Benjamin Maio Mackay
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...
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Benjamin Maio Mackay
- Aug 30, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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 25, 2017
- 1 min
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 24, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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 22, 2017
- 1 min
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 15, 2017
- 1 min
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 3, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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 2, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Jul 22, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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 6, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Jun 30, 2017
- 1 min
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 21, 2017
- 1 min
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 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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