A lot of people who have already heard of this documentary might be asking if it would’ve even been made if Paul Walker were still alive. The answer is no.
This film was not what I expected it to be going into it, having read or seen little regarding the thing beforehand, and I have to say, much to the film’s credit. When I hear the words “Ghosthunter”, like many people, my mind immediately jumps to the American TV series; with all its silly camera tricks, night-vision-blair-witch-faces and set-up jump-scare fakery.
Adding to the list of light-hearted Australian films that have been released this year, Ladies In Black delivers a charming portrayal of life for a group of working women in suburban Australia in the late 1950’s.
Shane Black’s The Predator is violent and funny but marred by a poor script, plotholes, muddled structure and pacing issues which, ultimately, detract from its entertainment value.
The teaser trailer for A Simple Favour really didn’t give anything away, and it’s all that I saw prior to actually going to the film. Understandably, I went in uneducated and with incredibly low expectations, consoled only by the fact that Blake Lively, the woman whose aesthetic I hope to someday inherit, would be in it.
Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon are tossed into the thick of the secret-agent world in Susanna Fogel’s action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me – and it’s without a doubt a mission failure.
If you caught yourself wondering about a Winnie-the-Pooh film that came out not long before this one, you’d be right in your musings.
When Let Me In was announced not long after the release of the much loved Swedish original Let the Right One In (2008), it was naturally met with a negative response from fans, and unsurprisingly, didn’t perform well at the box office.
Horror films have arguably passed their golden age in cinema, having peaked within the late ’70s and ’80s, a period when constraints such as budgeting and lack of technology meant filmmakers needed to get creative.
Australian humour is one that foreigners often find difficult to relate to. However, being a true-blue Kiwi myself, I understand what it’s like to come from a country in which the jokes are understood by pretty much no one. Though there were a few AFL quips that went right over my head in The Merger, the film still had me in fits throughout.
Please excuse me, I’m going to spend the next 48 hours cradled in a fetal position trying to regain any positivity that this world has left to offer.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is part coming-of-age tale, part survival story.
If (like me) you hear the title McQueen for an upcoming documentary, do not walk in expecting Steve or Lightning to be on screen – you will be disappointed.
Nick Offerman’s character in Parks and Recreation is just about my favourite thing on television. I’ve never been opposed to him playing a more serious role and I was lucky enough to witness that transition in the feel-good drama Hearts Beat Loud.
Whether you enjoy Searching or not will solely depend upon its gimmick of having been shot entirely through a PC and mobile phone’s point-of-view. It is well put together and just sits slightly above the ‘found footage’ style of filmmaking.
West of Sunshine sees a struggling father try to repay a debt to a mobster while looking after his young son for the day.
