Jackie Movie Review
Jackie is … wow, nothing like I expected. Yes, I’m an Australian about to wax lyrical about a former US first lady and in…
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Lion: Movie Review
I first heard about Saroo Brierley’s story on Australia’s 60 Minutes last year. The details are fuzzy, but I was amazed at his drive…
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The Walk: Movie Review
As a movie labelled a drama I was somewhat surprised to find The Walk less drama and more comedy. Of a sort. The Walk…
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Primal Fear: Movie review
Primal Fear is one of those movies that even years later still gives me the shivers. I watched it over the Christmas holidays and…
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Jane Got a Gun: Movie Review
The only other Western I’ve willingly watched is 3:10 to Yuma, which I sobbed over at the end, and so I count that as…
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The Huntsman Winter’s War movie review
Jessica Chastain, Emma Blunt and Charlize Theron together onscreen are the reasons I went to see this movie — sorry Chris Hemsworth! But, it’s…
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Brooklyn: a movie with an ending I don’t quite get
Brooklyn is worthy of its Best Picture nomination this year, and is one of the most understated, elegant and wrenching stories I’ve seen in…
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Creed isn’t a boxing movie: a movie review
I don’t like boxing movies, but Rocky isn’t just a boxing movie to me. It’s about the underdog (d’uh), about family and love and…
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Spotlight: Movie review
Thanks to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and eOne Films Australia I had a chance to watch Spotlight recently. It’s due to open in January…
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Ricki and the Flash: movie review
The movie that sticks in my mind the most when it comes to Meryl Streep’s long and illustrious career is Out of Africa. Accent…
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