Monthly Archives: January 2025

Musical biopics haven’t appealed to me in recent years, since I found Rocketman unnecessarily dour. I have foregone movies on Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, and Amy Winehouse, and I’ve pushed that new CGI ape-scapade, starring Robbie Williams, back, to catch … Continued

One of my local cinemas had this movie advertised with two posters for two different dates, since We Live in Time was slated for wide release here in January, and was also part of their November British film festival 😮 … Continued

Jesse Eisenberg is in front of the camera and behind it. It’s always an interesting time, when actors begin to write and direct their own movies, because now we get to see the stories that appeal to them, and the … Continued

The Pope has died, and Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is in charge of overseeing a conclave, where Cardinals from all over the world have been sequestered to vote on the next one. However, moments before the Cardinals are meant … Continued

I’ve said it already, but the best double feature movie experience I ever had was Call Me By Your Name into The Florida Project. We thank Luca Guadagnino for the first one, but director Sean Baker gets credit for the … Continued

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) finds out an old friend, Martha (Tilda Swinton), is in the hospital, with a cancer diagnosis, undergoing an experimental treatment with swirling results. But Martha has had enough, and asks Ingrid to accompany her on a quaint … Continued

2025 is here, but 2024’s award season still rolls on! And now is when movies really hit their straps – most of the best movies of the year come out in Australia in January. I’ve seen teasers for Nosferatu, that … Continued