Movie theatres worldwide owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Cruise. Top Gun Maverick has brought the masses back in droves with box office takings to the sequel of the 1986 original closing in on US$350 million, after only a week of release. Continue reading Top Gun Maverick
Robert Eggers is an indie storyteller venturing into the mainstream. His previous two creations, the gothic slow burner ‘The Witch’ (2015) and weirdly funny ‘The Lighthouse’ (2019) both became under the radar cult classics. Now, with his major studio debut ‘The Northman’ the 38-year-old Director was banking on taking his dark vision to the masses. Continue reading The Northman
5. The Greatest events of World War 2 in colour
Season 1
This ten-episode Netflix doco gave an interesting and at times harrowing account of the key battles and moments that defined the six-year global conflict. Continue reading The Top 5 TV Shows of 2021
This movie is a banger; it’s bigger, bolder and louder than the original. We get more Alien and the scares are up front, in your face. The history of sequels are littered with poor imitations or just downright disasters of their originals, but this comes damn close to outdoing ‘A Quiet Place’, which raked in almost $400 million at the box office. Continue reading A Quiet Place Part 2
SBS has a bona fide gem on their hands with this Italian crime drama. ‘The Wire’ was the best show I’ve seen in this genre, but this comes close, damn close. ‘Gomorrah’ is a TV series based on the book of the same name by Roberto Saviano, published in 2006. Continue reading Gomorrah
An old Confederate army Captain, Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) finds a young girl cowering in the bush, she speaks in the Kiowa tongue, a Native American language, she is the only one to survive an ambush. Continue reading News of the World
It’s hard to beat a gritty Australian thriller, especially one set in a dusty desolate country town where you don’t exactly know who is the villain. Aaron (Eric Bana) is a federal cop living in the city, he’s haunted by the death of a teenage girl decades earlier in the country town he grew up in. The girl was someone he loved. Continue reading The Dry
My movie nerd status has officially been locked in. About a week ago I started a spreadsheet that currently spans close to 200 movies. I was sick of scanning the streaming services looking for something to watch and coming up with nada. Continue reading I am a Movie Nerd
5. Sputnik
In the Soviet Union era of the 1980’s a Russian Cosmonaut crash lands back to Earth, but he’s not alone, an Alien has hitched a ride in the most disturbing way possible. ‘Sputnik’ isn’t for the easily squeamish but its intelligent, compelling and has enough twists to surprise; think of it as a cross between ‘Alien’ and ‘The Thing’. Continue reading The Top 5 Movies of 2020
5. Ray Donovan
Season 7
Revenge has been a running theme through this show, season after season it drives one of our favorite good/bad guys, but in this season it becomes a lot more personal for Ray when he learns the truth about his sisters death all those years ago. Continue reading The Top 5 TV Shows of 2020