Category: Films
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The Chalet | Review
With three intersecting timelines (present, just before present, 20 years ago), Le Chalet (original French title) proves to be a solid mystery show. A group of friends travel to a remote French village for a wedding and become trapped. In true “And Then There Were None” style, individual characters are slowly picked off one by…
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Madame Bovary | Review
Once again transitioned to film, Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary is perfect base material for Australia’s Mia Wasikowska to portray young Emma who is in desperate need for attention, love and excitement in her seemingly dull life as a farm girl. Attracted to the intuition in others, the strong-willed and persistent character of Emma marries doctor…
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Review | AMY
It will move you, and make you realise that fame really isn’t everything. From Asif Kapadia’s documentary AMY, we are given a 128-minute glimpse into the life of a girl who had an incredible voice and sense of compassion for music, but ultimately succumbed to her addiction of alcohol. Kapadia combines archival footage such as home-videos and talk…
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Testament of Youth Review
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]wedish star Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair) stunningly brings to life Vera Brittain’s memoirs of England before, during and after the First World War. In the beginning we see Vera as an aspiring writer to be, with glazed eyes over Oxford and of the knowledge she hopes to attain. We see the flourishing hope of young love…
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In Focus: A Little Chaos
Opening in Australian cinemas on March 26, A Little Chaos sees Alan Rickman direct Academy Award Winner Kate Winslet through a walk amongst a garden set in France. Dancing between drama, design and the politics of French court in 1682, the film sees Sabine (Winslet) invited to design a garden for King Louis XIV (Rickman),…
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The Fault in Our Stars | Review
The Fault in Our Stars is a story about learning to live, love and let go. The love that is shared between the two main characters, Hazel Grace (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) is whimsical, dark and sometimes nihilistic. Their love tugs on your heart strings at the beginning then pulls them a little further every…
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FILMS – Flashback Musicals List
In 1927 The Jazz Singer hit the cinemas as the first film to have synchronised sound and the impact was enormous. Hollywood was booming, actors were talking and women were swooning, only now they could hear themselves whilst also watching themselves act. Whether you are aware a film is a musical or simply has a…
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REVIEW – Now You See Me
Look Closer “Now You See Me” is a work of originality and excitement. Prepare to have a front row seat to see the result of a very carefully planned and executed script and plot. The protagonists and antagonists in this film switch between the FBI and the Four Horsemen, depending on whose side you take.…
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FILMS – 10 Short Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8t40UbEoV0?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] ‘Shorts’ Are Always Better Short films are usually made by independent filmmakers and quite often do not generate funds from them. They are usually very low budget or no budget at all; but the short films that exist today can be just as captivating as a full feature film. A short film is considered…
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REVIEW – Five Must See Australian Made Films
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV-Zzasrky8?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” (1994) If you want a bit of a laugh, some glamour and lessons on how to be fabulous, I suggest watching “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert“. Starring Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp, the trio embark on a journey for money, fame and pink…