Attack The Block ★ ★★ ★ ½

Looking for heroes in all the wrong placesReleasing in Cinemas across Australia December 1Before watching Attack the Block, the British Sci-Fi film from first time director and writer Joe Cornish, I would have taken a different route should aliens ever invade Earth.  You see I was led to believe that the best folks to defend us against alien attack were the U.S. Special Forces.  In Battle: Los Angeles, they threw everything at...

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Arthur Christmas - Adult ★ ★★ ★ Children ★ ★★

Arthur Christmas is a joy.  It makes me want to sing Jingle Bells and put up the Christmas tree early.  We parents endure a lot taking our children to the movies.  I can’t tell you how many times I have sat at a movie screening thinking, if only these 3D glasses had sharper ends on the arms, I could gouge out my eyes and be saved.  Most of the time, I manage a power nap and it was only the horrible squeaky singing in the...

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 -Twihard Fans ★ ★★ ★★ Me ★ ★

What hasn’t been written already about Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1?  Instead of repeating everyone else, I am going to write in support of the Twihard fans even though I didn’t like the movie.  And no, I haven’t gone mad or plummeted in my cinema viewing expectations.There are already a million reviews out there, as the second last chapter of the Twilight series drops into cinemas  with a thud louder than a werewolf knocking...

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Moneyball ★★★★

Before seeing Moneyball, I didn’t know anything about baseball.  After watching the 133 minute drama, I still didn’t know anything about baseball.  What would seem like a large obstacle to enjoying this film doesn’t matter though because it is a movie not just about baseball. It’s about going against convention, about bravely believing when there is no reason to believe.  And those are themes to which anyone can relate and make for...

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"Arrietty" Trailer is launched

The official Australian territory trailers for Studio Ghibli’s upcoming animated feature film ARRIETTY are available for to view      Click here to view the Arrietty Trailer. This enchanting family tale will be released in Australia on 12 January 2012. The eagerly anticipated animation from the Academy Award winning Japanese film studio is based on the much-loved children’s novel The Borrowers, by Mary Norton and will be...

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Santa's Apprentice ★★★½

There wasn’t a pair of 3D glasses in the cinema; and not one CGI character danced across the screen.  Santa’s Apprentice is—dare I say it—an simple animation with no special effects.   Looking around at all the children, waiting expectantly to be entertained at the nearly full preview screening, I thought, I wonder how long into the movie before we hear the I’ve-had-enough-shuffle?  My two veteran preview...

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We Need to Talk About Kevin ★★★★★

We need to talk about Kevin should be called, “We will think about Kevin for a long time.”  Since watching this disturbing movie, scenes from it keep flashing through my mind. Somehow, I arrived at the preview without seeing a trailer nor reading anything on the book.  As the story unfolded, each moment was a revelation.  This is the best way to see this film, so this review is intentionally vague in plot outline.  I will...

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LARS VON TRIER'S MELANCHOLIA MOTION POSTER REVEALED

The Australian motion poster for MELANCHOLIA, the much anticipated film from controversial director Lars Von Trier, has launched today.                        MELANCHOLIA is a beautiful story about the end of the world. Justin (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgard) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of their sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite...

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