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Watch the trailer for La Belle Époque – in Aussie cinemas August 13!

Seeking a way out from his emotionally hostile present, Victor gets a chance to travel back to his own youth, in 1974 at La Belle Époque, the famous French bistro where he first met 20-year-old Marianne, the girl who took his breath away and changed his life for good.   //   A charming and witty French comedy about a man who travels back in time to relive the special moment that transformed his life. La Belle Époque will be released in Australian cinemas August ...

Watch the trailer for Deerskin – in Aussie cinemas August 6!

A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.   //   Starring Jean Dujardin (Academy Award Winner – The Artist) and Adele Haenel (Portrait of a lady on Fire) www.facebook.com/UmbrellaEnt

Retro Movie Review – Battle Of The Sexes

Emma Stone is quickly becoming the Meryl of her time and she is consistently outstanding in this and pretty much every film she stars in as of late. Steve Carell is also perfectly cast as the buffoonish Bobby Riggs. Using the actual audio from the original match (recorded back in 1973) really does show how ingrained the male chauvinism was at that time.   //   The film plays out like a time capsule of the day and the attention to seventies detail is outstanding. Even ...

Watch the trailer for Made in Italy – coming soon to cinemas!

Neither expects to find the once beautiful villa in such a state of disrepair… Renovations go badly, with father and son soon finding themselves at odds. Robert’s comical lack of DIY experience leads him to seek help from some colourful locals including the no nonsense Kate (Lindsay Duncan), an ex-pat making her living selling villas who quickly captures his attention. For Jack, the state of the house seems to mirror his search for memories of happier times with his mother.   ...

Babyteeth Movie Review

Milla (Eliza Scanlen) is from the first view, an innocent appearing girl going through the usual changes and challenges that face all schoolgirls of her young age. When she meets Moses (Toby Wallace), she is mysteriously seduced by his bad-boy demeanor but obvious intelligence.   //   At first, looking all the world like a crackhead with his shrunken eyes and manic energy, his wisdom and insight as it unfolds are unanticipated. As the story expands, we meet Milla’s ...

The King Of Staten Island Movie Review

Throwing down behavioural anomalies thick and fast does little to make you warm to Scott’s plight in life. His charms are not self-evident, but staying the course does pay dividends. Losing his fireman father at a young age and having an overprotective mother played with sass and a bad haircut by the excellent Marisa Tomei has given him a non-reality world to get lost in. And lost he is.   //   Davidson, who lost his real-life fireman father in the 9/11 attacks, ...

Watch the trailer for The King’s Man – in Aussie cinemas September 17!

The King's Man will be released in Australian cinemas September 17! www.facebook.com/20thCenturyStudiosAUNZ

Retro Movie Review Logan Lucky

It’s also a work of two parts and while the first half struggles a bit to find its footing, in the second half, things pick up nicely. As in all good caper yarns, things are not always as they seem and the work’s internal logic by film’s end is most satisfying. Soderbergh as is his way, loads the film with a heavy duty cast and it’s great to see Daniel Craig play against his usual screen persona as Joe Bang, a bleach blonde career criminal with a way with science.   // ...

Watch the trailer for Where’d You Go Bernadette – in Aussie cinemas July 16!

An inspiring comedy about a loving Mom who becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passion after years of sacrificing herself for her family.   //   Bernadette’s leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery. Where'd You Go Bernadette will be released in Australian cinemas July 16! www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU

Retro Movie Review – 21 Jump Street

How this happened is no real mystery. First it must be said that out of the ten or so people I spoke to before the screening, none had actually seen even a single episode of the eighties era television show, so the slate seems to be clean for a new interpretation with no baggage of having to adhere to fans that know every nuance of the original. The film also steers firmly into the direction of parody and as such takes as many swipes at eighties era society as it does the television of the ...