Film Review – I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Title – I, Daniel Blake (2016) Director – Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes the Barley) Cast – Dave Johns, Hayley Squires Plot – Aging British carpenter Daniel Blake (Johns) […]
Category Archives: Film reviews: Drama
Film Review – The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Title – The Birth of a Nation (2016) Director – Nate Parker (feature debut) Cast – Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aunjanue Ellis, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller, Gabrielle Union […]
Film Review – Mahana (2016)
Title – Mahana (2016) Director – Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) Cast – Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Regan Taylor Plot – Set in the rural surrounds of 1960’s […]
Film Review – A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
Title – A Dog’s Purpose (2017) Director – Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) Cast – K.J. Apa, Britt Robertson, Dennis Quaid, John Ortiz, Peggy Lipton, (voice of) Josh Gad […]
Film Review – The Big Sick (2017)
Title – The Big Sick (2017) Director – Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer) Cast – Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar […]
Film Review – Okja (2017)
Title – Okja (2017) Director – Joon-ho Bong (Mother) Cast – Seo-Hyun Ahn, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito Plot – Young South Korean […]
Film Review – Brimstone (2016)
Title – Brimstone (2016) Director – Martin Koolhoven (Winter in Wartime) Cast – Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Kit Harrington, Carice van Houten, William Houston Plot – In the […]
Film Review – Beautiful Kate (2009)
Title – Beautiful Kate (2009) Director – Rachel Ward (Martha’s New Coat) Cast – Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Bryan Brown, Rachel Griffiths, Maeve Dermody Plot – Australian writer Ned Kendall […]
Short Film Review – Waltzing Tilda (2017)
Title – Waltzing Tilda (2017) Director – Jonathan Wilhelmsson Cast – Holly Fraser, (voice of) Glean De Goya Plot – Sydneysider Tilda (Fraser) wakes up one morning to find the […]
Film Review – The Queen of Katwe (2016)
Title – Queen of Katwe (2016) Director – Mira Nair (Vanity Fair) Cast – Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o Plot – Based on a true story. Impoverished Ugandian teenager […]
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 