The Butterfly Tree (2017)
The Butterfly Tree is the latest Australian film to fall into the uneasy no-man’s-land between ‘art film’ and ‘adult drama’.
Better Watch Out (2016)
Christmas-themed thriller Better Watch Out is a killer interrogation of a particular brand of toxic masculinity.
When Good Films Aren’t For You: Borg vs McEnroe and Wonder
I’m not much of a fan of either Borg vs McEnroe or Wonder, but for their target audience – tennis fans and preteens/their parents, respectively – the films should be a hit.
Justice League is the Worst DCEU Film Yet
Five films in, what does the DC Extended Universe represent?
X-Ray (1981)
Spend long enough exploring any genre and you’re bound to hit the bottom of the barrel soon enough.
Steven Universe – Season 3
At its best, Steven Universe Season 3 is funny, entertaining and legitimately poignant.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is both sexy and overtly political, offering everything that its biopic contemporaries fail to deliver.
The Perilous Path from Stage to Screen: The Successes and Failures of Una
Una is more successful suggesting the vestiges of what would have made it a successful play than replicating them.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express’ initial sense of fun evaporates as it leans into its investigation and (in)famous twist.
I Watched All Seven ‘Saw’ Movies In A Row And Don’t
I want to play a game.
The rules are simple. Before you sits a television, the seven Saw movies and a timer set to 666 minutes.
Watch all seven movies before the timer runs out; fail, and you’ll be subject to the most gratuitous, elaborate torture devices our team of underpaid Hollywood screenwriters can come up with.
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