GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5) Rated: PG Director: Taika Waititi Based on the book: ‘Wild Pork and Watercress’, written by Barry Crump Cast: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Oscar Kightley, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Troy Kingi, Cohen Holloway, Stan Walker, Mike Minogue, Hamish Parkinson, Lloyd Scott. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is tongue-in-cheek... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Screenplay: Robert Carlock Based on: ‘The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,’ by Kim Barker Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thorton, Steve Peacocke; Christopher Abbott. Comedy/War/Drama? Kim is a 40-year-old copy writer who spends her time on... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5) Director: Paul Ireland Screenplay: Damien Hill Cast: Damien Hill, John Brumpton, Maeve Dermody, Mark Coles Smith, Kerry Armstrong, Malcolm Kennard, Brad McMurray, John Orcsik, Mark Silveira. A day in the suburb of Footscray. Pawno is a well-paced, character driven film with a great soundtrack. This is a snapshot of Footscray culture... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.9/5) Director: Gavin Hood Screenplay: Guy Hibbert Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Lain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Northam. I was completely absorbed by this film, from beginning to end. I’m not a fan of war movies. I find the violence a little too real and disturbing because it... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.2/5) Directed by: Simon Stone Produced by: Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue Screenplay by: Simon Stone Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Mirada Otto, Anna Torv, Odessa Young, Sam Neill. An Australian film based on a play by Henrik Ibsen, ‘The Wild Duck’. After Henry (Jeoffrey Rush) closes down the timber mill, the... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.7/5) Directed and Written by: Peter Landesman. Based on: an exposé, ‘Game Brain’ published in GQ, 2009, by Jeanne Marie Laskas. Starring: Will Smith, Alac Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard, David Morse, Paul Reiser, Albert Brooks. Based on an exposé, ‘Game Brain’, Concussion is based on the true story of a Nigerian... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★ Written and Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino Music Composed by: David Lang Starring: Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Mădălina Diana Ghenea and Paul Dano. Youth is a meandering journey of many moments caught of people coming to terms with their lives. Opening with a band playing, a close up of... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5) Director: Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu Writers: Mark L. Smith and Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu Based in part on the novel by Michael Punke, ‘The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge’. Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Starring: Leonardo Di Caprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poutter and Domhnall Gleeson. Revenant: A person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead. Hugh Glass... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★☆ (2.8/5) Directed by: Angelina Jolie Pitt Written by: Angelina Jolie Pitt Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer The drinking, the smoking, the difficult relationship and the seaside… If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I was about to watch a film based on a... Read More »
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★★ Rated: MA15+ Director: Denis Villeneuve Written by: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin. I can’t fault this film. This is a story of Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) an FBI Critical Incident Response Group Agent, thrown into the world of a Mexican drug cartel and the CIA’s fight to... Read More »