film review
Big Screen: The Gift
Joel Edgerton’s cast of frowny faced white guys returns in The Gift, leaving Sam Clark wondering just why Edgerton can’t stop making his characters suffer.
Big Screen: Dope
Dope’s main character is so far removed from any teenager who’s ever walked the earth that Sam Clark can’t help but feel the whole thing is phoney. He also can’t shake the feeling that somehow, it works.
Big Screen :: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation features more of Tom Cruise doing crazy shit and running really fast, and Sam Clark reminds you that that’s what you really go to see those movies for.
Little Screen :: Carl Barron’s ‘Manny Lewis’ review
Iced vovos and sipping tea through tim tams… Carl Barron makes his cinematic debut as actor and writer in this enjoyable Aussie comedy about the dual nature of fame, healing love and family solidarity.
Big Screen :: Chappie
Die Antwoord’s Yolandi and Ninja star alongside an A.I. police robot named Chappie. Yep. Could the new Neil Blomkamp film get any stranger?
Big Screen :: Inherent Vice
“It looks and feels like nothing released right now. Like it was actually made in 1970 and just lost.” Sam Clark really wanted to love Inherent Vice, but even after reading the book and watching the film, he’s still not sure what happens…
Little Screen :: The Ever After
Aussie/American production ‘The Ever After’ explores a marriage that has flat-lined. The film has an erratic structure, off beat acting and experimental camera techniques, making it a refreshing watch – free of the sugar-coating from the Hollywood factory.
Big Screen :: Jupiter Ascending
Sam Clark reviews Jupiter Ascending, a film about a half-man half-dog from outer space who rescues a cleaning lady named Jupiter from invisible rat monsters using some kind of anti gravity roller skates.
Big Screen :: The Interview
Sam Clark takes a look at the film that caused a hostile hermit nation to (almost) bring down a major movie studio, had the entire American cinema industry cowering into a ball, and is completely obsessed with buttholes.
Big Screen :: Kingsman: The Secret Service
Sam Clark admits that Kingsman is “a crazy, hyper-violent cartoon complete with an insane, horrifying and hilarious massacre… in a church” – but he totally loved it.