Giveaway: Win Double Passes to Atomic Blonde [COMPLETED]
Thanks to Universal Pictures Australia, ccpopculture has 10 double passes to give away to Atomic Blonde, releasing in Australian cinemas Thursday August 3rd.
10 Cloverfield Lane Is Secretly A Great Film About Today’s War On Terror
Over at Junkee, I venture into the airtight bunker that is 10 Cloverfield Lane, a zippy genre film with some pointed subtext if you know where to look. Read my review here.
Love the Coopers
Hark! Another Christmas movie about the redemption of a dysfunctional family—and another lump of coal in my Christmas stocking. Love the Coopers is a woeful attempt at ‘collage’ cinema (multiple sugary plotlines populated by dull caricatures—an oeuvre seemingly popularised by 2003’s Love Actually). If you’re looking for a bit of seasonal cheer, you’re better off…
The Gambler (2014)
The Gambler has earned its fair share of criticism for being yet another film about the problems of a rich white dude. That’s more of an observation than a criticism, since the film is interrogating the idea of how one can deliberately erode this privilege. A fairer remark would be to note that, unfortunately, The…
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
You probably knew someone like Llewyn Davis. Perhaps they have a semi-popular electro blog. Maybe instead they were in a hardcore band in the ‘80s who supported Black Flag that one time. Or in a post-punk group that never quite hit it big. They’re talented, but not as talented as they think they are. They…
Argo (2012)
Argo’s recent release on Blu-Ray gave me the chance to watch the Best Picture winner, and it’s easy to see why Ben Affleck’s film won the Oscar. It’s classic Hollywood from beginning to end; a crisply-filmed tale of good versus bad where everything important happens at the last possible second. Affleck uses an expansive budget…
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