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5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) David Stratton You could hardly imagine the story told better; Jackson combines spectacle with humour and fine filmcraft, and there are exceptional performances from a great cast -- from which Serkis' amazing Gollum is the standout.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Margaret Pomeranz It doesn't happen very often that filmmakers actually deliver on a popular book and Tolkien's books are classics now but Fellowship of the Ring does just that.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Fenella Kernebone Abrams is a good choice of Director and he’s cleverly injected more humour into the franchise and his direction is as slick as his TV shows.
Posted May 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Margaret Pomeranz I just wish that George Lucas would remember his origins. Basic myth, good story. Forget the CGI, just go back to the magic.
Posted Apr 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) David Stratton ...there are the breathtaking sets, creatures, robots and spacecraft, as well as the fascination of meeting the ancestors of the characters we know so well a generation earlier.
Posted Apr 16, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
American Psycho (2000) David Stratton A very fine performance by Christian Bale distinguishes this vicious satire on Reagan-era greed and yuppiedom, in a visually rich film which is often surprisingly funny, in a Kafka-ish kind of way.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
American Psycho (2000) Margaret Pomeranz Christian Bale plays Bateman excellently, pitching his performance at just the level of surreality that the character requires. For Harron, this film is a marked leap... it's really an excellent adaptation.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Handmaiden (2016) Stephen A. Russell This deliberately mischievous mix and each act’s limberly acrobatic flip ensures The Handmaiden keeps a tight grip on our attentions. Magnificent performances all round ensure our eye is pulled not just by their flesh, but also by their knotty intentions.
Posted Dec 20, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
The Matrix (1999) Margaret Pomeranz I found The Matrix more interesting than a lot of other action films because the plot wasn't laid out simplistically just so the bad guys could get their comeuppance from the goodies.
Posted Jul 13, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Armageddon (1998) Margaret Pomeranz I laughed, I didn`t cry one tear, even though I suspect I was supposed to at one point, and I felt like I`d had a terrific time at the movies by the end. It`s entertainment pure and fairly simple.
Posted Jun 20, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Bilitis (1977) Simon Foster Bilitis hasn’t aged well and is only of note because it is so brazen in its depiction of one of cinema’s taboo topics.
Posted May 22, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) Megan Spencer It is [America Ferrara] -- this extraordinarily confident and accomplished young actress -- who grounds this film in something real, giving it a much-needed boot up the pant, making each moment she's on screen powerful and a pleasure to watch.
Posted Mar 13, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Wild Things (1998) David Stratton Throughout all the devious twists and turns of the plot, McNaughton keeps the temperature on the boil, with a directorial style that's firmly over the top, deliberately and joyously melodramatic.
Posted Feb 02, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Big Lebowski (1998) David Stratton In the wake of the wonderful Fargo, Joel and Ethan Coen have made a delightfully quirky comedy comparable to their second feature, Raising Arizona.
Posted Jan 20, 2023  Edit critic review
Black Book (2006) Travis Johnson Black Book may be Paul Verhoeven's most visceral film, and that's saying something.
Posted Jan 17, 2022  Edit critic review
Sword of Trust (2019) Travis Johnson a perfectly formed, drily witty, indie comedy that uses an outrageous situation to highlight some essential truths - and necessary falsehoods - about how we live with and love each other.
Posted Jan 03, 2022  Edit critic review
Black Sea (2014) Travis Johnson Black Sea isn't so much a film as a yarn or a ripping tale; one of those classical adventure movies seemingly designed to be viewed on a lazy Sunday afternoon after a big lunch.
Posted Oct 27, 2021  Edit critic review
Red Sun (1972) Travis Johnson A weird but plausible Western from one of the fathers of modern action cinema, with a stacked international cast.
Posted Oct 24, 2021  Edit critic review
The Fog (1980) Travis Johnson Carpenter, a rather minimalist, formally restrained filmmaker even when employing the grand guignol excesses of The Thing, knows when to let pure story do the work, and The Fog is a story about stories.
Posted Oct 24, 2021  Edit critic review
The Commitments (1991) Travis Johnson At base The Commitments is about the common experiences and emotions that unite us.
Posted Oct 24, 2021  Edit critic review
Cooties (2014) Travis Johnson People straight up react badly when you kill kids.
Posted Oct 24, 2021  Edit critic review
Suspiria (2018) Travis Johnson ...revels in its differences as much as its similarities, wringing new and complex thematic material from the same basic narrative.
Posted Oct 24, 2021  Edit critic review
Mad Bastards (2011) Travis Johnson Contrasts stunning outback landscapes with a raw, observational approach to its characters and their situations, the result being a heady mix of the epic and intimate.
Posted Sep 13, 2021  Edit critic review
Broke (2016) Travis Johnson An uncommonly humane movie about what happens after you hit rock bottom.
Posted Sep 13, 2021  Edit critic review
The Painter and the Thief (2020) Travis Johnson To be seen, to be heard, to be accepted - isn't that all anyone really wants?
Posted Sep 02, 2021  Edit critic review
Ema (2019) Lynden Barber You may love it or hate it or find yourself conflicted. You probably won't forget it easily.
Posted May 24, 2021  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Liar's Dice (2014) Michelle Orange Both Thapa and Siddiqui glower very well, I believed every dark flicker, but the tension between their characters barely moves past its original, obvious form.
Posted Mar 19, 2021  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Boys (1998) David Stratton Sewell and Woods also know exactly how much to show - and what not to show - for maximum dramatic effect.
Posted Jul 15, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (2011) Craig Mathieson An amusing, if occasionally intermittent, mash-up of the quirky American indie romance and a 1950s sci-fi B-movie.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
These Final Hours (2013) Rochelle Siemienowicz These Final Hours may be that rare beast -- a low budget Australian film that could satisfy a multiplex audience in search of an edge-of-the-seat thrill.
Posted Apr 08, 2020  Edit critic review
The Endless (2017) Dan Barrett This is a low-fi, buttoned-down, and intensely creepy film that will linger on your mind for months to come.
Posted Feb 14, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Dan Barrett After seeing the results here, one can't help but wish all of the live-action films were as visually inventive and lively as Into The Spider-Verse. It's the most shamelessly fun movie you'll see in 2018.
Posted Feb 14, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Notebook (2004) Megan Spencer The Notebook is the kind of syrupy, heightened melodrama more likely to be found in the pages of a Mills & Boon paperback than on the silver screen.
Posted Feb 02, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
I, Robot (2004) Megan Spencer It's not as dazzling or thrilling a blend between realism and fantasy as Minority Report or even Hollow Man, but it certainly is an easy film to watch and to at times get lost in.
Posted Dec 15, 2018  Edit critic review
4/5
Lady Bird (2017) Rochelle Siemienowicz Lady Bird's depiction of the intense and difficult relationship between a commonsense mother and her whimsical daughter is pitch perfect in its mix of love, disappointment and resentment.
Posted Feb 16, 2018  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Black Panther (2018) Nick Bhasin Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira, who play Nakia and Okoye respectively, are particularly fierce, especially in their numerous fight scenes, a rarity for women in a superhero movie outside of Wonder Woman.
Posted Feb 15, 2018  Edit critic review
3/5
Cold Souls (2009) Simon Foster Barthes' first film indicates a fearless, imaginative writer/director with a great deal more to offer audiences with her future projects; if Cold Souls isn't always easy to warm to, it certainly lights the fire of a talent worth watching.
Posted Feb 06, 2018  Edit critic review
4/5
All the Money in the World (2017) Rochelle Siemienowicz Minor quibbles aside, All the Money in the World is a well-structured, effective and engaging thriller that takes us deep inside the paradoxical and eternally fascinating psychology of the very rich.
Posted Jan 03, 2018  Edit critic review
4/5
Call Me by Your Name (2017) Rochelle Siemienowicz The biggest achievement of Call Me by Your Name is that it manages to depict something universal about first love and first loss...
Posted Dec 27, 2017  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Craig Mathieson The dialogue is peppered with droll admissions and Star Wars-savvy sarcasm, which helps to prick the heroic sweep so common to these trilogies.
Posted Dec 14, 2017  Edit critic review
2/5
Jolly LLB (2013) Russell Edwards The ill-fitted nature of the film's limp comical jibes, and this odd finale, suggest Kapoor (and his producers) may have deliberately toned down the strong material for fear of retribution.
Posted Dec 12, 2017  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Disaster Artist (2017) Dan Barrett This is an absolute crowd-pleaser that will have you laughing harder than most studio comedies.
Posted Nov 22, 2017  Edit critic review
I Still Hide to Smoke (2016) Amal Awad It's a reminder of why we watch stories.
Posted Nov 14, 2017  Edit critic review
Solitaire (2016) Amal Awad ... director Sophie Boutros delivers a colourful and humorous exploration of a tragic-comic life.
Posted Nov 14, 2017  Edit critic review
4/5
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Anthony Morris Increasingly, it's obvious that much of the Marvel universe works best when it goes big and silly: Thor: Ragnarok is about as big and silly as a Marvel movie is ever going to get.
Posted Nov 02, 2017  Edit critic review
3/5
Suburbicon (2017) Rochelle Siemienowicz Suburbicon feels obvious and lazy and sometimes downright nasty.
Posted Nov 02, 2017  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Sometimes (1976) Peter Galvin Since there are so many moments in Kabhi Kabhie that are really wonderful it's easy to dismiss anything that might appear dated.
Posted Oct 30, 2017  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Tees Mar Khan (2010) Peter Galvin The screenwriters manage to redeem Khan; but it's not quite enough to save the movie, which, given the velocity of the frantic action, should have played brisk and buoyant.
Posted Oct 30, 2017  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Raavan (2010) Simon Foster This melodramatic mishmash fails to deliver.
Posted Oct 30, 2017  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The World Before Her (2012) Craig Mathieson Tradition and fashion, history and the future, politics and consumerism - these are the conflicts of this strong documentary.
Posted Oct 30, 2017  Edit critic review
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