New Francis Ford Coppola movie ‘Megalopolis’ is a mega flop at the box office
When you hear the name Francis Ford Coppola, you immediately think big. Epic movies such as Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy have cemented Coppola’s name…
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival returns to Perth this October
Presented by Palace in association with Luna Palace, the ST. ALi Italian Film Festival takes place across various venues: Palace Raine Square, Luna Leederville, Luna on SX and…
Get set for a strange, tainted and twisted film, darling
Luna Palace Cinemas are certainly stepping up their game with their film selections being far more exciting and enticing than those offered by the bigger chain…
‘Twisters’: a disaster film with plenty of thrills but not much realistic value
Action blockbuster Twisters, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, is not exactly a sequel, rather a thinly connected spin-off (pardon the pun) to the original 1996 disaster…
“The dingo’s got mey bayiby”: a look at terrible “Australian” accents in film
Unless you’re from this great land of ours, the Australian accent is notoriously difficult to mimic on film – to the point that even professional actors…
‘Exhumed’ festival dusts off a stack of old (and one new) film tins to play cult and classic movies in their original format
You may not always notice it but many movies these days are shot on cheaper digital and not in the traditional film format. As of 2017,…
‘Monkey Man’: violence on celluloid has never looked more poetic
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) directs, co-writes and stars in Monkey Man, a passion project inspired by childhood stories told by his Indian grandfather. The film took…
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ not exactly ‘War & Peace’ but then did you really expect to be?
I don’t quite mind the new Ghostbusters movie, subtitled ‘Frozen Empire’. Did it have to be made? Certainly not. There’s nothing epic about the film, not…
Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ paints a fairer picture of the Emperor than any depictions in British history
If you think you have too much drama going on in your life, spare a thought for Napoleon. Becoming an army general at 26 and having…
WIN! Double passes to Emerald Fennell’s new mystery drama ‘Saltburn’
Welcome to Saltburn. Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place…
The Exorcist: Believer – double the trouble and twice the twisted terror
When the creators of the original The Exorcist made the proclamation it was “the scariest movie of all time”, they weren’t kidding. Despite it obviously falling…
Why you must see ‘Sound Of Freedom’ – the film that exposes the horrifying trade of child sex trafficking
There has been a lot of talk about the new movie Sound Of Freedom; not on the usual mainstream channels but within countless threads across social…
Why all the pretty pastels in the world won’t save Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ from bombing
Wes Anderson’s latest film Asteroid City is really one made for ardent Wes Anderson fans only. Anyone else may not forgive the director for going too…
