2023 Reviews – Babylon
What does an elephant, cocaine, trumpet players, tits, and Margot Robbie in a scrumptious red dress all have in common? They’re present at the wildest party you’ve probably ever seen on screen. Unbeknownst to some characters, there are six rising … Continued
2023 Reviews – Tár
I’m grumpy because Cate Blanchett won the Golden Globe for her role in Tár a couple of weeks ago, but us in Oz weren’t able to know what the performance was like due to our stupid release schedule – we … Continued
2023 Reviews – The Banshees of Inisherin
In a small island town off the coast of Ireland named Inisherin, local nice guy Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) joyfully wanders over to his good friend’s house, Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson), for their usual 2pm trip to the pub. But … Continued
2023 Reviews – White Noise
🎵 All that I’m hearing from you, is white noise! 🎵 – The Living End Yeah ⬆ I had to do that… The Bach-man returns, after a triumphant result with Marriage Story in 2019, and brings his own wife with … Continued
2023 Reviews – The Fabelmans
Ah, Mr. Spielberg, we meet again, around the same time as we did last year – with you ramping up West Side Story to 11, which didn’t sit well with me, although it was technically masterful. At least The Fabelmans … Continued
2023 Reviews – Triangle of Sadness
A new year begins awash with fresh hopes and desires. Last year I really enjoyed getting amongst the award season contenders, but I don’t know, the movies ahead of us right now aren’t appealing to me on face value so … Continued
My Least Favourite 10 Movies of 2022
Great, now I get to roast some turds. With 91 new movies in my noggin, it was inevitable that I’d find some stinkeroonies – and find some, I did. If you’re a movie that’s rated 1.5 or lower for me … Continued
My Favourite 10 Movies of 2022
That’s 91 movies in total, across a 12-month period, that have garnered me five ratings of 5.0, seven 4.5s, twelve 4.0s, twenty 3.5s, nineteen 3.0s, ten 2.5s, eight 2.0s, four 1.5s and six 1.0s – a nice little bell curve. … Continued
2022 Index: An A to Z on Movies
Let us try something different at the end of 2022 – my first yearly movie Index! Usually, my year consists of writing reviews, and for those big movies I miss throughout the year, I try to catch up on them, … Continued
2022 Reviews – Avatar: The Way of Water
Back when the MCU was a mere twinkle in Kevin Feige’s eye, the biggest multi-million-dollar CGI extravaganza we had was Avatar. Director James Cameron has been hidden away in a studio somewhere ever since pumping out sequels, and the first … Continued