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The Penguin Lessons (M) – 110 minutes
Take a disillusioned Englishman, drop him in the middle of a hotbed of discontent, add the surprise appearance of a penguin and, voila,...
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May 8, 20253 min read


The Salt Path (M) – 115 minutes
The odds are well and truly stacked against you, but you feel you have nothing more left to lose. That was the situation that...
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May 7, 20253 min read


Thunderbolts* (PG) – 127 minutes
The director of the CIA and powerful head of a shadowy cutting edge tech company Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is...
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May 4, 20253 min read


Monsieur Aznavour (M) – 134 minutes
Driven and never satisfied, the life of one of the great singer/songwriters is put under the microscope in Monsieur Aznavour. The movie...
Alex First
Apr 30, 20252 min read


The Correspondent (M) - 119 minutes
Highly regarded Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested by Egyptian authorities in Cairo on 29th December, 2013. He was working...
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Apr 26, 20252 min read


Misericordia (R) - 104 minutes
Misericordia is a dark French comedy, cum psychological drama, set in a village where residents hardly sleep at night and there is a...
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Apr 25, 20252 min read


Hysteria - 104 minutes
Shocking, racially motivated fires – arson – in Germany in 1993 resulted in the death of five Turks. More than 30 years later, Mehmet...
Alex First
Apr 24, 20252 min read


The Accountant 2 (MA) – 133 minutes
To say there is a lot going on in The Accountant 2 is an understatement. It is a high stakes crime thriller with comedic elements. ...
Alex First
Apr 23, 20252 min read


The Seed of the Sacred Fig (M) – 168 minutes
Set in Tehran, this Oscar nominated film for Best International Feature is a distressing, but compelling watch. For the past 20 years,...
Alex First
Apr 21, 20253 min read


Drop (MA) - 95 minutes
An entertaining psychological thriller, Drop involves menacing trolling in the most unlikely of circumstances. Violet (Meghann Fahy) is...
Alex First
Apr 19, 20253 min read


Sinners (MA) - 137 minutes
Evil pervades in the fifth collaboration between writer and director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Fruitvale...
Alex First
Apr 19, 20253 min read


Warfare - 95 minutes
Intense, traumatising and authentic, Warfare continues co-writer and co-director Alex Garland’s (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Civil War)...
Alex First
Apr 9, 20253 min read


A Minecraft Movie (PG) – 101 minutes
A fantasy, adventure, comedy based on the highly successful 2011 videogame, it centres on good and evil, and a portal to other worlds. ...
Alex First
Apr 7, 20253 min read


Small Things Like These (M) - 98 minutes
Cloaked in mystery, Small Things Like These is an atmospheric, heartfelt elegy, featuring a phenomenal leading performance from Cillian...
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Apr 5, 20253 min read


Oh, Canada (M) - 91 minutes
Oh, Canada is a confessional … a reckoning for a dying man. Writer and director Paul Schrader collaborated with actor Richard Gere 45...
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Mar 30, 20253 min read


A Working Man (MA) - 117 minutes
I cringe when I say this, but here is another one man against the world movie. Think quiet assassin. Action heroes like Sylvester...
Alex First
Mar 28, 20253 min read


Snow White (PG) - 109 minutes
With charming characters and impressive special effects, the reimagined Snow White is delightful. The original 1937 animated film Snow...
Alex First
Mar 23, 20253 min read


The Alto Knights (MA) - 123 minutes
The Alto Knights has a Goodfellas feel about it and for good reason. It is written by Nicholas Pileggi who co-wrote that highly lauded...
Alex First
Mar 22, 20252 min read


Black Bag (M) - 93 minutes
British intelligence is under the microscope in Black Bag. George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) is an elite operative at Britain’s...
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Mar 15, 20253 min read


Spit (M) - 102 minutes
The filmmakers have dipped back into the well and reprised an iconic Australian character. I speak of Johnny Spitieri (aka Johnny...
Alex First
Mar 12, 20252 min read
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