Alien: Romulus marks a triumphant return to the classic alien franchise’s horror roots. While it treads familiar ground within the established Alien mythology, the film effectively leverages the series’ core elements to deliver a tense and atmospheric experience unlike anything…
Just when you think summer is finally here, we’re thrown into another cold and wet week of classic Melbourne Spring. To be fair though, the rain, clouds and generally damp weather make for the best movie-watching weather! My plus one…
Michael Bay is exploding things again in his new action packed film Ambulance. The excellent Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as a father needing money to cover his wife’s medical bills who gets sucked into robbing a Los Angeles bank with…
It’s not often that we see an Aussie blockbuster, especially with a cast this strong! Set in a wild and war torn dystopian vision of the land down under comes one of the most ambitious sci-fi film produced in Australia…
Sometimes the most modest films deserve the biggest screens As production companies continue to balk at theatrically releasing their movies, streaming behemoth Netflix snaps up the most interesting and daring contemporary movies. On the one hand, smaller, more challenging movies…
Familiar beats in this coming of age tale feel fresh under Gerwig’s camera eye. Greta Gerwig is one of those artists who you can’t help but notice. If it isn’t a film about her or her character, she’s still probably…
The Christmas movie that certainly isn’t for the whole family. Any fan of slasher/horror movies will be able to place the line, ‘I want to know who I’m looking at’. It’s the moment in Wes Craven’s postmodern slasher film to…
Pairing films with themed food and drinks is quite a novel idea and opening night at Cult Cinema & Bar promised to pair the perfect movie and cocktail and let me tell you it did not disappoint, serving us up a…
‘What is the courage that we can have in the time of hopelessness?’ During our interview about her film Dogs of Democracy, philosopher Mary Zournazi expressed a desire to find courage when things seem hopeless. She told me that courage,…
A pretty good time with a pretty bad dude. Some films have great openings. They kick into gear immediately, and you know what kind of a movie you’re about to watch, because, in the first few minutes, the tone is…