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Summerland (PG) - 99 minutes
A well-meaning but slight portrait of war-time suffering, Summerland feels manufactured throughout. In spite of the subject matter, what...
Alex First
Jan 3, 20212 min read


In the Name of the Land (M) - 104 minutes
It’s a truism to say that life for a farmer is tough and unrelenting, but this French drama based upon fact shows just how hard it can...
Alex First
Jan 2, 20212 min read


Pieces of a Woman (M) - 127 minutes
A deeply traumatic beginning gives way to an emotionally wrought second and third act in Pieces of a Woman. From a well-to-do family,...
Alex First
Jan 2, 20212 min read


After We Collided (M) - 105 minutes
A badly acted telemovie at best, this sequel to 2019’s teen girl drama romance After is significantly worse than the original. English...
Alex First
Dec 31, 20202 min read


Corpus Christi (MA) - 115 minutes
Inspired by reality, Corpus Christi is a searing portrait of crime and redemption. A young man, Daniel (Bartosz Bielenia), locked up in...
Alex First
Dec 29, 20202 min read


Nomadland (M) - 108 minutes
A loner. A highly capable 61-year-old woman with little to her name, averse to the restraints of traditional society norms, leads a...
Alex First
Dec 26, 20202 min read


The Croods: A New Age (PG) - 96 minutes
The collective is stronger than the individual. That simple premise underpins the sequel to the successful film The Croods, which was...
Alex First
Dec 23, 20202 min read


A Christmas Gift from Bob (PG) - 92 minutes
In 2016 we were introduced to a stray ginger cat named Bob who helped a busker and recovering drug addict turn his life around. That...
Alex First
Nov 30, 20202 min read


How Do You Know Chris? (MA) - 86 minutes
A low-rent Australian drama in which very little happens, How Do You Know Chris? is strictly film festival fare. It is the year 2000....
Alex First
Nov 30, 20202 min read


Happiest Season (M) - 102 minutes
Christmas cheer is not all it’s cracked up to be for one “happy” couple. Abby (Kristen Stewart) and Harper (Mackenzie Davis) live...
Alex First
Nov 26, 20202 min read


Let Him Go (M) - 114 minutes
A haunting tale of desperation and regret, Let Him Go packs punch. We’re in rural America in the early 1960s. Diane Lane and Kevin...
Alex First
Nov 25, 20202 min read


2067 (M) - 110 minutes
A poor, long-winded Australian sci-fi, 2067 fails to ignite. The world is dying. The only vestiges of the human race still alive survive...
Alex First
Nov 23, 20202 min read


School Life (PG) - 111 minutes
How tough a job is teaching and disciplining a bunch of lively, but often disinterested and unmotivated students? That contention is at...
Alex First
Nov 23, 20202 min read


Fatman (MA) - 100 minutes
Santa having a Wild West style shoot out isn’t exactly the first thing I think about when contemplating the Fat Man. And yet that is...
Alex First
Nov 19, 20202 min read


The Comeback Trail (M) - 103 minutes
A spoof on mercenary Hollywood producers, featuring three of the biggest and oldest actors in the business, The Comeback Trail delights....
Alex First
Nov 15, 20202 min read


The Bay of Silence (M) - 94 minutes
Something is not quite right with talented, attractive artist Rosalind (Olga Kurylenko – Quantum of Solace). One minute she is exuberant...
Alex First
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Sno Babies (MA) - 109 minutes
A harrowing, slice of life tale about two addicted middle-class teen girls, by its very nature it is difficult – although important – to...
Alex First
Nov 3, 20202 min read


Alone (MA) - 98 minutes
For the most part a two-hander, this psychological thriller set in the Pacific Northwest has twists aplenty and kept me engaged...
Alex First
Oct 27, 20202 min read


Honest Thief (MA) - 100 minutes
Liam Neeson brings his resourceful Taken persona to the lead role in the action crime drama Honest Thief. He plays ex marine Tom who went...
Alex First
Oct 27, 20202 min read


The Mystery of Henri Pick (M) - 101 minutes
He made pizzas for a living in Brittany, in France’s northwest. Who could have guessed Henri Pick was a deep thinking and gifted author...
Alex First
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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