Director Richard Bracewell Starring Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas Rated PG Score 3.5/6 What really happened during Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream. Bill is the first film to be made by the Horrible Histories team, Horrible Histories is a children’s sketch comedy series based…
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The Olden Days
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Director Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy Staring Tony Martin, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy With Ideas and Interference from Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch & Jason Stephens Rated M Score 5.5/6 The Australian goldfields period drama Rush (1974) was given The Late Show treatment with a slick re-editing and re-voicing which produced absurd plotlines,…
The Peanuts Movie
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Director Steve Martino Starring Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller Rated G Score 6/6 Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life. It…
Bargearse
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Director Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy Staring Tony Martin, Rob Sitch, Judith Lucy With Largely Ignored Suggestions By Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Judith Lucy, Rob Sitch & Jason Stephens Rated M Score 6/6 Bargearse was spawn from the hit TV show, The Late Show. It was originally titled Bluey and made in the 70’s.…
Dumb Criminals : The Movie
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Director Paul Fenech Starring Paul Fenech, Kevin Taumata, Angry Anderson, Ashley Avci, Tahir Bilgic Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Rabbit and Rongo, two dumb but kind-hearted criminals, want to help a young girl get the medical treatment she needs. Inspired by true crimes around the world, they attempt to raise money through a series of dumb…
Inside Out
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Director Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen Staring Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling & Phyllis Smith Rated PG Score 5/6 After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to navigate a new…
Japanese Film Festival: Princess Jellyfish & 100 Yen Love
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Okay, now for the last two movies that I saw on the Canberra Leg of the Japanese Film Festival. Yes it’s true that I had originally planned to see five movies at the festival but a complimentary ticket from one of the people running the festival because they appreciated that I had seen so many…
Japanese Film Festival: Assassination Classroom
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Director Eichiro Hasumi Staring Ryosuke Yamada, Masaki Suda, Maika Yamamoto, Kanna Hashimoto, Seishiro Kato, Kang Ji-Young Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 4.5/6 Assassination Classroom follows Class 3-E, a ragtag group of students who are tasked with assassinating a seemingly invincible yellow tentacled alien monster. The alien monster also happens to be their teacher and he is…
Japanese Film Festival: Library Wars The Last Mission & The Ninja War of Torakage
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For this particular review I thought I would do something a little different and review two movies in one post. I suppose there are two reasons for doing this because even though they are not sequels I watched them back to back at the Japanese Film Festival and well because I can. Director Shinsuke Sato…
The Intern
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Director Nancy Myers Staring Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo Rated M Score 3/6 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.…