Dave Griffiths
Film Review: The Dry
Director: Robert Connolly Cast: Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, Matt Nable, William Zappa, John Polson Rating: MA Running Time: 117 Australian Distributor: Roadshow Films One of the things that makes Australian cinema stand out from other films is the grit that quite often comes with it. When I say that I am not just talking about genre flicks I am talking about drama films like Romper Stomper that just seem to go that extra step further than most other films. When you mix that grit withRead More
Film Review: Wonder Woman 1984
Director: Patty Jenkins Cast: Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal Rating: M Running Time: 151 Australian Distributor: Roadshow Films Well at last 2020 has its own superhero – and her name is Wonder Woman. Over the last decade comic book fans have gotten used to having at least three or four superhero movies hitting cinemas each year. This year though with the blockbusters on hold those fans have had slim pickings. The underrated New Mutants came and went in the blink of an eye so the fansRead More
Film Review: The War With Grandpa
Director: Tim Hill Cast: Robert De Niro, Oakes Fegley, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Laura Marano, Rob Riggle, Cheech Marin, T.J. McGibbon Rating: PG Running Time: 95 Australian Distributor: Universal Pictures Australia Sometimes as a movie critic you forget that it is okay for a film to be fun. Somewhere deep down inside your brain you watch a movie and then you try to analyse and pick apart exactly what the director was trying to achieve with the film. Sometimes there are noRead More
Film Review: Honest Thief
Director: Mark Williams Cast: Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, Robert Patrick Rating: M Running Time: 99 Australian Distributor: Rialto Distribution At 68 years of age you could forgive actor Liam Neeson if he wanted to slow down. The good news for film lovers is that Neeson isn’t showing any sign of wanting to jump out of the fast lane any time soon. In fact while most actors have been starved of cinema time in 2020 Neeson is so hard working thatRead More
Film Review: Tenet
Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branath Rating: M Running Time: 150 Australian Distributor: Village Roadshow Movies don’t come much bigger than Tenet – with or without the current dearth of choices available on the big screen. It is a blockbuster of epic proportions from the brilliantly warped mind of Christopher Nolan, the man who unleashed the mind-bending Inception on unsuspecting audiences a decade ago and has had a plethora of other successful releases starting with Following in 1998 andRead More
Film Review: Midway
Director: Roland Emmerich Cast: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Alexander Ludwig, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Darren Criss, Jake Weber, Tadanobu Asano, Brennan Brown, Etsushi Toyokawa, Jun Kunimura. Rating: M Running Time: 138 Australian Distributor: Roadshow Films If you aren’t aware of the various battles of World War II your first reaction to the trailer of Roland Emmerich’s Midway is probably didn’t they already do a movie about Pearl Harbour? They did indeed, Michael Bay(Transformers) directed the very under-rated Pearl Harbour back in 2001,Read More
Film Review: Star Wars – The Rise Of Skywalker
Director: J.J. Abrams Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Joonas Suotamo Rating: M Running Time: 141 Australian Distributor: Walt Disney Studio It has taken forty-two years to get there, but finally the Skywalker saga is drawing to a close. No other cinematic franchise has ever reached the massive heights that Star Wars has and to say that this is a beloved series is under-selling it in a very big way. It is for that reason that J.J. Abrams hasRead More