On The Screen Review: Biggest Little Farm
Con's Score: 4 Free Rang Eggs
Sometimes what can sound like a twee documentary about a couple making a sea change can be as illuminating as it is moving, and as visually engaging as any...
On The Screen Review: Bombshell
Con's Score: 3.5 Right-Wing Ratbags
Watching the internal workings of the Republican propaganda machine, otherwise known as Fox News, can be difficult. Anytime a female characters is called a feminist, they deny it quickly and...
On The Screen: Little Women
Con’s Score: 3 Spoonfulls Of Sugar
The March family lives in Massachusetts, and their father, (Bob Odenkirk) who’s a pastor, is off saving souls during the civil war. Their mother, Marmee (Laura Dern) is saving...
On The Screen Review: The Truth
Con's Score: 3.5 Tortoises
It’s risky making a movie about an actress called “The Truth”. After all, actors are professional schizophrenics, who pretend to be other people, uttering words given to them by insecure writers....
On The Screen Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Con's Score: 4.5 Flames
This is the second film we’ve seen this year about the art of painting. It’s easy to fall into the craft and dazzle us with the artist’s tricks. It’s much harder...
On The Screen Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Con's Score: 3.5 Light Sabres
Star Wars means so much to so many. I remember queuing up twice to get tickets back in 1977, and sitting on the footpath waiting for The Empire Strikes Back....
On The Screen Review: Little Monsters
Con's Score: 3 /5 Ukuleles
The zombie movie genre has now morphed into so many variations, it might need its own awards night. Australian writer-director Abe Forsythe has now given us a zom-rom-com with a...
On The Screen Review: Knives Out
Con's Score: 4.5 Cuts
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good murder-mystery , although this is more of a suicide-mystery. Catching crims through superior technology is more the go these days than clever...
On The Screen Review: Suzie Q
Con's Score: 3.5 Wild Ones
What is surprising about this first documentary about the Queen of Rock, Suzie Quatro, is that it’s Australian and financed by Film Victoria and Screen Australia. Suzie Kay Quatro was...
On The Screen Review: Judy & Punch
Con's Score: 2.5 Big Sticks
In a little 17th century town caked Seaside, there’s a marionette show called Punch and Judy that all the locals go to. Pity they don’t like to pay. It’s the...