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Playing with Fire Movie Review

The premise of an uptight workaholic, in this case, fire station leader Jake Carson (John Cena) being stuck with a trio of misfit children has worked in the past. The missing element here is a solid script with strong characters. The jokes, when they do arrive are just not funny enough to carry the film.   //   There are some gross out moments that elicit a rumbling of laughs from the audience, but those moments are few and far between. Few comedies in recent memory have ...

Watch the official trailer for My Spy starring Dave Bautista!

When Sophie discovers hidden cameras in her apartment, she uses her tech savviness to locate where the surveillance operation is set. In exchange for not blowing JJ’s cover Sophie convinces him to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy.   //   Despite his reluctance JJ finds he is no match for Sophie’s disarming charm and wit. My Spy will be released in Australian cinemas January 9! www.facebook.com/roadshow

The Addams Family Movie Review

The film is filled with imaginative moments like Thing (the hand with no body) watching appendage porn on his laptop and the butler Lurch (Conrad Vernon) tickling the ivories and belting out the R.E.M. song Everybody Hurts. One strange part is that most of the tidbits of clever are tailored to an audience a generation (or two) older than the current crop of youngsters.   //   The story as it is involves the art of being yourself and not following the norm and that message is ...

Watch the trailer for A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – in cinemas January 9!

When the intergalactic visitor, an impish and adorable alien called Lu-La, crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun soon sees an opportunity for alien-powered fun and adventure and sets off on a mission to shepherd Lu-La home. Lu-La’s magical alien powers, irrepressible mischief and galactic sized burps soon have theflock enchanted. Shaun takes his new extra-terrestrial friend on the road to Mossingham Forest to find her lost spaceship, unaware that a sinister alien-hunting agency is ...

Frozen II Movie Review

Wth the sequel, the filmmakers have increased the spectacle in almost every way. The computer generated visuals are amazing to look at and often times approach photo realism standards. The story also expands on the mythology from the first film and breaths new life into the franchise to maintain its momentum.   //   The story picks up a few years after the first chapter and does its best to flush out a number of elements from before that remained a mystery. As a refres...

They’re making a splash – check out the trailer for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run!

After SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home. As they navigate the delights and dangers on this hilarious rescue mission, SpongeBob and his pals prove there’s nothing stronger than the power of friendship.   //   The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Australian cinemas July 2, 2020! www.facebook.com/ParamountPicturesAU

Watch the first teaser trailer Disney Pixar Soul, staring Jamie Foxx!

However, an accident causes Gardner's soul to be separated from his body and transported to the "You Seminar", a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child, and Gardner must work with souls in training, such as 22, a soul with a dim view on life after being trapped for years at the You Seminar, in order to return to Earth before it's too late.   //   Soul stars Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, and will be released in Australian ...

Check out the new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Onward!

Also featuring the voice of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Ian and Barley’s mom, Laurel Lightfoot, and Octavia Spencer as the voice of the Manticore, Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new original feature film is directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae—the team behind “Monsters University.” //   Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” opens in cinemas on April 2, 2020. www.facebook.com/DisneyAUNZ

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Movie Review

Returning to the role of the big evil is Angelina Jolie and it is one she comfortably inhabits. Her angular look and acting style suits the requirements perfectly. She is however given a run for her money in the evil stakes by Michelle Pfeiffer as Queen Ingrith. Pfeiffer dominates every scene she is in and her final dispensation is fitting and funny. //   The visuals throughout never look less than spectacular. The fairy land with its open and organic beauty sharply contrasts ...

Abominable Movie Review

Yi (Chloe Bennet) is a young girl in recovery. She has recently lost her father and buries herself in work. She wants to earn enough money to follow her late father’s dreams of travel. Through circumstance she comes in contact with a Yeti, who is on the run after escaping from a mysterious company, who have unclear plans for this loveable animal.   //   Yi and her friends Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai) hit the road together with Everest, the name ...