Hard Truths Movie Review
Pansy Deacon is a depressed and anxious woman trapped in a loveless marriage and suffering deep scars from childhood trauma. She is played with absolute conviction by Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Her husband Curtly (David Webber) is emotionally stilted and can barely mumble more than a few words at a time. Her son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) is also scarcely conscious and shuffles through his young life.
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Pansy is so relentlessly unpleasant to everyone she meets, if it was ...
Rachel Zegler from “Disney’s Snow White” performs film’s first single Waiting on a Wish!
“Disney’s Snow White,” the live-action musical reimagining of the studio’s classic 1937 film, is a magical music adventure which journeys back to the timeless story with Rachel Zegler in the title role and Gal Gadot as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen. The film opens exclusively in Australian and New Zealand cinemas March 20, 2025. “Disney’s Snow White” is directed by Marc Webb, written by Erin Cressida Wilson, and produced by Marc Platt, p.g.a., and Jared LeBoff, p.g.a., with ...
Mickey 17 Movie Review
Parasite was released in 2019 and since then he has been busy with the excellent television series Snowpiercer but now he returns to the big screen with Mickey 17 and what a return it is! Set in a dystopian future with so many elements that mirror our present-day race into the abyss, the film vividly illustrates that his imagination and craft are as fertile as ever as is his socially biting commentary.
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Robert Pattinson as the title character expands his craft and ...
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In this multi-award-winning tragi-comedy set in London, famed director Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a compelling study of human strengths and weaknesses.
The story revolves around Pansy, a hypersensitive woman who constantly criticizes her husband Curtley and adult son Moses, leading to their silence rather than argument.
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She often picks fights with strangers and shares her grievances with her empathetic sister Chantal.
As Pansy’s ...
I’m Still Here Movie Review
Plunged Into this maelstrom, we are introduced to the Paiva family who lead an idyllic life style living in a large house by the seaside in Rio de Janeiro. The patriarch of the family Rubens (Selton Mello) is a former congressman who now earns a good living as an architect. One night a group of men come to the house and take him into custody and whisk him away to parts unknown.
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The structure of the film puts you in the same situation as the family and you are ...
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Brazil, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.
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The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Starring Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, I'm Still Here will be ...
Win tickets to Bird – coming to cinemas 20 February!
The long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank), BIRD is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalized life in the fringes of contemporary society.
12-year-old Bailey (astounding newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives with her devoted but chaotic single dad Bug (Barry Keoghan, Saltburn) and wayward brother Hunter in a squat in Gravesend, north Kent.
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Check out the official trailer for Sinners – starring Michael B. Jordan!
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”
Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, “Sinners” stars Jordan (the “Black Panther” and “Creed” franchises) in a dual role, joined by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld (“Bumblebee”. ...
A Complete Unknown Movie Review
Reducing a long professional life down into a much heralded and singular event also pays dividends as it helps the film keep focus. The event in question was Dylan’s performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he outraged the crowd by delivering an electric and rock-oriented set to the folkies. Little did the crowd on that night know what a pivotal event that would become in musical history.
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Chalamet’s take on Dylan challenges you to even like the man, ...
Preview screening of Queer starring Daniel Craig is coming to Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo!
Adapted from William S Burroughs' novel of the same name and starring Daniel Craig in his stunning Golden Globe-nominated performance, this hallucinogenic odyssey bathed in desire is already one of the most talked-about films of the year.
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Brilliant, challenging, and wildly audacious, Guadagnino delivers another captivating piece of cinema that offers unexpected encounters and sobering lessons.
"Soul-swellingly lush and allusive." - The Telegraph
"Craig is ...
