Benjamin Maio Mackay
Ralph Breaks the Internet - 3.5 Stars
Fun, charming and entertaining - Ralph is still fun half a decade later. Six years after the events of "Wreck-It Ralph," Ralph and...
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Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Nov 23, 2018
- 2 min
Widows - 2 Stars
Overstuffed, clunky and boring - this film either needed to be heavily cut or turned into a mini-series. Set in contemporary Chicago,...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Nov 19, 2018
- 2 min
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - 2 Stars
Poorly written, atrociously constructed - yet it still has the charm of a Harry Potter film. The second instalment of the "Fantastic...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 26, 2018
- 1 min
Fahrenheit 11/9 - 4.5 Stars
Michael Moore’s sharp insight into the state of American politics is excellent, but uncomfortable to watch. Filmmaker Michael...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 25, 2018
- 1 min
Boy Erased - 4.5 Stars
Powerful, emotional and uncomfortable to watch. The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 24, 2018
- 1 min
Halloween - 4 Stars
Jaime Lee Curtis shines in the best instalment of the thrilling Halloween franchise. Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 16, 2018
- 1 min
The Seagull - 4.5 Stars
A beautiful adaptation of one of Chekhov’s greatest plays. In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 6, 2018
- 1 min
A Simple Favor - 1 Star
A colossal disaster of a film. Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 5, 2018
- 1 min
American Animals - 4 Stars
A clever blend of documentary and dramatic recreation makes this film a nail-biting two hours. Four young men mistake their lives for a...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
Venom - 2 Stars
The strangest “dark anti-hero, vigilante film” ever. When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
The Merger - 4.5 Stars
A brilliant Australian film that needs to be seen. Troy Carrington, a former professional football player returns to his country town...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Hearts Beat Loud - 5 Stars
Beautifully crafted, sentimental brief glimpse into a father and daughter’s lives. A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Hearts Beat Loud - 5 Stars
Beautifully crafted, sentimental brief glimpse into a father and daughter’s lives. A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Aug 20, 2018
- 1 min
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 4.5 Stars
Painfully beautiful with outstanding performances. In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
BlacKkKlansman - 5 Stars
A powerful, depressing and scary look at racist culture in America. Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado,...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Jul 30, 2018
- 1 min
Mission Impossible: Fallout - 3.5 Stars
Mission Impossible is a fun franchise that just keeps upping the anti on its incredible stunts. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Jul 18, 2018
- 1 min
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - 5 Stars
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again delights and thrills exactly how you want it to. In this sequel to Mamma Mia!, Sophie learns about her...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Jul 17, 2018
- 1 min
Skyscraper - 1 Star
Soulless, with plot holes everywhere this Dwayne Johnson thriller was nothing working for it. A father goes to great lengths to save his...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Jul 5, 2018
- 1 min
Antman & The Wasp - 3 Stars
Perfectly palatable sequel has enough laughs to engage the viewer for 2hrs. As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father,...
Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Jun 19, 2018
- 1 min
Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom - 2 Stars
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas-Howard star in the most wasted 135 minutes of my life. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to...
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