On The Screen Review: All About Eve
Con's Score: 3.5 scratches
A famous old film script has drawn the attention of a famous actress , Gillian Anderson Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Fall, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and a younger...
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: 2040
Rylan's Score: 4.5 Green Stars
Global warming. Climate change. Those words usually send people around the pub table into a frenzied shit-storm of an argument. Most of the time this will include denial, pessimism, or...
On The Screen Review: The Nightingale
Con's Score: 3.5 Blackbirds
The only real conflict experienced on Australian soil was “The Black Wars” against the Indigenous Australians. I don’t have to tell you the black fellas lost. In Tasmania they were wiped out....
On The Screen Review: Maria by Callas
Con's Score: 4 Divas
The tricky title comes from an answer Maria Callas gave to interviewer David Frost, where she says she feels like two people are inside her. The plain Maria, who wants to be...
TN On The Screen Review: The House With a Clock in its Walls
2.5 Jack (Black) lanterns
The long title tells you this isn’t a serious story, especially with Jack Black in the credits. If it’s haunted houses, crazy creatures and fantasy you’re expecting, then you’re at the...
On The Screen Review: Tully
Con's Score: 4 Diapers
I’m not a parent but the appeal of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody (writer of Juno) coming together with Charlize Therone is hard to resist, even if the topic didn’t appeal.
Charlize...
On The Screen Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Con's Score: 4 Jars of beer
Beale Street is an important street in African-American history. It’s where Louis Armstrong and the Memphis blues were were born, but this adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel isn't about...
On The Screen Review: Fear
"Bamba’s character is under developed but the lack of communication between them allows Svetla’s character to open up. It’s a nice festival find." Con Nats 3.5 /5 old suitcases
There's a great range of...
On The Screen Reviews: The Favourite
Con's Score: 4.5 pineapple slices
Giving a period piece to a director like Yiorgos Lanthimos, known for his absurd sense of humour, is a risky choice. In the case of The Favourite it’s an inspired one.
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