Arizona’s Killer Comedy Misses the Mark
Arizona has a killer concept for a killer comedy, but despite a promising opening it can’t execute what should’ve been cutting satire.
Along Came the Devil is a Special Breed of Bad Movie
Consider picking Along Came the Devil up for your next bad movie night, if that’s something you’re into.
Upgrade Deconstructs the Revenge Film
Upgrade is a clever genre mash-up. The film merges the tropes of the traditional revenge flick with speculative sci-fi,
at once indulging in genre thrills and commenting upon them.
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
In The Equalizer 2, Denzel Washington plays a moralising, monkish superhero.
Skyscraper: A Better Die Hard Sequel Than the Real Ones
Skyscraper is an derivative yet tremendously entertaining action flick, offering nothing new but a whole lot of fun.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
I suppose it was inevitable. At some point, there was going to be a misfire in Marvel Studios’ Phase Three. Just as it wraps up, here it is: Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Search Party – Season 1
Search Party’s really about the search for purpose in your twenties – a search that is often ludicrous, misguided and self-absorbed.
Queensland Film Festival Program 2018
This year’s QLDFF program feels like the platonic ideal of an arty film festival program, one that at once inviting and challenging.
And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online?
And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online? is an easy show to prejudge. Cover art focusing on an unrealistically busty young woman’s cleavage? Check. An MA15+ rating for “sexual references and nudity”? Check. An awkwardly-translated title? Check and check. Turns out I was wrong.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – the Park is Gone, and So is Any Modicum of Intelligence
Perhaps if Fallen Kingdom had nothing to do with Jurassic Park – if it were, say, titled Dinosaur Adventure – I could’ve enjoyed it. At least on the level that you enjoy an incredibly stupid film.
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