This year’s French Film Festival Aotearoa 2024 has brought about an incredible level of cinematic magic for cinephiles. One of its starring releases was Maïwenn’s opulent and lavish historical romantic epic Jeanne du Barry. And this monumental production of cinema magnificence will sweep you up in its elaborate spectacle. The life of Jeanne Bécu, who […]
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald’ – Review
The magic returns in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and in this much anticipated sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them things take a solid left turn and the Wizarding World is left in crisis as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) escapes and our hero Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is […]
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ – Review
It doesn’t get more lavish, more decadent or more suspenseful than Sir Kenneth Branagh’s big-screen revitalisation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, which in addition to its impressive scale and meticulous casting, contains an ending that you’ll never see coming. Having completed a case, world-famous private detective Hercule Poirot (Sir Kenneth Branagh), decides […]
‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ – Review
Mia Wasikowska returns as the adventurous Alice in Alice Through the Looking Glass and finds herself on a daring journey to save the life of her dearest friend, The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), from the ravages of Time himself. Wasikowska once again commands the screen as the headstrong and independent Alice Kingsleigh, who in the […]
‘Yoga Hosers’ boasts serious girl power in first trailer
Kevin Smith’s True North trilogy started with 2014 horror flick Tusk, and now it’s set to continue with comedy horror Yoga Hosers, starring the famed director’s daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, not to mention Johnny Depp’s talented offspring Lily-Rose Depp. When an ancient evil rises from beneath Canada’s crust and releases an army of monsters as they threaten their big invitation to […]
