Driving home from the cinema reviews

There wasn't much really happening on the first Disney + day. But it did mark the first appearance on the standard service for Jungle Cruise and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . I take a look at both of them here.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubb...

Feel the title is pretty self-explanatory on this one. Films covered: DEMONIC, OLD, JAKOB'S WIFE, THE UNHOLY, V/H/S 94, TILL DEATH and THERE'S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schoone...

After an average start, for my money the Purge series has grown into one of the most interesting and flat out best horror franchises going. So I was super keen to see if the latest entry measured up.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film...

A new Aussie doco looking at the 19-20 bushfires, and more specifically the people who fought them.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea...

Locked down and school holidays feels like an apt time to suss out some recent animated films, which are all streaming now. I take a look at: LUCA, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, WISH DRAGON, ARLO THE ALLIGATOR BOY and THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES.   Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly re...

Screening as part of this year's (online) Sydney Underground Film Fest, AN IDEAL HOST is an Aussie low budget genre mashup.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perh...

I'm back! Talking about the just-ok MCU entry BLACK WIDOW.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two.  Schooner of Tooheys New - Shitho...

It's cars. It's Vin. It's above all family. It's The Fast and the Furious 9. Possibly also just known as F9. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesti...

The third entry into the Conjuring series takes a pretty different approach to the first two - which seems to have really divided folks. Here's my thoughts.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton...

In which I review two recent action flicks to hit the cinema. I didn't have enough to say about either of them, but when their powers combine you get this regular length episode.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time....

The comedy that came out of nowhere to take my twitter feed by storm is now on Aussie VOD. I checked it out.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interest...

Does what it says on the tin, i.e. is rad.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two.  Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse  

A short podcast about a long movie.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two.  Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse  

Based on a successful first entry in a crime novel series,  The Dry has been a bit of a box office powerhouse - continuing its run even now, following a 1 January release. Here I ponder how the film works as an adaptation, the performances and how it elevates the material to feel cinematic. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both...

In which I take a look at the boxing day release END OF THE CENTURY. Which is ultimately an interesting film to ponder, even if elements of it were frustrating.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carl...

In which I review Blumhouse's take on that most tired of film devices - the body swap comedy. But with a serial killer & a teenage girl. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great a...

I check out Brandon Cronenberg's long awaited follow-up to Antiviral which promised more sci-fi/body horror mashup goodness.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But per...

A look at Andrew Traucki's latest Aussie creature feature. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two.  Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithou...

Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist premiered at Fantastic Fest recently. As a Kickstarter backer I was able to catch an online premiere soon after. Here's some thoughts on this gloriously gross serial killer tale.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a...

With Shudder finally launching in Australia, I thought I'd take a look at three films on the service - HOST, THE POOL and RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught -...

My second post-easing of quarantine trip to the cinema was a super exciting one. Returning to zombie plagued Korea four years after the events of TRAIN TO BUSAN in the sequel PENINSULA.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth you...

Aussie horror indie RELIC has been making a series of splashes lately - on the festival circuit before that ground to a halt, throughout the drive-in scene in the States and now streaming here in Australia. It's gotten a bunch of buzz from some of my favourite horror writers, so I was excited to check it out. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining,...

Thoughts on a cavalcade of horror films new(ish) to VOD and streaming. I dig into a bunch of smaller releases -  Sweetheart, The Head Hunter, Snatchers, Bhoot Part 1  and  Deadcon.   Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your ti...

Pixar's ONWARD is one of the bigger name films to have gone straight to streaming during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here's some thoughts, along with a few recommendations of things that have been getting me by.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a...

I dip into the world of straight from cinema coronavirus VOD with THE HUNT. It's rather good, and not what I was expecting. Also, I chat about some other stuff getting me through quarantine.  Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and wort...