Movie Reviews

Grosse Pointe Blank

Director George Armitage Stars John Cusack, Minnie Driver & Dan Aykroyd Rated M Rated 4.5/6 Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. This could be considered…

MDFF- This Man’s Worth

Director Ash Cottrell Rated E Score 5/6 At the conclusion of fulfilling working lives, two very different men, Graeme and Michael, convinced of their loss of identity and disconnection to the world around them, decide that suicide is their only option. Only one man survives the attempt on his life. I think that this might…

MDFF: Belly of the Beast: A Torquay Story

Directors Max Miller & John Teague Rated E Score 5/6 Torquay, Victoria. This is the small town that went global. A quiet coastal community until the booming surf culture swept in and it swelled to become an international surfing mecca that is home to industry brands and colourful personalities. Two hours can be a great…

Most Dangerous Game

Creators Scott Elder, Josh Harmon & Nick Santora Starring Liam Hemsworth & Christoph Waltz Rated R Score 3.5/6 Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that he’s not the hunter –…

Jolt

Director Tanya Wexler Starring Kate Beckinsale, Jai Courtney & Stanley Tucci Rated MA Score 6/6 A bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal. Jolt is one of those movies I can’t help but…

Phone Booth

Director Joel Schumacher Starring Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker Rated M Score 4/6 Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist’s sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help. Screenwriter Larry Cohen originally pitched the concept of a film that takes place entirely within a phone…

MDFF 2023 – The Burnt Half

Director Stephen de Villiers Rated E Score 5/6 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Kangaroo Island, a unique, remote community, where we meet some of the individuals most affected by the 2020 fires and look at the emotional, psychological, and physical toil these individuals had to endure during the fires and their aftermath. Most pressingly, as the…

MDFF 2023 – Kombi Man

Director Jeff Bird Rated E Score 4/6 Afflicted with a serious blood cancer, former psychologist Paul Mutimer hits the road on a fun filled and hilarious adventure to buy a Kombi and explore the meaning of life. Kombi Man is being featured in this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. I hope that there are more…

Fletch

Director Michael Ritchie Starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Score 5/6 Rated M Irwin M. “Fletch” Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job and finding clues when it’s clear the man is healthy. On a whim I brought…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Director James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel,Bradley Cooper Rated M Score 3/6 Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not…