Category: "Movie Reviews"

FILM REVIEW:: FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Get your popcorn ready! We have another Fast and Furious movie on our hands; the biggest franchise that just keeps giving; sometimes taking, but mostly giving. Full of adrenaline and heart pumping action, it’s a franchise that started off with an illegal car racing theme, but quickly turned it’s back on that and evolved into a series of films that was more about catching drug mules with fast cars. F8,

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FILM REVIEW:: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

I hated Twilight. I hated it so much. So when I heard Bill Condon was directing this live action remake of Beauty and the Beast, I had a bit of fear in my heart. That, and the fact that anyone who touches Disney in any way, in my eyes, is playing with fire considering the field of masses that can storm into action if betrayed or disappointed. I was worried

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FILM REVIEW:: HIDDEN FIGURES

Keep failing and have to dust yourself off again and again? Feeling like you take two steps forward only to take fives steps back? How about feeling like it’s just not fair? Need some inspiration to breakthrough your almighty fight? With fear of sounding like an infomercial, then this is the movie for you! Hidden Figures is the play on words title of the inspiring true story of three incredibly

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FILM REVIEW:: LOGAN

Well, here it is; Hugh Jackman’s final hoorah as the Wolverine. From start to finish, it is Jackman himself that defines and carries this film to the brink of masterpiece. This performance is like no other. Besides the unforgettable performance, it should be said that this is not just a great superhero movie. This is plainly a standout movie; exceptional, to say the least. You’ve never seen Jackman play Logan/Wolverine like

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FILM REVIEW:: LION

It wasn’t long ago that Australia’s 60 Minutes introduced us to Saroo; a lost Indian boy who found himself adopted by Sue and John Brierley from Tasmania, and as an adult, used trusty Google maps to find his birth home and family. It was Australia’s favourite heart-warming story in 2013, and was on the lips of every Australian come Monday morning. Now, it’s been put up on the big screen

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FILM REVIEW:: HACKSAW RIDGE

Wow. Just wow. Have you ever been in a position where you’re so overwhelmed with emotion by something that it leaves you completely speechless, but at the same time you have so much to say? But how do you even say it? I am so affected by this movie. It’s been such a long time since a movie has made this much of an impact that it sat with me

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FILM REVIEW:: SING

Sing can be reviewed in two completely different ways; the adult view and the children’s view. However, it can be summed up honouring both – adults will enjoy this Illumination Entertainment film only if they think like a child and take a child with them. Both perspectives are as important as each other but only one truly matters – the kid’s. Buster Moon (a koala voiced by Matthew McConaughey) is in

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FILM REVIEW:: ASSASSIN’S CREED

I’d like to make a disclosure going into this review that I have only ever observed the games, but never actually experienced the game play. All that is known by those who have never had the pleasure to play the 10 year old, 10 or so part, several main character game series, is that it’s based on factual historical timelines and the events that took place within those timelines, and

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FILM REVIEW:: DOCTOR STRANGE

*This review may contain LOW level spoilers* I must admit, as much as I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the cinematic Marvel journey thus far, and have learned so much about the comics along the way, I knew nothing about Doctor Strange. Well, I knew one detail. He is in possession of one of the infinity stones; a very important detail in the Marvel Universe, that keeps this ‘new’ character in line with

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FILM REVIEW:: SUICIDE SQUAD

I have been so bloody excited about Suicide Squad since the first trailers and snippets were released almost a year ago. The cast, the colour, the concept, it all looked as insane as the characters themselves. Admittedly, my hopes were high. I wasn’t disappointed. I had such faith in this and it delivered. After what I have obviously expressed in the past, were a disappointing couple of Superman movies, director

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