SFF Review – Brittany Runs a Marathon

Screened at Sydney Film Festival 2019 Jillian Bell is Brittany After winning the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year, I couldn’t skip this at Sydney Film Festival. Brittany Runs a Marathonwas actually the first film I bought a ticket for at this year’s SFF. And what a great choice! The story is loosely based on the …

Review – Aladdin

“You seem to bring me the rough, but not the diamond.” – Jafar Mena Massoud and Marwan Kenzari Another year, another live-action remake of a Disney Classic. After global billion dollar box office-hit Beauty and the Beast, it didn’t take long before Disney to announce another ’90s animation was getting the treatment. Aladdin was released back in 1992, made history as being …

Review – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

“I still have time.” – John Wick Para bellum – prepare for war (Latin – English). John Wick is back for more than two hours of hardcore violence with a hint of comedy spiced with exhilaratingly exhausting chases all over the globe. Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is an epic pandemonium, made to satisfy fans of …

Review – Avengers: Endgame

“I love you 3000.” – Tony Stark Josh Brolin is Thanos Thanos (Josh Brolin) snapped his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and half of all life in the universe disappeared. That’s how last year’s Avengers: Infinity War ended and left us craving for its epic conclusion. One year later, we are finally in the Endgame. The Russo …

Review – The Curse of La Llorona

“She Wants Your Children” La Llorona is a very well known tale in Latin American folklore. It’s the story of a woman who, after her husband left, drowned her kids in a fit of rage, realised what she had done and took her own life. The legend goes that now she kidnaps children and drowns …

Review – Little

“She woke up like This.” Issa Rae and Marsai Martin This modern day version of Big – but in reverse, shows all the good bits in the trailer. So if you’ve seen the trailer, you know what you’re in for. That doesn’t mean I didn’t laugh throughout the film, because it is funny. It’s predictable and had …