!!!On The Screen Reviews

Con's Score:4.5 Asps The greatest love story ever told is the subject of this month’s NT Live production, starring Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo. Marc Antony (Ralph Fiennes) is romping it up in Egypt with Cleopatra...

Con's Score: 4.5 Dragons I’m not normally a fan of stories about the pain of artists. They feel self indulgent and the audience doesn’t really care. But here we have a gaunt looking Antonio Banderas,...

"Magdalena Kolesnik is superb and uses her moments cleverly...Her portrayal was the sort of delicious surprise film festivals provide, and she made me fall for a character I would normally despise" Con Nats 4...

Con's Score: 4 Big Boulders Free soloing is a mental affliction that compels rock climbers to scale cliff faces without a rope. (Well, you can't call this a sport.) No cleats, pulleys or buddy; just...

Con's Score: 3.5 hound dogs In a decaying Italian town, stuck between an overgrown seaside and nowhere, Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is the cheery dog groomer. Even when a dog growls menacingly at him, he finds...

"What does have impact is the power acting on display." Con Nats 4 /5 roadtolls So, one day Ralph Fiennes read an autobiography of Bob Moses, ‘The Power Broker’, the man responsible for the...

Con's Score: 3.5 typewriter dings Writers are a product of their environment, and their talent. The story of Gabrielle Sidonie Colette (Kiera Knightley) is a more complex one. In 1892, she was a simple country girl...

Con's Score: 4.5 Hands of God When I mentioned I was seeing this documentary to an English friend, a few minutes later he was still frothing. Maradona is someone who still inspires anger, passion and ridicule...

Con's Score: 3.5 Packets of Painkillers Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is a tough cookie. She’s barely out of teenagehood and she sleeps on the floor of her mother’s room, out of habit. She nursed her mother through...

"It’s a taught and tension filled film but the ending left me a little exhausted" Con Nats 3 /5 laps There's a great range of films on for the Europa Europa Film Festival and...