Category Archives: Review in Brief
The Three Musketeers: Parts I & II (2023)
In over a century of cinema it’s strange to realise just how few French adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ THE THREE MUSKETEERS there have been. This version from director Martin Bourboulon is probably the best of any version since the silent … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
The main problem with FURIOSA is that it’s not FURY ROAD. It’s not intending to be but it’ll leave a lot of fans expecting a none-stop thrill-ride disappointed. George Miller’s latest visit to the Australian post-apocalyptic wasteland first seen in … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Perfect Days (2023)
Beginning life as a tourist documentary proposal and developing into a narrative feature, Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS is a modest, meticulous and beautiful 2 hours. Tokyo toilet cleaner Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) is content with his daily routine and takes immense … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Dune: Part Two (2024)
That’s how it’s done. After joining the nomadic Fremen and taking his place as their reluctant messiah to tap into new powers drawn from the planet Arrakis itself, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) takes the fight to the murderous Harkonnens and … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Orion and the Dark (2024)
Charlie Kaufman’s latest exploration of existential dread is, unexpectedly, a kids’ animation from Dreamworks and director Sean Charmatz. Highly neurotic eleven-year-old Orion (Jacob Tremblay) is swept off on an adventure by the anthropomorphic personifications of night, lead by Dark (Paul … Continue reading
Review in Brief: All of Us Strangers (2023)
Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS opens with one of the most beautiful shots I have ever seen and doesn’t let up from there. Lonely writer Adam (Andrew Scott) living in a near-deserted tower block in London simultaneously begins a … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Beau is Afraid (2023)
Thanks to Ari for letting us sit in on his bewildering self-therapy. BEAU IS AFRAID is best described as an epic anxiety horror. It could certainly be considered funny, but funny-peculiar. Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) is a man-child still under the … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Oppenheimer (2023)
Of all Nolan’s films, OPPENHEIMER is the sexy one?! A 3 hour, talky, philosophical character drama isn’t most people’s idea of a must-see crowd-pleaser, but it’s making waves. The time taken and the deliberate pacing, paired with stylistic signifiers of … Continue reading
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