With 2020 finally in the rearview, it's time to look back and reflect on some of my favourite films from the past 12 months.
Thursday 31 December 2020
My Top 10 Films of 2020
With 2020 finally in the rearview, it's time to look back and reflect on some of my favourite films from the past 12 months.
Sunday 13 December 2020
My Top 5 TV Shows of 2020
Phew, what a year huh? 2020 has lasted for what feels like a century of centuries, but here we are, only a few days away from the start of another year. That must mean it's time to look back at the entertainment highlights – starting with the best that TV and streaming had to offer.
Monday 12 October 2020
My Top 10 PlayStation 4 Games
With Sony's PlayStation 4 system only days away from being usurped by a newer, sexier model, I wanted to take the time to look back at some of my favourite titles to grace our screens this generation.
Sunday 30 August 2020
TRON Legacy: Life on the Digital Frontier
We recently learned that Disney wants to reboot TRON for the second time, with director Garth Davies at the helm and actor Jared Leto front and centre. So I decided to look back at the last time this happened, 2010’s TRON: Legacy, to sing the praises of an underrated cult classic.
Thursday 27 August 2020
Film Review: Tenet
After cinema's COVID-induced hiatus, Christopher Nolan's Tenet is the first bonafide tentpole film to entice audiences back to multiplexes – but is the high-concept spy thriller too loopy for its own good?
Saturday 6 June 2020
Mission Impossible II at 20 – Misguided or Just Misunderstood?
Twenty years ago this month, Tom Cruise and John Woo were dominating the box office with their kinetic and wild take on Mission Impossible. Somewhat maligned as the ugly duckling following a string of superior sequels, I thought it was about time that we set the record straight, and appreciated Mission Impossible II for what it really is – wildly misunderstood.
Monday 4 May 2020
Never Tell Me the Odds: The Empire Strikes Back at 40
The Empire Strikes Back first hit cinemas forty years ago this month, so I wanted to take a look back at the film that redefined what was possible in a sequel, and proved that Star Wars wasn't a mere fluke.
Sunday 26 April 2020
Sunday 19 April 2020
Film Review: The Way Back
Art isn’t just imitating life in Gavin O’Connor’s The Way Back, where lead actor Ben Affleck’s personal issues are unmistakably intertwined with those of his character in this compelling but formulaic sports drama.
Saturday 18 April 2020
Film Review: The Hunt
Craig Zobel's The Hunt has been branded the 'most talked about movie of the year'; but was deafening discourse worth the oxygen?
Friday 27 March 2020
Classic Film: Rear Window
In a scary world fixated on the importance of social distancing and self-isolation, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window felt like a fitting oldie to pop in while stuck at home. Here's my review of a classic.
Sunday 15 March 2020
Film Review: Bloodshot
Vin Diesel stars in Bloodshot, an adaptation of the Valiant Comics series about a super soldier with a high-tech bloodstream.
Monday 9 March 2020
Film Review: Queen and Slim
After arranging to meet through Tinder, a young African-American couple’s mediocre first date takes a turn for the worse when they are pulled over by a trigger-happy police officer.
Sunday 1 March 2020
Classic Film: Dr. No
With No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond film, just a couple of weeks away, I wanted to look back at the first entry from over 50 years ago, Dr No.
Saturday 29 February 2020
Film Review: The Invisible Man
Universal has another crack at rebooting one of its classic monster mash movies in Leigh Whannell and Jason Blum's The Invisible Man.
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Film Review: Richard Jewell
After a bomb detonates at the 1996 Olympic Games, the FBI tries to pin the blame on the one man who saved the day in director Clint Eastwood's simmering character study, Richard Jewell.
Sunday 16 February 2020
Film Review: The Lighthouse
Robert Eggers, the scurvy dog, absolutely knocks it out of the park with his sophomore feature, The Lighthouse.
Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog
Gotta go fast. Sonic the Hedgehog speeds into cinemas this weekend, and stars James Marsden, Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz.
Sunday 9 February 2020
Wednesday 15 January 2020
Film Review: Bombshell
Not even Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman can save Jay Roach's Bombshell from a muddled story.
Tuesday 14 January 2020
Strange Times: Is Marvel Stifling Creativity?
With writer/director Scott Derrickson parting ways with Marvel on the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel, the inherent flaws in sticking to the script and keeping everything uniform are starting to appear.
Film Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
Premiering at South by Southwest last year, indie sleeper hit The Peanut Butter Falcon makes its way into Australian cinemas later this month.
Saturday 11 January 2020
Film Review: Little Women
Writer and director Greta Gerwig retools Little Women for a new generation in this charming adaptation.
Sunday 5 January 2020
Power Trip: Unpacking the Success of Succession
With Succession up for three Golden Globes this weekend, I wanted to unpack what got me hooked on the thrilling series about the worst family on television (apart from the Kardashians, of course).
Wednesday 1 January 2020
My 11 Most Anticipated Films of 2020
January is upon us once again, so I've decided to look ahead and see what tickles my cinematic fancy in the next 12 months.
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