Title – Candy Cane Lane (2023)  Director – Reginald Hudlin (Marshall)  Cast – Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino  Plot – Determined to win his streets annual Christmas decoration competition, recently made redundant family man Chris Carver (Murphy) unknowingly makes a deal with devious elf Pepper (Bell) that causes havoc for him and others in the lead up to Christmas Day.  “Rise and shine naughty boy” Review by Eddie on 24/04/2024 A part of the regular abundance of end of year festive themed films that come our way once the silly season in sight, 202 ..read more

Title – Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) Director – Zac Snyder (Watchmen)  Cast – Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, Cary Elwes, Ed Skrein Plot – Freedom fighter Kora (Boutella) and her band of of warriors get ready to defend the planet of Veldt against the bloodthirsty and grain-hungry Realm lead by a back from deaths door Atticus Noble (Skrein).  “Protect each other and show them no mercy!” Review by Eddie on 22/04/2024 There have been reports that maligned filmmaker Zac Snyder has plans to make six Rebel Moon films. Reports that should send shivers down t ..read more

Title – Monster (2023)  Director – Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters)  Cast – Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi Plot – When her young teenage son Minato (Kurokawa) starts acting strangely, single mother Saori (Ando) starts to suspect the answer to his troubling behaviour is traced back to his school life and dealings with his teacher Hori (Nagayama).  “Happiness is something anyone can have” Review by Eddie on 19/04/2024 Not to be confused with what some may potentially see as a horror or blood-curdling thriller, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s critically acclaimed Ras ..read more

Title – Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)  Director – Nadia Tass (Malcolm)  Cast – Oleg Vidov, Joan Borsten, (narrator) Brian Cox Plot – Explores the life of Soviet film star Oleg Vidov and his incredible rise to stardom in his home country and infamous defection from his country in light of death threats and blacklisting at the hands of the KGB.  “Soviet film star. Defector” Review by Eddie on 17/04/2024 A man who bore the media moniker of “the Robert Redford of the USSR”, Russian screen actor Oleg Vidov lived a colourful and entirely stranger than fiction life that Australian ..read more

Title – The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)  Director – Neil Burger (The Illusionist)  Cast – Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garret Hedlund, Gil Birmingham, Brooklynn Prince Plot – Now a grown woman, Helena (Ridley) struggles with her past and her present when her criminal father Jacob (Mendelsohn) escapes from prison where he was sentenced for kidnapping her mother.   “Fear the past or face it” Review by Eddie on 15/04/2024 Not that there’s any such thing as a certainty in life, all the stars were seemingly aligned to expect that director Neil Burger’s decently budgeted and t ..read more

Title – The Zone of Interest (2023)  Director – Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin)  Cast – Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Plot – Explores the day to day lives of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Fridel) and his wife Hedwig (Hüller) as they attempt to keep a sense of normality about their family life living next door to a concentration camp.  “The life we enjoy is very much worth the sacrifice” Review by Eddie on 10/04/2024 One of 2023’s most talked about features and the recipient of the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film award (as well as a well deserved award for ..read more

Title – Monkey Man (2024)  Director – Dev Patel (feature debut)  Cast – Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash Plot – A man simply known as Kid (Patel) is hellbent on vengeance against a collection of ruthless businessman and upper class that have decimated not only his own family but his own country.  “You like John Wick?” Review by Eddie on 08/04/2024 Originally destined for a Netflix streaming debut before Hollywood heavyweight Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions stepped in and secured distribution rights to Dev Patel’s debut feature, Monkey Man is an impressive next evo ..read more

Title – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)  Director – Adam Wingard (You’re Next)  Cast – Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle Plot – The lives of titans Kong and Godzilla clash once more as a new threat emerges challenging not only the giants themselves but the world as we know it.  “Just try not to swallow your tongue” Review by Eddie on 05/04/2024 The fifth feature film in the “MonsterVerse” series that kicked off in 2014 with the oddly serious Godzilla, The New Empire see’s returning director Adam Wingard (last seen helming 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kon ..read more

  Title – Priscilla (2023)  Director – Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)  Cast – Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi Plot – An exploration of the relationship between the young Priscilla (Spaeny) and the older already made superstar Elvis Presley (Elordi).  “Keep the home fires burning” Review by Eddie on 03/04/2024 An understandably difficult true life romance story to recreate on the big screen due to the glaring age gap and uniqueness of the whole affair that was the famed relationship of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola’s stunningly staged but emotionally cold and ..read more

Title – Road House (2024)  Director – Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow)  Cast – Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, Billy Magnussen Plot – Disgraced former fighter Elwood Dalton (Gyllenhaal) takes on a role at a divey establishment in the Florida Keys known simply as The Road House where rough clientele and shady locals force Dalton to act with a stern fist and zero tolerance for trouble.  “This piano is out of tune” Review by Eddie on 28/03/2024 The decision from director Doug Liman and star Jake Gyllenhaal to invest their time and effort into a reimagining on ..read more