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Goodrich Movie Review

The knocks keep adding up and Andy is forced to reprioritise his life. His previous efforts were full of focus on his business and its successes with little left for his wife and children. He soon begins to realise his absenteeism has deprived himself and those around him of the joys that can happen in everyday life.   //   This is all a fairly standard setup, script-wise but what happens as things unfold is anything but by the numbers. Situations and their end results ...

Watch the trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door!

Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter.   //   Eventually, they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Starring Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola, The Room Next Door will be released in Austraian cinemas Boxing Day! www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

Check out the teaser trailer for The Brutalist – coming to cinemas this January!

On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building.   //   But power and legacy come at a heavy cost… Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankholé and Alessandro Nivola, The Brutalist will be release in Aussie cinemas January 23! www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU/

Brisbane International Film Festival – Daddio Movie Review

The set-up is basic as we catch a preoccupied-looking Johnson exiting the airport and grabbing a cab from the rank to transport her back into Manhattan. Behind the wheel is Clark (Penn) a twenty-plus-year veteran of driving people where they want to go. He is a keen observer of the human condition and those decades have not been wasted. They soon strike up a conversation that will slowly reveal hidden secrets and expose the depths of their internal conflicts. It is fascinating watching, ...

Director Jacob Richardson’s feature film The Aegean to set sail at Brisbane International Film Festival!

Written and directed by Jacob Richardson, whose feature film debut comes two years after he made headlines with his short documentary SALT OF THE EARTH (the story of the man who invented Chicken Salt) at Adelaide Film Festival 2022, THE AEGEAN was shot on the remote Greek island of Kythira, with a multinational cast and crew including many Brisbane locals.   //   The film stars Hollywood icon Costas Mandylor (SAW), who gives a beautiful, nuanced performance in a unique ...

Check out the trailer for A Real Pain – in Australian cinemas 26 December!

Searchlight Pictures presents A REAL PAIN, directed and written by Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland). The film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin (“Succession,” Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), ...

My Old Ass Movie Review

Elliott (Maisy Stella of the TV show Nashville) is a girl in transition. She is finding her way in the world and many things remain undecided. Her sexuality is fluid as is her comfort to the life laid out in front of her. She dreams of leaving her hometown and bristles under the direction and limited opportunities afforded by its small population.   //   Into this mix of conflicting emotions comes a night like no other. While tripping on mushrooms with her two best gal ...

2024 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Comandante Movie Review

Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino - World War Z and Angels & Demons) was a real-life World War II veteran, who even though he was saddled with a severe back injury continued to serve in the Italian army. He was given command of the submarine Comandante Cappellini and asked to join the Battle of the Atlantic. That battle, which was the longest continuous military campaign of the War was a horrendous campaign and led to an unimaginable number of casualties both civilian and ...

Enter the arena and check out the new featurettes from Gladiator II

Oscar nominee Paul Mescal – looking gloriously toned and reminiscent of a Gladiator-era Russell Crowe – triumphs in the lead role of Lucius, the young son of Lucilla, Connie Nielsen’s noblewoman from the original movie. GLADIATOR II continues the story following on from the death of Crowe’s Maximus. Decades after Maximus sacrifices himself to topple corrupt leadership and society, Lucius has come of age far away from his mother who he grew to resent after she sent him to the ...

Blink Twice Movie Review

Frida (Naomi Ackie) and her gal pal Jess (Alia Shawkat) are two young ladies trying to make ends meet. When they get a job hostessing at a fundraising gala they come in contact with Slater King (Channing Tatum). The tech billionaire is fighting the cancel culture after a transgression that is never fully explained and the fundraiser is part of his road back. After their paths cross, King invites them to his island for a weekend of excess. //   Once on the island, things seem too ...