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Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (PG) – 110 minutes
Colour, movement and hijinks are back in the latest instalment of the video game spin off Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Â Sonic (Ben Schwartz)...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20243 min read
Better Man (MA) – 135 minutes
Let’s clear up the most obvious question about Better Man, so I can get on with talking about the film.  Yes, Robbie Williams’ biopic...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read
The Room Next Door (M) – 107 minutes
Euthanasia is the subject of famed auteur Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, The Room Next Door – his first in English.  Successful author...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20243 min read
Parthenope (MA) – 137 minutes
Beauty, love and life are on show in Parthenope, the name of a very attractive woman. Â Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) was born in the...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read
All We Imagine as Light (M) – 118 minutes
Set in Mumbai and in an Indian seaside village, All We Imagine as Light is an empathetic, slice of life film that focuses on the fate of...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read
Anora (MA) - 139 minutes
A Russian/American stripper and escort meets the young, irresponsible son of a Russian oligarch and they set off into the sunset...


Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read
Black Dog (M) - 110 minutes
Redemption is at the heart of the Chinese drama Black Dog, set on the edge of the Gobi Desert just before the 2008 Olympic Games in...


Alex First
Dec 1, 20242 min read
Heretic (MA) - 112 minutes
A taut, compelling psychological thriller cum horror, Heretic concerns a couple of Church of Latter-Day Saints’ missionaries who knock on...


Alex First
Nov 28, 20242 min read
Moana 2 (PG) - 100 minutes
Picking up three years after Moana (2016), this sequel reunites Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) with demi-god Maui (voice of Dwayne...


Alex First
Nov 28, 20243 min read
Goodrich (M) - 111 minutes
Goodrich is a coming-of-age story about a man whose life has been consumed by work. Â Andy Goodrich (Michael Keaton) has owned a boutique...


Alex First
Nov 28, 20242 min read
Your Monster (M) - 102 minutes
Beauty and the Beast never looked so good. Â My Monster is one wild, romantic, vengeful ride. Â It is about an aspiring actress who gets...


Alex First
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Wicked Part I (PG) - 160 minutes
Wicked, the extended musical, of which this 160-minute epic is only part I of 2, is a grand spectacle. Â It looks magnificent on the big...


Alex First
Nov 17, 20242 min read
Audrey (MA) - 96 minutes
Imbued with a larrikin, pitch black sense of humour, I didn’t quite know what hit me when I started watching Audrey.  It is a ribald and...


Alex First
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Hard Truths - 97 minutes
Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky) continues his gritty filmmaking endeavours with his 23rd film, the tragicomedy Hard Truths. Â Middle aged...


Alex First
Oct 28, 20242 min read
A Real Pain - 90 minutes
Jesse Eisenberg has used his Jewish family’s roots to craft a fictitious story about cousins making a pilgrimage to their late...


Alex First
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Ghostlight (M) - 116 minutes
A deeply affecting tale about love and loss, Ghostlight is harrowing, sensitive and comedic. Â It concerns the trials and tribulations of...


Alex First
Oct 3, 20242 min read
The Critic (M) - 99 minutes
What weight should one assign to the critic? Enormous, if there is any truth to what is contained in this searing period drama cum...


Alex First
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Joker: Folie a Deux (MA) – 138 minutes
The second instalment of Joker is in significant part a musical. Who would have thought that, notwithstanding the starring role for Lady...


Alex First
Aug 23, 20242 min read
Take My Hand (M) - 102 minutes
Inspired by real life events, Take My Hand is a heart wrenching love story that spans decades.  Laura is still a schoolgirl – whose...


Alex First
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Sleeping Dogs (MA) - 111 minutes
Roy Freeman (Russell Crowe) was unceremoniously booted from the police force after a drunk driving accident. He has since being diagnosed...
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