Push, 2019. Directed by Fredrik Gertten. Starring Leilani Farha, Saskia Sassen, Joseph Stiglitz, Ada Colau and Roberto Saviano. SYNOPSIS: A look at the global crisis in affordable housing, seen through the eyes of UN special rapporteur Leilani Farha. It’s always a slightly difficult job to review politically-charged documentaries. There’s a sense that, if you agree […]
Movie Review – Onward (2020)
Onward, 2020. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Lena Waithe and Ali Wong. SYNOPSIS: Two elf siblings go on a quest to complete a magic spell that would allow them to see their deceased father one more time. One of the many […]
Movie Review – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 2019. Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel and Luàna Bajrami. SYNOPSIS: A painter hired to produce a portrait of a wealthy lady before she is married falls in love with her subject. There’s a scene early on in Céline Sciamma’s desperately romantic, sensory lesbian love story […]
Movie Review – Downhill (2020)
Downhill, 2020. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Kristofer Hivju, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford and Giulio Berruti. SYNOPSIS: A family is tested when the father flees, leaving his family behind, in the face of a potentially deadly avalanche. Downhill was a weird […]
Movie Review – Greed (2019)
Greed, 2019. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Sarah Solemani, Dinita Gohil, Asa Butterfield, Shirley Henderson, Sophie Cookson, Jamie Blackley, Pearl Mackie, Shanina Shaik, Asim Chaudhry and Paul Higgins. SYNOPSIS: A retail billionaire attempts to restore his falling reputation with a lavish party on the Greek island of Mykonos. Greed […]
Come and See with film critic Conor Crooks | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #67
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Conor Crooks reveals the power of Soviet war movie Come and See… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Conor Crooks discusses the Soviet war […]
Exclusive Interview – True History of the Kelly Gang stars George MacKay and Essie Davis on telling an iconic story
Tom Beasley talks to George MacKay and Essie Davis about their roles in the fearsome real-life Outback thriller True History of the Kelly Gang… Taking on the role of Ned Kelly is a big challenge for any actor but, in the wake of an awards season run for World War One drama 1917, George MacKay […]
Exclusive Interview – True History of the Kelly Gang director Justin Kurzel on violence, Aussie lingo and Russell Crowe’s rude song
Tom Beasley talks to Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel about his new take on the life of the most famous bushranger in the country’s history… The story of Ned Kelly has been told many times on the big screen, stretching right back to arguably the first feature film ever made, more than a hundred years ago. […]
Movie Review – The Call of the Wild (2020)
The Call of the Wild, 2020. Directed by Chris Sanders. Starring Harrison Ford, Dan Stevens, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Bradley Whitford and Karen Gillan. SYNOPSIS: A pampered St. Bernard finds himself forced to adjust to a more dangerous world when he is kidnapped and sold for a profit. You’d be forgiven for raising something an […]
Movie Review – Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog, 2020. Directed by Jeff Fowler. Starring Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally and Natasha Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: When a power surge alerts the government to the presence of an alien hedgehog on Earth, Sonic teams up with a small town cop in an attempt to avoid the malevolent Dr […]
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