A remake resembling nothing of the original and devoid of any meaning under its mask of sophistication. The original Point Break starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves was a simple, efficient run of an action film as an FBI agent…
A weirdly inconsistent one-woman show filled with overt human prejudices, and sometimes mistakes itself to be an ironic comedy. Joy, a new creation of David O. Russell that promises another reunion of the magical Silver Linings Playbook, which voices the…
A Young Adult Fantasy blockbuster that transcended the genre Let’s admit it, no one really liked Mockingjay part 1; while it was of apt production coupled with some great intensity and humour, it just wasn’t as excitingly portrayed as the…
An overall unpleasant Bond experience The fourth Bond film starring Daniel Craig- Spectre has recently landed, and with it came a series of widely separated critical claims. Directed by Sam Mendes who also helmed the astonishing Skyfall of the series,…
A tale of tasteful brutality and perplexing romance. Those that are familiar with Guillermo del Toro’s work will inevitably know him as a master of fantasy, monsters and production design. Most notably he directed the Oscar-winning-feature Pan’s Labyrinth, an extraordinary…
An inappropriately fast paced feast of outlandish extravagance and underwhelming emotions as well as characters. Over the years Joe Wright has proven himself to be a capable director with the likes of Anna Karenina, Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, as…
A visually stunning feature offering a well-rounded telling of the facts, yet with underdeveloped characters that aren’t quite memorable. From the director of 2 Guns, Baltasar Kormákur brings you a closer look of the 1996 Mount Everest expedition led by Rob Hall…
Last Thursday night SUFF began at a very unusual location for film festivals, at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville. It was sponsored by a very unique beer company – a local brewery in Newtown, and screened a very particular 3D…
This is the 16th edition of this gem of a festival, that is a standout of the film festival calendar in Australia and thanks to Palace Cinemas and Lavazza we are privileged to be able to catch 32 titles of…
All flash but no dash, a 60s mission impossible film without the impossible mission. Both based on a 60s spy television series of the same name, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission Impossible bears an undeniable resemblance, it even fails…