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Snow White (PG) - 109 minutes
With charming characters and impressive special effects, the reimagined Snow White is delightful. Â The original 1937 animated film Snow...
Alex First
3 days ago3 min read


The Alto Knights (MA) - 123 minutes
The Alto Knights has a Goodfellas feel about it and for good reason. Â It is written by Nicholas Pileggi who co-wrote that highly lauded...
Alex First
4 days ago2 min read


Black Bag (M) - 93 minutes
British intelligence is under the microscope in Black Bag.  George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) is an elite operative at Britain’s...
Alex First
Mar 153 min read


Spit (M) - 102 minutes
The filmmakers have dipped back into the well and reprised an iconic Australian character. Â I speak of Johnny Spitieri (aka Johnny...
Alex First
Mar 122 min read


Inside (MA) – 104 minutes
Tough, gritty and unrelenting comes this hard knuckle prison story involving some seriously bad offenders. Â At the tender age of 12, Mel...
Alex First
Mar 72 min read


Mickey 17 (M) - 137 minutes
It is 2054 and Earth is in trouble, so droves of people are taking up the opportunity for interplanetary relocation. Â A man who has...
Alex First
Mar 62 min read


I'm Still Here (M) - 137 minutes
A military dictatorship overthrew a democratically elected regime in Brazil in 1964 and stayed in power for 21 years. Â During that time,...
Alex First
Feb 262 min read


The Last Showgirl (M) - 89 minutes
A gritty piece about the travails of an ageing Las Vegas showgirl and those around her, The Last Showgirl feels real. Â Back in the day,...
Alex First
Feb 213 min read


The Monkey (MA) - 98 minutes
This is a film with heaps of dastardly monkeying about. Â Over the top. You betcha. It revels in beheadings, spearing, disembowelment...
Alex First
Feb 213 min read


A Little Something Extra - 99 minutes
This feel-good comedy was the number one hit at the French box office last year. Â Surpassing more than 10 million admissions, it became...
Alex First
Feb 162 min read


Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (M) - 125 minutes
What a joy laden movie. This could just be the best of the four Bridget Jones films, that date back to 2001 and we have had to wait nine...
Alex First
Feb 133 min read


Presence (MA) - 84 minutes
A supernatural force is present in the house Rebekah (Lucy Liu), her husband Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their teenage children Tyler...
Alex First
Feb 82 min read


September 5 (M) – 95 minutes
It was the day live sports coverage became live news coverage of the most heinous kind. Â That was September 5, 1972. The setting: the...
Alex First
Feb 82 min read


Babygirl (MA) - 114 minutes
To the outside world she has the perfect life. She is CEO of her own company that is going places. Â She has a doting theatre director...
Alex First
Feb 23 min read


Maria (M) - 123 minutes
Lauded American born Greek opera singer Maria Callas’ (2nd December 1923 – 16th September 1977) final days are captured in Maria.  By...
Alex First
Feb 22 min read

Sing Sing (MA) – 106 minutes
A moving tale of rehabilitation, featuring many convicted criminals playing themselves, it is based on a theatre group at the notorious...
Alex First
Jan 273 min read


Flight Risk (M) - 92 minutes
So far over the top, but fun, Flight Risk is a guilty pleasure. Â It is all about carrying a government witness across hostile terrain to...
Alex First
Jan 262 min read


A Complete Unknown (M) - 141 minutes
Bob Dylan is his own man, someone who has forged his own path in music, not restricted by convention. Â A Complete Unknown focuses on...
Alex First
Jan 192 min read


The Brutalist (MA) – 215 minutes
Stunning. A masterpiece. Â The Brutalist is a richly woven tale of pain and perseverance. It is the film of the year that, at the very...
Alex First
Jan 182 min read


Wolf Man (MA) - 103 minutes
What should and does one do if one’s loving husband/father turns into a wild animal – I mean literally a wild animal?  In a nutshell,...
Alex First
Jan 163 min read
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