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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 29, 20252 min read


Caught Stealing (MA) – 106 minutes
Caught Stealing, by the Oscar nominated director of Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, is an adrenaline pumping ride. Set in 1998, it...
Alex First
Aug 28, 20252 min read


Eddington (MA) – 148 minutes
The world has gone crazy. How often did you hear those words or similar utterances during COVID-19? It is May 2020 and the preposterous...
Alex First
Aug 21, 20253 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 20, 20253 min read


Together (MA) – 102 minutes
The mysterious and the unnatural collide with devastating consequences in the psychological body horror Together. Tim (Dave Franco) is...
Alex First
Aug 19, 20252 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 18, 20253 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 17, 20252 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 16, 20253 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. Retired grandmother Michelle Giraud (Helen...
Alex First
Aug 16, 20252 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 15, 20253 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. That is what I take away from The Life of Chuck,...
Alex First
Aug 12, 20253 min read


Bride Hard (M) – 105 minutes
For a maid of honour, Sam (Rebel Wilson) makes a formidable secret agent. Let me explain. Sam has been best friends with bride to be...
Alex First
Jul 29, 20252 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. The location is a...
Alex First
Jul 23, 20253 min read


The Friend (M) – 119 minutes
If you die and you leave behind a beloved dog that is pining for you – in this case a Great Dane – what happens to that dog? That is...
Alex First
Jul 23, 20253 min read


I Know What You Did Last Summer (MA) – 111 minutes
It is happening again. A crazed killed is on the loose in the seaport town of Southport, North Carolina. It is, of course, a throwback...
Alex First
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Superman (M) - 129 minutes
Huge on effects, writer and director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) takes Superman into a newly imagined DC universe. The film’s...
Alex First
Jul 15, 20252 min read


The Divine Sarah Bernhardt (MA) - 98 minutes
Start with the facts and lace it with fiction. That is what screenwriter Nathalie Leuthreau and director Guillaume Nicloux have done...
Alex First
Jul 13, 20253 min read


Second Victims, part of the 2025 Scandinavian Film Festival - 92 minutes
What happens if you are a doctor and make a questionable call? Not just any questionable call, but one that can mean the difference...
Alex First
Jul 10, 20252 min read


The Unholy Trinity (MA) – 93 minutes
Of late, big screen movie Westerns have all but gone the way of the dodo bird, so The Unholy Trinity is a welcome change of pace. It is...
Alex First
Jul 6, 20253 min read


Jurassic World Rebirth (M) – 133 minutes
Box office success spawns sequels. Dinosaurs have always been big business, so why would the studio stop at the trilogy of Jurassic...
Alex First
Jul 3, 20253 min read
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