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Girls Trip - 1 Star
It’s just too much, this American comedy has zero relevance to an Australian audience. When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 31, 20171 min read
Gifted - 3 Stars
6 Months after the US release Gifted finally flops into Australian cinemas. Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 30, 20171 min read
Indivisible - 3 Stars
Dark drama takes an aim at the church. 2 young conjoined twin sisters live their life as local scene freaky phenomenon and singing stars,...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 30, 20171 min read
American Made - 1.5 Stars
Morally dubious film picks the wrong side of history to “gloss over.” A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 25, 20171 min read
Maudie - 4 Stars
Tragically beautiful story of artist Maudie is sure to be an award-season pick. An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 24, 20171 min read
The Lost City of Z - 1 Star
The Lost City of Zzzzzzzzzzzs. This snore-fest is insanely long with no satisfying conclusion. A true-life drama, centering on British...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 24, 20171 min read
The Dark Tower - 2 Stars
It’s…alright, alright, alright… The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 22, 20171 min read
Terminator: Judgement Day - 3D
The iconic sci-fi film returns to screens over 20 years after its first release! I’m not here to review the actual content of the film,...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 15, 20171 min read
The Big Sick - 4 Stars
The best rom-com in years, a perfect blend of humour, romance and drama! Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 3, 20171 min read
The Trip to Spain - 3.5 Stars
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan’s third instalment is the funniest yet. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip through Spain,...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 3, 20171 min read
Valerian - 3.5 Stars
Luc Besson’s latest sci-fi film feels like a modern-day Fifth Element, but lacks some of the intricacies. A dark force threatens Alpha, a...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Aug 2, 20171 min read
Dunkirk - 5 Stars
Christopher Nolan has created a masterpiece. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 22, 20171 min read
Atomic Blonde - 2 Stars
Atomic Blonde is visually beautiful and has strong, diverse, interesting performances, but a predictable script and a bombastic...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 22, 20171 min read
Paris Can Wait - 1 Star
After creating zero buzz on last year’s film festival circuits this movie finally fumbles into cinemas. The wife of a successful movie...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 22, 20171 min read
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Al Gore’s first film shocked the world, his second film updates the facts. A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 22, 20171 min read
Spider-Man: Homecoming - 4 Stars
One of the best entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker,...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 6, 20172 min read
Baby Driver - 5 Stars
Edgar Wright astonishes with action packed heist film. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jul 6, 20171 min read
Lady Macbeth - 4.5 Stars
The most unique and riveting presentation of Shakespeare in Modern Theatre. Set in 19th century rural England, young bride who has been...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jun 30, 20171 min read
Transformers: The Last Knight - 0.5 Stars
Another disastrous, senseless Michael Bay movie. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jun 21, 20171 min read
The Beguiled - 4.5 Stars
Beautifully haunting period-drama has stunning cinematography, but Nicole Kidman’s faltering accent can draw you out of the moment. At a...

Benjamin Maio Mackay
Jun 20, 20171 min read
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