In Review
Welcome to In Review! Check out the latest reviews across film, TV, theatre and so much more…
Film Review - 10 Lives
If you’re looking for a film to watch with your family, this one won’t set your world on fire, but it’s sure to incite some excitement from younger audiences all the same.
Film Review - Moana 2
“What lies beyond” Moana 2’s eye-catching animation and lavish island and ocean scenes, is a celebration of culture and identity that Disney has somehow gotten right after so many ill-fated attempts at representation in recent times.
Film Review - Sonic the Hedgehog 3
For the fans, Sonic 3 remixes and updates one of the most popular Sonic adventures in ways that bring a new speed to a classic narrative.
Film Review - Anora
Anora is a technical masterpiece - Baker’s approach to casting leads the audience to believe they’re watching a documentary instead of a drama.
Film Review - The Room Next Door
This film proves that the rich cinematic style of Almodóvar transcends all kinds of language barriers.
Film Review - Under Streetlights
Under Streetlights is an appealing feel-good film from Australia’s outback core, and a triumph of independent Aussie filmmaking.
Film Review - Rumours
Rumours is worth commending for its sheer gaul, but ultimately, it's biting off far more than it can chew.
Film Review - Your Monster
Subverting expectations and blending genres, Your Monster is an endearing love letter to the ones who’ve had their hearts broken, and gives them permission to embrace their fury.
Film Review - Goodrich
Goodrich may not be particularly groundbreaking, and there are definitely other slightly better movies out there like it. However, it’s so endearing that it is impossible not to be charmed, with Keaton being the pièce de résistance.
Greek Film Fest 2024 Review - Hear Who’s Talking
If you’re into switch-off-and-enjoy movies, ruining professional relationships, hilarious flashback montages, and alcoholic priests, then Hear Who’s Talking is the film for you.
Film Review - Kneecap
Kneecap follows a fictionalised origin of the Irish rap group Kneecap, pioneered by brothers Liam Óg and Naoise Ó Hannaidh.
Film Review - Saturday Night
Encapsulating the unpredictable freneticism which helped form the genesis of its namesake, Saturday Night offers a compelling, if imperfect, peek behind the veil which concealed the chaos.
Film Review - Runt
If you’re into Aussie battlers, beautiful Australian scenery, cute speedy dogs, and blatantly crying your heart out in public then Runt is the film for you.
Film Review - Bookworm
Bookworm is a delightful ride that offers the humour, heart and thrills of the best old-fashioned adventure films, while remaining grounded and character-driven.
MIFF 2024 Film Review - Timestalker
Timestalker tells the story of a woman named Agnes who keeps falling in love with the wrong man in several different time periods, after being continuously reincarnated.
MIFF 2024 Film Review - The Cars That Ate Paris (4K Restoration)
Peter Weir’s second feature The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) has an underlying power, and it’s both due to how raw it is as a cultural and industrial satire, and how much Peter Weir’s delicate emotional trademarks manage to bleed themselves into the expression of this bizarre premise.
Film Review - Deadpool & Wolverine
There is no doubt that Deadpool & Wolverine has a lot going for it. Walking in there expecting to be stunned, excited, and especially dying of laughter, will see such expectations fulfilled without fail. However, between the lines lies a canvas that remains untouched, lacking the creativity and depth some would call critical to a good story.
Film Review - Tótem
The second feature from Mexican director Lily Avilles, Tótem, is an incredibly assured and mature film that depicts the emotional intimacy and fragility of an extended family dealing with loss.
Scandinavian Film Fest 2024 Review - The Missile
In the cold, winter region of Lapland on December 28, 1984, a Soviet missile, at the time thought to be possibly nuclear, strayed over the Finnish border during a target test, landing beneath the ice of the frozen Lake Inari.