2024 Reviews – Monkey Man
Hey, hey, hey, the Monkey Man’s here!” I swear to God, that’s a line from the first episode of Skins, where the character of Chris, walks into a party, with Dev Patel by his side. All this time, Skins fans … Continued
2024 Reviews – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Let’s ante-up to the next ape movie on the 2024 roster 😎 I know I’d cop heat (if anyone cared who I was) for trashing the last two fantasy movies for not being considerate enough, while enjoying a movie like … Continued
2024 Reviews – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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
2024 Reviews – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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
2024 Reviews – Dune: Part Two
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
Today Junior’s Annual Slice Awards! Celebrating 2023-2024
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
2024 Reviews – Madame Web
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
2024 Reviews – Priscilla
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
2024 Reviews – May December
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
2024 Reviews – The Color Purple
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