Film – Reviews Archive

Animated movies have always had their attraction: kids love them, and since parents have to accompany them, these movies end up raking in at the box-office. Occasionally a movie comes along that has a new story to tell, and that becomes a …

Michael Haneke’s French-language Amour will tug longingly at your emotions until you give in to its stark but poignant will. Released in 2012, the French drama has already claimed 52 awards worldwide, including the prestigious Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or. Haneke’s controversial …

Audiences of animated family comedy rejoice: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2, the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s 2009 hit comedy, is soon coming to the big screen. The movie is based on the children’s book of the same name by …

Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan has earned a reputation in the Hollywood film industry as a creator of critically and commercially acclaimed movies that include The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village and The Happening through his knack of creating exciting and intriguing movies …

Any cinemagoer from the 1980s would know what to expect from action legends and bad-asses like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. We expect no mentally draining mind-twisting plots and no revoltingly scary fountains of blood— ahem, Mr Nolan and …

  Cinema audiences were transported from Dendy Quays to the austerity of the American Civil War earlier this month with a re-screening of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.  This much-anticipated major release, timed to bring revenue from the theatres and accolades in the awards season, promises …

A couple of decades ago the murder of three 8-year-old boys in Memphis, Tennessee sparked an ongoing debate on the incident, the court trial and the intricate development of the case. After serving 18 years in gaol, 17 of those years on …

Scary movies have never been my forte; except for movie-dates. But one petrifying look at the trailer,and I know this movie is set to redefine the boundaries of horror and become a classic. Horror fans rejoice for the heartbeat stopping, goose-bumps forming, …

Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey is a cinematic masterpiece and an epic trek through space and time. Now, 35 years after the film’s release, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonic Choir have taken Kubrick’s film into a whole …

The Australian film industry is already buzzing with the excitement that precedes the Sydney Film Festival each year. Amongst the many talented filmmakers from all over the world who hope to showcase their movies is Eva Knoet who plans to bring her …