Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge

I had tried to make it along to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge last week, only for the IMAX projector to break. Thus, I had believed that fate had destined this current wringing out of the franchise for the last of its pennies had missed its chance of a review, Craig having vowed…

Lion

A five year old Indian boy finds himself far from home before being adopted by an Australian couple who raise him to adulthood when he becomes curious about his roots in Garth Davis’ Lion. This is a film of two very distinct halves that don’t quite feel connected. If you’ve seen the trailers then you’ll…

EIFF 2015 – Paper Planes

Robert Connolly’s Australian family film Paper Planes is the story of a young boy’s ambition to compete in the World Paper Plane Championship. At first glance the premise seems somewhat unusual given that not many people will know that there is such a thing as the World Paper Plane Championship. There are tournaments for everything these days…