Sunflower Gabriel Carrubba 8 Movie

Surprisingly well put together movie that had audiences sobbing by the end

May December Todd Haynes 3 Movie

Poorly constructed melodrama that serves more as an industry in-joke than anything enjoyable

Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos 8 Movie

Absurd and rich production full of intricate details. However, this makes me hanker for the details from the original novel

Talk To Me Daniel & Michael Philippou 9 Movie

Pitch perfect and thoughtful horror movie that I am proud to know was made and filmed in Adelaide

Funny Games Michael Haneke 4 Movie

An extremely long two hours of relentless and inescapable sadism. Well made, but unpleasant to watch

You Won’t Be Alone Goran Stolevski 9 Movie

Beautiful and enchanting film about a young shapeshifting witch and her journey to understand humans about being raised in isolation. Lovely score, incredible cinematography and understated but pitch perfect acting

All Fun And Games Ari Costa, Eren Celeboglu 4 Movie

Very average, and at time unintentionally cheesy horror movie about a cursed knife made from human bone

Zardoz John Boorman 6 Movie

Visually interesting and daring but suffers from old school pacing issues. Not really sure what I watched and I fell asleep part way through

Ken Park Larry Clark 6 Movie

A cruel and rambling movie that is senselessly sexually explicit

Kids Larry Clark 8 Movie

Horrible but beautifully shot film. Very artificial and adult fantasy of teen sexuality but the visuals were so 90s/2000s the nostalgia got to me. Super cool

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 James Gunn 9 Movie

Amazing special effects – all the animal sequences were truely incredible and really made you sympathise with the characters

The Flash Andy Muschietti 6 Movie

Strangely bad special effects, hampered by some weird casting and wardrobe choices. Funny, but way too long

Robots Ant Hines, Casper Christensen 6 Movie

Light, easy watching comedy drama about two awful people who use robots doubles of themselves to get out of boring jobs and relationships

Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg 9 Movie

Great production design and interesting premise that is explored in an appropriately art house manner. Knew I was going to like this movie from the moment the titles screen came up with its highly graphic treatment

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos 3 Movie

Visually incredibly but spent way too much time on the set up for the next movie that the plot in this felt drawn out

Cruella Craig Gillespie 7 Movie

Teetering on enjoyable for me. Visually very fun and the dogs throughout were great, but I found myself resisting this female Joker for some reason

Shazam: Fury of the Gods David F. Sandberg 5 Movie

Fluff. Entertaining enough but the characters were too annoying for me to even consider ever wanting to watch this again

The Super Mario Bro Movie Aaron Horvath 3 Movie

Visually so pretty but everything else (story, music, casting, voices) about the movie sucked

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Francis Daley 9 Movie

Highly enjoyable visually spectacular movie. Very easy watching

Renfield Chris McKay 7 Movie

Campy, light and gory movie. Not much substance but was inoffensive and enjoyable watching Nicholas Cage hamming it up as Dracula

Pearl Ti West 4 Movie

Well produced but not enjoyable to watch

The Prestige Christopher Nolan 7 Movie

A repeated watching after many years, vaguely remembering the twist, means that a lot of the foreshadowing is very clever. However…just didn’t seem as amazing to me this time around

Evil Dead Rise Lee Cronin 8 Movie

Expertly crafted slasher flick. Not something I would see willingly but I can appreciate the craft that went into making it

The Man from U.N.C.L.E Guy Ritchie 8 Movie

So much style and cool. Very fun to watch and very well put together

Memories Katsuhiro Otomo 6 Movie

An interesting enough anime that would have been spectacular at the time of its release. However I have no nostalgia attached to this and subsequently, the movie has diminished impact on me

Under The Skin Jonathan Glazer 9 Movie

Watched when Pepper escaped from the yard, adding to the harrowing feeling. Like a modern relentless suburban and personal take on 2001 Space Odyssey

Tár Todd Field 9 Movie

Really enjoyed this movie. At times it felt like a very conscious oblique intellectual exercise but after the first half an hour, opened into an intriguing multi dimensional world that allowed for lots of interesting analytical possibilities. Still mulling over it a few days after

The Jack In The Box Lawrence Fowler 3 Movie

Technically well shot, acted and produced. Unfortunately the story itself was predictable drivel

The Voices Marjane Satrapi 6 Movie

I am tired of depictions of violence against women. As well produced as this movie is, I didn’t see the point. Not sure it sheds any new light on mental illness or that there was any character development during the course of the movie

The Swallows Of Kabul Zabou Breitman 9 Movie

Beautiful animated movie of the tragedy affecting Afghanistan.

Ascendant Antaine Furlong 2 Movie

Actually terrible. There probably was a good movie in there somewhere, at some point, but what made it to the screen was drawn out and unfinished. Full of plot holes and annoyingly dumb. Unfortunately Australian

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Steven Spielberg 9 Movie

An incredible movie that still holds up after all this time – possibly strong nostalgia effect

Spell Brendan Walter 8 Movie

Predictable, but well produced, shot, acted, soundtracked and ultimately enjoyable movie. The drab Icelandic scenery was a bit disappointing – this is not a tourism piece – but the overall aura was compelling. Achievable on what should be a modest team and budget?

City Of Lost Children Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro 6 Movie

Fantastic and hugely influential production design and aesthetic but poor pacing that let it all down

John Dies At The End Don Coscarelli 5 Movie

Interesting concept, with what appears to be an intentionally bad fx aesthetic. Seems like it was produced for incels

Violent Night Tommy Wirkola 9 Movie

Suspenseful but charming Christmas movie with a hunky David Harbour killing bad guys. Delivers on exactly what it promises

Share or Die Joseph Mazzaferro 5 Movie

A simple and enjoyable budget horror / comedy that doesn’t overstay its welcome

Elvis Baz Luhrmann 7 Movie

Visually spectacular movie, with a very convincing Austin Butler as Elvis. Great typography and art direction as always

Bros Nicholas Stoller 3 Movie

Poorly constructed movie that was hard to watch due to the very annoying central character that does not develop at all through the movie

Hello Dankness Sodajerk 6 Movie

Not as cohesive as previous works. It also annoyed me how obvious most of the work was? Very left, very predictable in its appraisal of the Trump presidency

Lightyear Angus MacLane 6 Movie

Lightyear and his cat Sox were great, but the supporting characters were so annoying that it dragged down the whole movie

Turning Red Domee Shi 9 Movie

Highly polished, intensely beautiful movie with great characters and accompanying soundtrack. Ending was a bit soft though

Midsommar Ari Aster 6 Movie

I watched the longer director’s cut, which while expected, was too long. An art house take on the hill billy horror tropes. Great production design, but let down by the use of fake flowers

Martha: A Picture Story Selina Miles 9 Movie

Great documentary about a modest and talented photographer of the 80s NY graffiti scene. Knew I was going to like this as soon as I saw the typography used in the opening credits

What We Do In The Shadows Taika Waititi 7 Movie

Very dry, intentionally flat comedy. I enjoyed it

The Black Phone Scott Derrickson 8 Movie

A thrilling and creepy movie with some pretty good child actor performances. Good for a free movie and some entertaining jump scares

Guest House Paradiso Adrian Edmondson 7 Movie

Ridiculously crude and over the top. Some parts have perhaps not aged so well, but still funny nevertheless

Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson 4 Movie

Scattered life collage of 60s teenagers. Bad casting of the central boy actor ruined this movie for me despite its vibrant visual style and pacing

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Sam Raimi 6 Movie

More enjoyable than most Marvel movies, but again too long. Over saturated with spectacular VFX, but to the point that they become ordinary. Nice Raimi touches

Chip ‘n’ Dale Akiva Schaffer 8 Movie

A movie full of retro cartoon references. Cute and endearing. Like a cross between “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and a Gorillaz music video