Watch, then read, unless you don't care about SPOILERS! I love to discuss character and story, which is often difficult to do without touching on specific scenes or a movie's ending.
It’s so funny, watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes again, and seeing the virus spread that took out the humans in the closing credits. I remember sitting in the theatre watching this in 2014, and giving a young … Continued
Here’s a couple interesting things – rewatching Mad Max: Fury Road the other night, I realised that I don’t think the lead swap that occurs in that movie would be taken too kindly if it happened today. Back when Charlize … Continued
So, here’s what happened… In 2021, I saw Dune, and started to contemplate if maybe Denis Villeneuve had taken over Christopher Nolan as Hollywood’s most current premier director. Then Oppenheimer came out, blew me away, and whack – Nolan had … Continued
In order to combat racism and sexism, the Academy have introduced new racist and sexist standards, to the best of my knowledge, as reported on Vox in September. It was touch-and-go to see if Oppenheimer would get a nomination for … Continued
Omg! I just wanted to finish my Award Season viewing, but American Fiction doesn’t come out in Australia until February 27th, so I guess I’ll swing by Madame Webb in the meantime, and remain in the dark on whether Jeffery … Continued
Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) when she is fifteen years old. They are both stationed in Germany together, while Elvis is fulfilling his years in the draft, and Priscilla is accompanying her mother and stepfather. Elvis … Continued
Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) is off to suburban Georgia, to study Gracie (Julianne Moore), who she will be playing in an upcoming movie based on her life. Gracie had an affair with a 13-year-old boy when she was 36, and after … Continued
Hey, look, it’s a musical version of that movie Elizabeth Banks couldn’t remember Steven Spielberg directed, when she tried to call him sexist – forgive mistakes but never forget. And you know what, for a movie released in 1985, if … Continued
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a self-conscious sleaze, and a college professor with tenor, who won’t stop rabbiting on about writing a book he hasn’t even started. Through a series of odd tidbits, the world, and Paul, discover that Paul … Continued
I’m starting to realise that January is always a blunder ☹ There’re countless award-contending movies I want to watch, but the weather is good, and the Australian Open tennis championships make for tantalizing TV, basically taking place in my own … Continued