Karate Kid: Legends Movie Review
Ben Wang is outstanding as the new young lead and his innate reserve and charm make him a hero very easy to get behind. Having Jackie Chan as his mentor this time goes a long way to overcome the sadness of Pat Morita’s passing and the return of the original kid Ralph Macchio offers a pleasant bit of sentimentality.
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The story this time is set in New York and as always, the great city and its people play an important role and provide both colourful characters and ...
The Phoenician Scheme Movie Review
The story is almost entirely built around the strange life of Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) and he features in nearly every scene. He is a rich and powerful industrialist with a bent moral compass. Through a lifetime of questionable dealings with friends and foes alike, he has acquired a large number of enemies whose attempts to assassinate him drive the film’s comic overview.
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Most of these attempts happen while in flight so it’s a given you wouldn’t want ...
The Accountant 2 Movie Review
Tightly wound (and rather deadly) accountant Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) and his alpha-male brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) do all the heavy lifting and provide the film with its best moments. They fight like only brothers can and then kick butt like only cinematic bad boys can and it’s a blast to behold.
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Their slowly developing relationship provides a few touching moments and their general way with each other is played mostly for laughs. A lot of the gags hit ...
New Aussie Film With or Without You Red Carpet Preview is coming to Dendy Portside!
Walk the red carpet and join us for our preview screening of this compelling female-led odyssey starring Melinda Vidler, Albert Mwangi, and AACTA Award winner Marta Dusseldorp. Includes a glass of sparkling on arrival.
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Shot on location in the breathtaking Australian countryside with support from Screen Australia, With or Without You follows a mother and daughter whose lives intersect with a West African refugee on a journey of emotional discovery. Be the first to ...
Sinners Movie Review
They tap into their friend's system and pull people from the local town to help with the various jobs to get the joint off the ground. There is a real sense of camaraderie among the crew but there is also no doubt the twins are fully in charge. They also enlist the help of Sammie (Miles Caton) the son of a preacher man who plays a mean blues guitar.
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The film is shot with atmospherics at the forefront and the colours are warm and saturated. Music plays an important ...
Watch Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio & Ben Wang in the new trailer for Karate Kid: Legends!
When kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) relocates to New York City with his mother to attend a prestigious new school, he finds solace in a new friendship with a classmate and her father.
But his newfound peace is short-lived after he attracts unwanted attention from a formidable local karate champion.
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Driven by a desire to defend himself, Li embarks on a journey to enter the ultimate karate competition.
Guided by the wisdom of his kung fu teacher, Mr. Han ...
Watch the trailer for The Count of Monte Cristo – coming to cinemas 10 April!
Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure, the first French cinematic treatment of the iconic tale of romance and redemption in over fifty years.
Marseille, 1815. The dreams of principled young sailor Edmond Dantès (Niney) are about to come true; promoted to ship’s captain, he can finally marry the love of his life, Mercédès (Anaïs Demoustier). But his success inspires ...
Watch the trailer for What Remains – available digitally April 16!
In What Remains, a small-town pastor is forced to reckon with his own act of forgiveness, when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years later and comes to work for him, deeply angering his son. Meanwhile, a young couple’s desert getaway takes a terrifying turn when they are targeted by a cult that follows the murderous practices of the infamous Manson Family, leaving them in a terrifying fight for survival. And as the local sheriff investigates another ...
The Alto Knights Movie Review
Into this world of titans, steps Barry Levinson with The Alto Knights and frankly it’s all a bit of a mess. Some of the calamities come from concepts that don’t connect and storytelling that lacks that visceral edge. Concept-wise having Robert De Niro play the two main leads with only bad make-up to distinguish between the two doesn’t work at all. It also causes a bit of confusion as to who is whom.
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Storytelling-wise, even though it is based on a true story ...
