Apart from a general awareness that he was a renowned fashion designer I knew almost nothing about Alexander McQueen prior to the documentary simply entitled McQueen. The film provides fascinating insights into McQueen’s life and career revealing him to be a brilliant but deeply troubled, maverick artist. Lee Alexander McQueen was a rebellious but artistically-inspired lad who left school with
Read moreBased on the Nick Hornby novel, the low-key but quirkily charming Juliet, Naked is, like many Nick Hornby stories, a gentle but insightful examination of romance and middle-aged male music obsession. Rose Byrne stars as Annie, a woman living in an English seaside town with her Media Studies lecturer boyfriend Duncan (Chris O’Dowd). Their relationship has been largely built around
Read moreA Simple Favour from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is an intriguing, mildly intoxicating and mostly successful attempt to transplant a classic film noir scenario to contemporary sunlit suburbia. Built around modern female anxieties, the film stars Anna Kendrick as nerdy, buttoned-down Stepford wife-like widower Stephanie. She tries to present herself as the ultimate in committed and resourceful mothers through her
Read moreThis week ‘Built For Speed’ goes slightly animal as we take a look at heist movie ‘American Animals’ and the story of boy meets dog in pre-historic drama ‘Alpha’. There’s also many fine tunes with new Aussie releases, indie rock from across the decades including our centrepiece, a focus on American bands of the 90’s who flew just under the
Read moreTake a break from the footy hype by tuning into ‘Built For Speed’ this Friday. We’ll tell you all about Rowan Atkinson’s attempt to resurrect the Johnny English franchise with his latest film, Johnny English Strikes Again. We’ll also review noir mystery thriller A Simple Favour which stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. There’ll be plenty of fine tunes with new Aussie
Read moreThe preposterous title of the hit rom-com Crazy Rich Asians suggests a crass race comedy of the kind not seen since TV shows of the 1970’s but thankfully that’s not the case. While this adaptation of the highly successful Kevin Kwan novels indulges a few clumsy stereotypes it’s really an extravagant take on an old-fashioned romantic fantasy with interestingly non-western
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