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If I was forced to choose just one aspect of the film that truly sets it apart from other spoofs and in which its strength really shows, it’s got to be the characters. The assorted oddballs who populate Austin Powers are best understood as caricatures and concepts made tangible.
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Even before it’s started, I know this won’t be an easy review to write. A good portion of the reason for why this is the case is that I don’t have a clue what film to review. Although my Letterboxd is as packed with random and inane
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Even beyond its chart-topping soundtrack and world-class costuming, Rock of Ages is a truly entertaining and whole-hearted tribute that manages to avoid ever slipping into mockery.
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The film examines Galliano’s career from his earliest days sewing dresses for his sisters to his peak as Creative Director for Dior in the late 90s/early 00s, and Maison Margiela from 2014-2024.
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The sense of community – the creation of which Worm Girlz identify as a core principle of their mission – was strong within the crowd.
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I know it’s unorthodox to review two films with the same star in such a short space of time, but after my review of Total Eclipse last week, I simply couldn’t help it. I’ve been kept awake at night by the thought that I deceived you, dear
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If you read the first film review I ever wrote for the Tert, you’d know I spent an inordinate amount of my teenage years in love with River Phoenix. If you’re reading this one, you’ll learn that my preteen years were almost identical to the later ones,
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Keeping true to the commitment to watching Australian movies that I mentioned in my last review, one of my most recent watches was Da Kath & Kim Code, the 2005 telemovie adaptation of the cult classic Australian TV show Kath & Kim. If you’re at all familiar with Kath
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Five years ago – two, even – I would have loved Pump Up The Volume. I can picture it almost too clearly – 18 year old Emma, crouched at the video player to fast-forward through the 90s ads on the home-recorded VHS tape her aunt lent her, eyes fixed on the screen so
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UOW Theatre undeniably have a remarkable play on their hands with Chekhov’s Gun. Thought-provoking, well-executed and bold...
I think I should start this review with a confession: I have not, in fact, seen the first fifteen minutes of The Last Showgirl. I wish I had, but the truth is that when it first started at the cinema that night, I wasn’t there yet. Hadn’t even
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I know it’s a big claim to make of any film, let alone one made over 70 years ago whose reception can only be described at best as mixed, but I’m throwing down the gauntlet and making it – yes, there is such a thing as a perfect film.