C’mon C’mon Movie Review
Joaquin Phoenix is Johnny, an audio documentarian who is traveling around the country interviewing young people to get their take on some of life’s biggest questions. He seems inward-facing and somewhat broken. He visits his estranged sister Viv (Gaby Hoffmann) and her son Jesse (Woody Norman).
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The relationship between the two siblings is frosty and when Viv has to travel to look after her husband, Jesse’s father, Johnny is tasked with looking after Jesse. The ...
Watch the trailer for Hive – in Australian cinemas February 24!
In order to provide for them she launches a small agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are not seen as positive things.
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She struggles not only to keep her family afloat but also against a hostile community who is rooting for her to fail.
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Drive My Car Movie Review
The story is intertwined with a production of the play Uncle Vanya by heavyweight Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Its main focus is on the life of actor/producer Yūsuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) but its generous running time allows a few other characters' stories to be told and interesting ones there are.
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Using a minimal, almost nonexistent soundtrack and long moments of silence, you are not steered to any established destination and left with enough time to ...
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Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theatre festival in Hiroshima.
There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled. As they spend time together, Kafuku confronts the mystery of his wife that quietly haunts him.
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Based on the story by ...
Belfast Movie Review
In its simplest terms, it was a conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late sixties to the late nineties. The underlining cause was the factions in Northern Ireland that wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom and others that wanted to leave to the UK to form their own country.
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The story is told through the eyes of nine-year-old Buddy (the transcendent newcomer Jude Hill) and his family who had to ...
Parallel Mothers Movie Review
Continuing her long association with Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz plays Janis a world-class photographer who becomes pregnant after a night of passion with Arturo (Israel Elejalde) a forensic archaeologist. She enlists his help to appeal to the government to excavate a mass grave site this possibly contains the remains of her family members. They were victims of fascist aggressors during the Spanish Civil War.
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In the maternity ward, Janis meets Ana (Milena Smit) a ...
Watch The Bat and The Cat Trailer – The Batman, in Aussie cinemas March 3!
From Warner Bros. Pictures comes Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne.
Starring alongside Pattinson (“Tenet,” “The Lighthouse”) as Gotham’s famous and infamous cast of characters are Zoë Kravitz (“Big Little Lies,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as Selina Kyle; Paul Dano (“Love & Mercy,” “12 Years a Slave”) as ...
Nightmare Alley Movie Review
We follow the life of Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) a drifter who finds a purpose at the feet of Pete (David Strathairn), a grifter running the psychic medium scam at a traveling carnival with his partner Zeena the Seer (Toni Collette). Stanton learns the trade and sees himself as capable of more and aggressively makes those ambitions come to fruition.
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The story is told in two distinct parts and part two features Cate Blanchett as the sultry Dr. Lilith Ritter. ...
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Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying “mean girls” the likes of which she hasn’t encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home.
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But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics Helen discovers that it’s never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find a new love. A heartwarming and humorous look at ...
Spencer Movie Review
Things were not helping by her choice of partner. To say Prince Charles came with baggage is a severe understatement. His heart lie elsewhere and the marriage was little more than transactional. Her unhappiness after almost a decade in the circus is palpable in almost every scene. Director Pablo Larraín (Jackie and Ema) and Cinematographer Claire Mathon sell the bleakness with washed-out colours and grey skies.
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With Hollywood typecasting in full swing, you know ...
