The Phoenician Scheme Movie Review
The story is almost entirely built around the strange life of Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) and he features in nearly every scene. He is a rich and powerful industrialist with a bent moral compass. Through a lifetime of questionable dealings with friends and foes alike, he has acquired a large number of enemies whose attempts to assassinate him drive the film’s comic overview.
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Most of these attempts happen while in flight so it’s a given you wouldn’t want ...
Lilo & Stitch Movie Review
Newcomer Maia Kealoha plays Lilo, an outsider mourning the loss of both her parents while living with her sister Nani (Sydney Agudong). She is a precocious little girl whose behaviour and manner borders on the annoying but you can see the inherent goodness underneath. When the outcast blue alien Stitch comes into her life, it’s a perfect match.
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The fact that both are troublemakers and free spirits plays into the film’s central theme of not judging people ...
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Movie Review
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning brings the current series to a close and provides a rousing finish. Everything is ramped up to eleven and It pushes improbable to preposterous and remains overdriven throughout its entire 169 minute running time. It barely pauses for a breath. The main characters are firmly defined by now and show minimal growth. There is also a curious lack of humour shown as that break in intensity would have helped with the peak energy moments.
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German Film Festival 2025 – I Want It All: Hildegard Knef Movie Review
In her teens she studied acting and that passion to entertain fuelled her life and livelihood for the rest of her days. Her story is one of the brutalities of enduring cancer (and its many surgeries) and the judgemental whims of the conservative times. She acted in German films and post-war was contracted to an American studio that had no idea of what to do with her. Music was an important driver of her success and provided a singing career that transcended acting and lasted throughout her ...
Dale Frank Nobody’s Sweetie Movie Review
The film gives you snapshots of his life. His move to Europe and his artistic output then that coincided with the Punk movement in England during the Thatcher years. His slow integration into the upper echelon of the Australian art world, the socioeconomic realities of the eighties and a late-in-life diagnosis of Autism that was a major revelation.
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Throughout it all he just kept creating art. The film includes an amazing selection of his works as still images and ...
Thunderbolts* Movie Review
The fact that the MCU regular regulars are mostly absent only reinforces the change in direction. Florence Pugh as family member Yelena tries her best to carry the film and it’s great to see a not-so-perfect woman be the heart and soul of the work. Comic interludes also play a large role in establishing the newish feel.
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The big evil this time is a bit hard to categorise and the two characters actor Lewis Pullman plays, Robert Reynolds or Bob and Sentry are two ...
The Accountant 2 Movie Review
Tightly wound (and rather deadly) accountant Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) and his alpha-male brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) do all the heavy lifting and provide the film with its best moments. They fight like only brothers can and then kick butt like only cinematic bad boys can and it’s a blast to behold.
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Their slowly developing relationship provides a few touching moments and their general way with each other is played mostly for laughs. A lot of the gags hit ...
Sinners Movie Review
They tap into their friend's system and pull people from the local town to help with the various jobs to get the joint off the ground. There is a real sense of camaraderie among the crew but there is also no doubt the twins are fully in charge. They also enlist the help of Sammie (Miles Caton) the son of a preacher man who plays a mean blues guitar.
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The film is shot with atmospherics at the forefront and the colours are warm and saturated. Music plays an important ...
The Amateur Movie Review
When his beloved wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) is tragically murdered, it brings something out in Heller that many never even imagined. Few saw the determination he possessed to avenge the death of his wife and he is allowed to train in the black arts. Even then he is still treated with a level of disdain that proves completely unwarranted.
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Once in the field he uses this dismissal to his advantage. Being underestimated plays to his strengths and lacking the brawn ...
Dog Man Movie Review
The story is completely bonkers as it involves stitching a dog’s head to a human cop’s body to create a super cop. The only problem is they forgot to inform the budding Doctor Frankenstein of the particulars and the title character can only communicate via barking.
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If the dog is the good guy, you have to know the baddie will be a cat and in this case, it’s Petey voiced by Pete Davidson. This malevolent feline is a perfect fit for the slacker ethic that ...
