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‘Underwater’ pulls you in and doesn’t let go

Lindie NaudeJanuary 29, 2020

If you had told me ten years ago that Kristen Stewart would be staring in three major Hollywood productions released within 6 months of each other, with her rol...

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RAILED: flipping gravity on its head in the wild, wild, west

Paris DoickJanuary 28, 2020

Have you ever seen a horse receive a tasteful lap dance from a unicorn? No? Well, neither had I until RAILED and that is most definitely something that I won’t ...

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Séance: The Horror Experience That Makes You Question Your Senses

Charlie WrightJanuary 28, 2020

Séance is a show that eschews the bright lights and fun colours synonymous with Fringe. The premise is deceptively simple—twenty minutes of total darkness, just...

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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is a classic adventure tale infused with real melancholy

Daniel PattersonJanuary 26, 2020

While franchise fare may have dominated much of the 2019 cinematic landscape, The Peanut Butter Falcon was an original surprise sleeper hit which broke through ...

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‘Bad Boys for Life’ evolves the series in wholly unexpected ways

Daniel PattersonJanuary 23, 2020

Bad Boys is truly an enigma of a series. The original film released in 1995 was a low-budget vehicle for sitcom stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith to bring th...

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‘Krishna Istha: Beast’ transcends trans comedy

Paris DoickJanuary 23, 2020

Most stand up comedies don’t include pumpkins, bread rolls or dildo mics but in Krishna Istha: Beast, no combination is too strange. Hailing from the U.K., Kris...

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The summer season with Moonlight Cinemas

Emma RubenJanuary 14, 2020

Summer in Perth means only one thing: people are out of their houses trying to take advantage of the hot weather. Whether that be heading to the beach to make t...

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‘Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon’ doesn’t make the leap to the big screen gracefully

Tess MilliganJanuary 6, 2020

If you watched the Shaun the Sheep series as a child, this new instalment will give you warm nostalgic feelings—as it did for me. Maybe its connection to the br...

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‘1917’ is a masterstroke of spectacle filmmaking

Daniel PattersonJanuary 3, 2020

Sam Mendes’s (American Beauty, Jarhead, Skyfall) 1917 is a film which will undoubtedly be called gimmicky by many. So much of what’s dominated the marketing in ...

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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ is a frustrating end to the saga

Daniel PattersonDecember 28, 2019

This article contains discusses multiple plot elements I love Star Wars. I hugely enjoy The Force Awakens and adore The Last Jedi. That’s why it hurts every ...

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