CURSED (L TO R) KATHERINE LANGFORD as NIMUE in episode 104 of CURSED Cr. Netflix © 2020 Netflix has always been ambitious. But where competing streaming services like HBO rather choose quality over quantity, it seems the aforementioned doesn't always care about that concept. While HBO wins with almost every show they put out there …
Netflix Review – ‘The Old Guard’
THE OLD GUARD (2020) - clockwise from top: Matthias Schoenaerts ("Booker"), Charlize Theron ("Andy"), Luca Marinelli ("Nicky"). Photo Credit: AIMEE SPINKS/NETFLIX ©2020 Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Beyond The Lights), The Old Guard is a gritty, grounded, action-packed story that shows living forever is harder than …
Netflix Review – ‘Stateless’
STATELESS (L to R) YVONNE STRAHOVSKI as SOFIE WERNER and JAI COURTNEY as CAM SANDFORD in episode 101 of STATELESS Cr. BEN KING/NETFLIX © 2020 'Stateless' is a powerful and timely series about four strangers whose lives collide at an immigration detention center in the middle of the Australian desert: an airline hostess on the run from …
Short Film Review – ‘The Tell Tale Heart’
First-time filmmaker McClain Lindquist takes a huge risk by adapting one of American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Tell Tale Heart' - and succeeds. For those who are not familiar with the story, the film follows the Narrator (played by Sonny Grimsley), who is haunted by the "evil …
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Netflix Review – ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Season 1
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB Based on the best-selling book series that was highly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, Netflix’s new series 'The Baby-Sitters Club', follows the friendship and adventures of Kristy Thomas (Sophie Grace), the genius but shy Mary-Anne Spier (Malia Baker), the artsy Claudia Kishi (Momona Tamada - 'To All The Boys: P.S. I …
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Retro Review – ‘Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood’ (1996)
In the second feature film based on the iconic Tales from the Crypt comics/series 'Bordello of Blood', the Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello. After Universal Pictures' commercial success 'Demon Knight', this sequel was a complete box office flop and disliked by critics all …
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review – ‘Can Art Stop a Bullet’
William Kelly, artist and peace activist, has been called the ‘moral conscience’ of Australian Art. For him there's no line between life and art. Can Art Stop a Bullet is a documentary about the man himself and centered around an art piece he's making for the State Library of Victoria. The film explores the connections between …
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Review – ‘Lynn + Lucy’
Lynn and Lucy have been friends for basically their entire life. They live a normal middleclass life across the street from one another in a small town, and know they can count on each other for a laugh or a chat. Lynn is excited to be Lucy's first born's godmother, although the new mum isn't …
Review – ‘I See You’
Strange occurrences plague small town detective Greg Harper and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy. 'I See You' keeps twisting its story to keep you on the edge, until the shocking ending reveals the Harper family's secrets and a decade old unsolved mystery that will make your jaw drop to …
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review – ‘Paradise Without People’
TIME magazine produced their first feature documentary with 'Paradise Without People', in which we follow two Syrian women, at the height of Europe's refugee crisis, with the same dream: to raise their children away from war. Directed by Emmy-nominated journalist Francesca Trianni, the film takes unexpected turns while we get a glimpse at the lives …
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