Black Adam Movie Review

There is no modern-day actor more suitable to pop on the spandex and get his superhero status up and running than Dwayne Johnson and his physical presence is utilised to the fullest. It’s a good thing that his physicality is so abundant as the script is not very multi-dimensional. He literally floats through most of his scenes.   //   There is so much computer-generated imagery the film is more animation than live-action and it often looks spectacular. The fight scenes ...

Mary Poppins is coming to QPAC this month!

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s supercalifragilistic new production of MARY POPPINS flies into the Lyric Theatre at QPAC this October for a strictly limited season. Adapted from the beloved stories by PL Travers and the original film; the world’s favourite Nanny comes to life on stage in a spectacular and unforgettable production. At its heart MARY POPPINS is a story about family and the infinite possibilities that lie within us all. It’s time to rediscover the undeni...

Watch the debut trailer for M3GAN – in cinemas January 12, 2023!

From the most prolific minds in horror—James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, and Blumhouse, the producer of the Halloween films, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—comes a fresh new face in terror. M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Get Out’s Allison Williams), M3GAN can listen ...

Watch the trailer for About Women Talking – in cinemas February 16, 2023!

  //   Staring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand, About Women Talking will be released in Aussie cinemas February 16, 2023. www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU/

The Flying Fists of Joyce Godenzi is coming to The Australian Cinémathèque!

In a brief but unforgettable career, Joyce Godenzi established herself as a consistently electric presence in a variety of film genres – most notably as a stylishly skilful star of some of Hong Kong’s premier action films. Born in Hong Kong in 1965, Godenzi initially found fame upon winning the 1984 Miss Hong Kong pageant. She parlayed this newfound celebrity into an acting career with roles in Lam Ngai Kai’s The Ghost Snatchers 1986 and The Seventh Curse 1986, before her breakth...

Watch the official teaser trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie!

Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru), the film stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.   // ...

Muru Movie Review

The police raids of 2007 were an overreach by the then government in an effort to address domestic terrorism. The series of raids that took place nationwide were an abject failure and accomplished little. Those events make up the backdrop for Muru.   //   The hero of the film is local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau played with understated effectiveness by Cliff Curtis. He is a man of the law but also a man with deep roots in his community. His efforts to ease the ...

Watch the trailer for Spoiler Alert – in Australian cinemas February 9, 2023!

  //   Starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Bill Irwin, Jeffery Self and Sally Field, Spoiler Alert will be release in Aussie Cinemas February 9, 2023! www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU/

Check out the first look image for Ferrari!

Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another.   //   He decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia. Ferrari is directed by Michael Mann and stars Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O'Connell, Sarah Gadon and Gabriel ...