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Splitsville (MA) – 105 minutes
Splitsville lifts the bar on quirky comedic relationship breakdowns. Â Carey (Kyle Marvin) is happily married to the love of his life,...
Alex First
Sep 162 min read


Australia 3D: The Wild Continent, at IMAX - 38 minutes
Five years in the making, Australia 3D: The Wild Continent presents a stunning showcase of this country’s flora and fauna.  What we see...
Alex First
Sep 162 min read


Kangaroo (PG) - 107 minutes
In this family friendly tale, an ambitious, self-serving, 35-year-old Sydney TV weather presenter makes an unexpected sea change. Â ...
Alex First
Sep 142 min read


Honey Don't! (MA) - 89 minutes
Film noir meets dark comedy with a lesbian lens.  That is the wild ride you are in for when you front up to Honey Don’t!  It is the...
Alex First
Sep 112 min read


The Conjuring: Last Rites
The jump scares in this, the ninth entry in the Conjuring universe, are most effective. Â The fearful utterances of the young man sitting...
Alex First
Sep 93 min read


The Roses (MA) - 105 minutes
The phrase all is fair in love and war is attributed to a book on wit by English author John Lyly in 1579. Â Clearly, acerbic couple Ivy...
Alex First
Sep 92 min read


Weapons (MA) - 128 minutes
The mysterious, dastardly story unfolds via a child narrator who says the events spoken about occurred at her school two years ago. Â So,...
Alex First
Aug 303 min read


Sorry, Baby (M) – 103 minutes
Sensitive and insightful, moving, distressing and, at times, amusing, Sorry, Baby focuses on Agnes (Eva Victor) who is trying to figure...
Alex First
Aug 292 min read


Caught Stealing (MA) – 106 minutes
Caught Stealing, by the Oscar nominated director of Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, is an adrenaline pumping ride. Â Set in 1998, it...
Alex First
Aug 282 min read


Eddington (MA) – 148 minutes
The world has gone crazy. How often did you hear those words or similar utterances during COVID-19? Â It is May 2020 and the preposterous...
Alex First
Aug 213 min read


Fight or Flight (MA) – 102 minutes
Not snakes on plane, but killers – hordes of them.  In that regard, Fight or Flight shares pedigree with Bullet Train (2022), the...
Alex First
Aug 203 min read


Together (MA) – 102 minutes
The mysterious and the unnatural collide with devastating consequences in the psychological body horror Together. Â Tim (Dave Franco) is...
Alex First
Aug 192 min read


Nobody 2 (MA) - 89 minutes
We first encountered the seemingly mild-mannered husband and father of two Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk), whose life was drab and routine,...
Alex First
Aug 183 min read


The Stolen Painting (M) - 91 minutes
The ultimate find for an art auction house is when a painting from one of the Masters thought lost or destroyed turns up unexpectedly …...
Alex First
Aug 172 min read


Freakier Friday (PG) – 111 minutes
Everything old is new again.  That popular expression could apply to the sequel to Disney’s Freaky Friday, which again features Jamie...
Alex First
Aug 163 min read


When Fall is Coming (M) – 103 minutes
Can you truly escape your past? That is the question at the heart of When Fall is Coming. Â Retired grandmother Michelle Giraud (Helen...
Alex First
Aug 162 min read


Relay (M) – 112 minutes
A thriller centred around a fixer who negotiates deals between corrupt corporations and whistleblowers, Relay becomes more tightly wound...
Alex First
Aug 153 min read


The Life of Chuck (M) – 111 minutes
To live a life that is worthwhile and meaningful, one from which you can derive joy. Â That is what I take away from The Life of Chuck,...
Alex First
Aug 123 min read


Bride Hard (M) – 105 minutes
For a maid of honour, Sam (Rebel Wilson) makes a formidable secret agent. Â Let me explain. Â Sam has been best friends with bride to be...
Alex First
Jul 292 min read


The Fantastic Four: First Steps (PG) – 114 minutes
Pregnancy, motherhood and girl power are the keys to the success of this reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise. Â The location is a...
Alex First
Jul 233 min read
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