Romeo and Juliet Released in 1936 Director George Cukor Starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore Rated G Score 3/6 Romeo and Juliet Released in 1968 Director Franco Zeffirelli Starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery Rated PG Score 5/6 Romeo and Juliet Released in 1996 Director Baz Luhrmann Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John…
Movie Reviews
A Night at the Movies ….. Indie Style
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Presented by Alexander O. Montgomery Director Tritia DeViSha Score 5/6 An exploration of the underground world of indie movies, filmed live at the Loop Bar in Melbourne, Australia. Before we get to far into things, if you want to watch A night at the movies …. Indie Style its currently available on YouTube. For those…
Japanese Film Festival – Samurai Shifters
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Director Isshin Inudo Starring Gen Hoshino, Issey Takahashi and Mitsuki Takahata Rated Unclassified all ages Score 5/6 Socially awkward Katagiri Harunosuke is a samurai librarian stuck between a rock and the entire Echisen Matsudaira samurai clan. Threatened with harakiri, he is forced to take charge of a large-scale mission to relocate the whole town on…
Japanese Film Festival – My Dad is a Heel Wrestler
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Director Kyohei Fujimura Starring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshino Kimura and Kokoro Terada Rated Unclassified all ages Score 6/6 Pro wrestling champion Hiroshi Tanahashi makes his acting debut as the gentle giant dad to nine-year-old Shota, whose understanding of goodies versus baddies is challenged in the wrestling arena when he discovers his father is actually the despicable…
Japanese Film Festival – Little Love Song
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Director Kojiro Hashimoto Starring Kazuhiko Kanayama, Gordon Maeda and Yuki Morinaga Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 6/6 Life in Okinawa has never looked sweeter for four high schoolers in a pop-rock band that sings catchy songs that evoke images of love and vibrant youth. All that changes when one evening a band member is tragically killed…
Japanese Film Festival – Kingdom
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Director Shinsuke Sato Starring Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa & Kanna Hashimoto Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 6/6 China during 475-221 BC. The tale follows two boys orphaned by war, Shin and Hyou who grow up in a peasant village. They’re determined to become the greatest army generals the world has ever seen! They’re working towards their…
Cat Shit One
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Director Kazuya Sasahara Starring Tom Flynn, Satoshi Hino, Will Prescott Rated M Score 6/6 A group of desert terrorists kidnap the civilians. A team of rabbit commando, Packy and Botasky, from the Carrot Mystery Service, a private military company, witness a murder of an escaping hostage. Afraid that the rest of the hostages will undergo…
The Furies
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Director Tony D’Aquino Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo, Taylor Ferguson Rated R 18+ Score 5/6 The Furies is coming to cinemas on November 7 2019 A woman is kidnapped and finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men. Last year when I got the chance to talk…
Nekrotonic
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Director Kiah Roache-Turner Starring Ben O’Toole, Monica Bellucci, Caroline Ford Rated MA Score 5/6 A man who discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet. I was a little excited when I came across this one because the Roache-Turner brothers wrote and…
Detective Pikachu
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Director Rob Letterman Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton Rated PG Score 4.5/6 When ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself.…