The Hustle Movie Review
Rebel Wilson carries a lot of momentum into her comic roles and she is given the majority of the humorous bits but the script gives Anne Hathaway little to do. Her crazy foreign accents while funny at first, loose their appeal rather quickly and other than that, she becomes mere eye candy.
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In the first half of the film, the two work together on a con that becomes a bit repetitive before they then play against each other in a cinematic version of the con wars. This ...
Poms Movie Review
Keaton plays Martha, an elderly woman who leaves her life long New York apartment to move into a retirement community in Arizona. All she wants to do is be left alone but that never happens, thanks to her vivacious next door neighbour Sheryl, played by the delightful Jacki Weaver.
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Weaver is fantastic as the forever young woman next door who just wont take no for an answer. Martha missed her chance to become a cheerleader in her youth by having to take care of her ...
I Still See You Movie Review
Goth girl, Veronica Calder (Bella Thorne) comes in contact with a rem that seems to be breaking the set rules of behaviour. So she does what every high school girl does in movies like this, she asks the dark brooding bad boy Kirk (Richard Harmon), who just happens to be good looking for help. They enlist the science geek who has always held a candle for Veronica to help solve the riddle.
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Most of the science fiction concepts are solid and even though the film is no ...
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Movie Review
Aja lives in a poor section of the city with his loving mother but spends most of his time on the crowded streets of Mumbai. He runs scams and performs magic tricks with his friends to earn what little money he can. When his mother passes away and he goes through her things, he finds one of the letters from his absent father and decides to try to find him.
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This starts a journey that will take him across Europe and expose him to things beyond his dreams. He will ...
Long Shot Movie Review
Theron is Charlotte Field, the residing Secretary of State to sitting President Chambers (the under utilised Bob Odenkirk). She is a power player who is taking a run at the presidency after Chambers says he is not running for a second term. Rogen is Fred Flarsky, a recently unemployed fire brand journalist who has a better sense of morals than he does a dress sense.
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Flarsky has always held a candle for Field dating back to a time in his youth when she was his ...
Moro Spanish Film Festival – Champions Movie Review
It is so up-lifting and life reaffirming, it belongs on anyone’s and everyone’s list of must see films. The cast is made up of professional and non-professional actors and they both do a superlative job.
Javier Gutiérrez is Marco, a basketball coach on a downward spiral. He has separated from his wife, gotten fired from his coaching duties and then thrown in jail for drunk driving. The judge offers him community service in lieu of jail time where he has to coach a team made up of ...
Moro Spanish Film Festival – Carmen & Lola Movie Review
This secret has the ability to blow both their worlds apart but young love only knows young love. This examination of a culturally forbidden love is presented as part social story and part teen drama. It helps the teen drama aspect that both women are very attractive, this however blunts the film’s social impact. It is still a fascinating insight into the Gypsy world, a world very few know.
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Carmen & Lola is screening in Brisbane:
Palace James Street
Sunday ...
1985 Movie Review
Set in the waning days of 1985, Adrian has long since moved to New York from the small town in Texas he used to call home. His father Dale (played by Michael Chiklis) is a Vietnam vet who still carries the emotional scars from combat and colours almost all his actions based on religious dogma.
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His mother Eileen (Virginia Madsen) is a loving soul but also a believer. Not having a point of reference of the manner in which Adrian carried himself in the past, you ...
Avengers: Endgame Movie Review
First it must be said that I like Marvel movies but don’t live them. With that being the case, there are few films that run for over three hours that leave you with the feeling you could easily do another few hours (after a nature break that is). This film accomplishes that feeling as it delivers a mammoth amount of information.
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It is also satisfying in so many ways. It has colossal action and human endeavour, both large and small. Some participants don’t make ...
Gloria Bell Movie Review
This film is far removed from your typical girl meets boy scenario. The acting is superlative throughout and the script delves deeply into what becomes of one’s life when they enter the second major chapter. It also examines how difficult it can be to re-create one’s self for that second chapter.
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Arnold cares for Gloria but is trapped by the tentacles of the previous relationship with his ex-wife but also by the demands of his two needy daughters. The two have ...
