We can almost hear the boardroom meeting: “that Titanic made a bundle and so did that Gravity let’s mash them together, throw in a couple of Hollywood’s hottest stars and it’s new Ferraris all round”. The result is Passengers a sci-fi/ adventure/ romance that should have been a moving and thrilling space adventure but winds up being surprisingly tepid. Chris
Read moreThe adaptation of video games to the cinema screen has generally been an unhappy one. Without the thrill of interaction and with a game’s wafer thin plot barely providing a decent film narrative, video games adaptations – from the execrable Super Mario Brothers to last year’s lumbering Warcraft – have usually been silly and dull. Assassin’s Creed promised a little
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 13th January 2017 TYRANNAMEN – I can’t read your mind. (Aus) THE MISFITS – Night of the living dead. ROKY ERICKSON – Don’t shake me Lucifer. ALICE COOPER – No more Mr Nice Guy. IRON MAIDEN – The number of the beast. BLITZEN TRAPPER – Destroyer of the void. BELLES WILL RING – Priest coats. (Aus)
Read moreIt’s Friday the 13th and ‘Built For Speed’ will treat you to some spooky tunes from the likes of Roky Erickson and Iron Maiden, as well as new Aussie music and plenty of classics. On the movie front CJ will give us a comprehensive review of the Golden Globe Awards and we’ll take a look at Jennifer Lawrence’s new sci-fi
Read moreLa La Land is Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s exhilarating homage to 1950’s musicals and the artists who struggle to make it in the dubious city of dreams that is LA. Superbly crafted from its touching love story to its vibrant cinematography and sprightly musical numbers this is a cinematic experiment that works from beginning to end. Chazelle’s triumph is his
Read moreWhy Him?, which stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Zoey Deutch, attempts to update the old-fashioned Father Knows Best-style comedy to the less wholesome digital generation. It also vaguely recalls Meet the Parents but while that film was genuinely funny and was able to cleverly balance quirky humour with familial warmth this movie subjects us to irritating characters and for
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