mother!: review
Darren Aronofsky’s masterful, metaphorical fever dream not for the faint of heart In Darren Aronofsky’s 2014 film Noah, an odd and strangely entertaining Biblical epic, two themes loomed large: spirituality and […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: review
French writer-director Luc Besson returns to wild sci-fi territory with hot mess Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Valerian, the titular character of writer-director Luc Besson’s latest sci-fi […]
The Mummy: review
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODDESS HAS HER HEART SET ON BEING WITH TOM CRUISE IN THE TEDIOUS FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE “DARK UNIVERSE” FRANCHISE. In a refreshing change from the status […]
Wonder Woman: review
It’s women to the rescue for the DC cinematic universe, as Gadot and Jenkins deliver a tentpole that could break the glass ceiling. “Be careful in the world of men, […]
Twin Peaks returns, and it’s black as midnight on a moonless night
Twin Peaks has returned after 25 years – and it’s Lynch’s way or the lost highway. Many pundits, within and outside the film industry, have been trumpeting the notion that […]
Hounds of Love: review
IN BEN YOUNG’S CHILLING, AMBITIOUS AND IMPRESSIVE DEBUT, HOUNDS OF LOVE, VICTIMS COME IN ALL FORMS. BY NICK MILLIGAN A methodical and glacial slow tracking shot opens the debut film […]
Alien: Covenant: review
Master director Ridley Scott bounces back from Prometheus mess with cohesive, tense instalment of Alien franchise. By Nick Milligan Prometheus, British director Ridley Scott’s grand return to not only the science fiction genre but […]
Get Out: review
JORDAN PEELE HOLDS UP A BLACK MIRROR TO WHITE LIBERAL CONDESCENSION IN THE FUNNY AND TERRIFYING HORROR SATIRE GET OUT. By Nick Milligan “I would have voted for Obama for a […]
Personal Shopper: review
Kristen Stewart attempts to contact the spirit of her deceased twin brother in French director Olivier Assayas’ haunting rumination on grief, glamour and the male gaze, Personal Shopper. By Nick […]
The Void: review
White robes. Ritualistic daggers. Scattered and mutilated corpses. Ungodly surgical procedures. Creeping dread. A slow descent into hell. No, I’m not describing Australia’s public healthcare system – but rather the bloody […]
