The premise of Green Book on paper doesn’t seem like much. On screen, however, it comes alive very vividly and oh-so memorably, capturing a rare spark between two great actors while maintaining a fire in its belly.
It’s been a fascinatingly even year in film, with several big Academy Awards categories wide open. Leigh Paastch takes a look at the sure-bets, maybes and the unlucky few robbed of even a nomination.
Leigh Paatsch and Cameron Adams pick the winners at the 2019 Golden Globes, which could throw up a few surprises.
With the new reboot of Mary Poppins hitting the big screen there are lots of reasons to escape the heat and cool down with a range of Hollywood box office hits at the movies.
DELIVER Us From Evil: While trace elements of this horror flick do have a capacity to truly horrify, the bulk of it is just truly horrible.
DEVIL’S Knot: Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth star in the story of a real life triple murder and the teens accused of the horrific crime.
WORDS and Pictures: Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche’s sparring and swinging at each other as they shimmy closer to an inevitable clinch is a delight to watch.
SNOWPIERCER: 10,000 survivors travel the globe by train after a man-made Ice Age, but this is still a world of haves and have-nots and not everyone is prepared to stay in their place.
CHARLIE’S Country: There is no point in trying to spot where the real David Gulpilil ends and the character of Charlie begins in this award-winning performance.
SEX Tape: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel make the mistake of recharging the batteries of a flat marriage by sneaking a camera into the bedroom.
VENUS in Fur: Mathieu Amalric is a dead-ringer for a younger Roman Polanski in this ever-intensifying war of words, wills and talents.
REACHING for the Moon: Miranda Otto stars in the true story of a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who becomes the lover of a famous female architect.
STILL Life: A story about death, loneliness and life’s squandered chances proves unexpectedly warm and comforting.
REVIEW: Whether you attend this movie as a deep thinker or a thrill seeker, Dawn of the planet of the Apes will deliver everything you want.
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