Rust and Bone is an unusual French romantic drama about broken people seeking repair and redemption. Unbelievably, the film manages to credibly mix dysfunctional relationships, killer whales, bare-knuckle fighting and amputee sex. Matthias Schoenaerts plays Ali a deadbeat dad and petty thief who just can’t stay out of trouble. Drifting through life he stumbles from one job to another as
Read moreWho would have thought that depression-era US president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) was a rampant shagger but such is the revelation in the otherwise tepid romantic drama Hyde Park on Hudson. The thin plot of Hyde Park on Hudson sees FDR (an amusing yet believably presidential Bill Murray) plunged into Downton Abbey-like shenanigans at his retreat “Springwood” on the Hudson River
Read moreThe Croods is an animated film about a family of cave people which might sound like a thinly disguised rehash of The Flintstones but it’s actually a thinly disguised but very well made, rehash of most family-oriented animated films of the last few decades. The eponymous Croods are a prehistoric family whose lives are, not surprisingly, ruled by fear of
Read moreA good actor can’t save a film with a bad script and neither, it seems can a good director. Andrew Niccol may have helmed the very fine Truman Show and one of the best films of the 90’s, Gattaca but not even he can breathe life into the torpid sci fi romance The Host. Maybe he could blame author Stephanie
Read moreGI Joe Retaliation is an utterly preposterous action movie that continues the wonderful artistic trend of turning toys and video games into feature length films; nothing quite says quality cinema like a film who’s opening credit include the word “Hasbro”. The plot here is really just a Bond (or perhaps an Austin Powers) knock-off as a maniacal villain hilariously named
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 5th APRIL 2013 1. FAKER – Hurricane. (Aus) 2. SASKWATCH – I get lonely. (Aus) 3. THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo.(Aus) 4. DAVE GROHL & RICK SPRINGFIELD – The Man That Never Was.(Aus) 5. THE ROLLING STONES – Brown Sugar. 6. IGGY POP – The Passenger. 7. BOOMTOWN RATS – Banana Republic. 8. THE JACKSON FIVE
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