Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
After thirteen years audiences are invited to return to Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge tells the true life story of Desmond Doss, a pacifist who saved the lives of a lot of his fellow soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa. Pacifism is a tough subject to make a film about as there is a high risk of sounding preachy and judgemental. When you add religion…
Everest
Baltasar Kormakur’s disaster biopic Everest tells the real life story of a doomed expedition up the world’s tallest mountain by Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) in 1996. Films that exist to capitalise on something that really happened are always dodgy territory as there’s always the risk of doing a disservice to the memories of those involved…
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…
On the Silver Screen – Cake
Daniel Barnz’ Cake is the story of Claire (Jennifer Aniston) becoming fascinated by the suicide of a woman she barely knows in her support group as it reminds her of her own personal tragedy. There’s been a lot of discussion lately about this film being snubbed from the Oscars and how much of an injustice…
