Category: Film Reviews

LETS-CLEAN-APP delivers favouritism, corruption, plagiarism, and comedy [Tuttapposto] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

LETS-CLEAN-APP delivers favouritism, corruption, plagiarism, and comedy [Tuttapposto] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

Review by John P. Harvey All his life, Roberto (Roberto Lipari) has gone along with how things work, because it ...
A comedy with heart-stopping moments awaits with I HATE SUMMER [ODIO L’ESTATE] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

A comedy with heart-stopping moments awaits with I HATE SUMMER [ODIO L’ESTATE] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

Review by Michele E. Hawkins Aldo (Aldo Baglio), an essentially happy man who suffers from “a bad back”, takes his ...
Unfolding wonder, mystery, and delight await with MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS [Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

Unfolding wonder, mystery, and delight await with MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS [Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri] — St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2020

Review by John P. Harvey When Davide (Alessandro Gassman — Transporter 2; Messy Christmas) and Katia (Isabella Ragonese — The ...
The Big Apple Brings The Big Screen To Queanbeyan with the MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2020

The Big Apple Brings The Big Screen To Queanbeyan with the MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Review by Michele E. Hawkins Of some 971 submissions from around the world, nine films made the finals of the ...
[Film review] Searching for inner peace? Documentary CHASING THE PRESENT provides many answers

[Film review] Searching for inner peace? Documentary CHASING THE PRESENT provides many answers

Review by John P. Harvey When James Sebastiano was 16, his girlfriend died of an overdose of LSD. Sebastiano’s response ...
[Film review] Does the fourth adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN contain enough flora, fauna, and Firth to satisfy?

[Film review] Does the fourth adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN contain enough flora, fauna, and Firth to satisfy?

Review by John P. Harvey This 2020 film adaptation (the fourth) of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel — first published in ...
[Film review] Poor behaviour and bad faith do not a happy relationship make in AFTER WE COLLIDED

[Film review] Poor behaviour and bad faith do not a happy relationship make in AFTER WE COLLIDED

Review by John P. Harvey After We Collided follows After (2019, on the basis of a 2014 novel by Anna ...
[Film review] AN AMERICAN PICKLE: "I'm seeing double here... FOUR Rogens!"

[Film review] AN AMERICAN PICKLE: “I’m seeing double here… FOUR Rogens!”

Review by John P. Harvey The name Seth Rogen may not bring to the minds of many an impression of ...
[Film Review] A slow burning thrill ride with luxurious landscapes and spellbinding practical effects? That's gotta be "Tenet"!

[Film Review] A slow burning thrill ride with luxurious landscapes and spellbinding practical effects? That’s gotta be “Tenet”!

Review by Andrew Myers Christopher Nolan’s movies are always shrouded in mystery of what the narrative is about so I, ...
[Film review] Sumptuous views of the Italian countryside and clunky romance await with 'Made in Italy'

[Film review] Sumptuous views of the Italian countryside and clunky romance await with ‘Made in Italy’

Review by John P. Harvey A famous painter, Robert (Liam Neeson), and his young son, Jack (Neeson’s real-life son, Micheál ...