Film

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Sarah Baillie

Director: Tomas Alfredson Based on the novel by John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is an impressive adaptation of this Cold War-era spy drama. The film tracks George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a retired agent of the “circus” (the British intelligence unit) who is called back in to dig out a Read more...

The Descendants

Posted 4:40pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Lulu Sandston

Director: Alexander Payne The Descendants opens with Matt King (George Clooney) - the wealthy descendant of Hawaiian royalty - sitting with his comatose wife Elizabeth questioning how he is going to raise his two daughters, having been the “understudy” parent for the last decade. A rocky Read more...

The Artist

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Director: Michel Hazanavicius You may think that the silent film genre is basically Fever Club in black and white - the background music increasing in intensity as a stray cougar approaches the object of your desire… It’s not. If you’re interested in film, you should reset those ideas and go Read more...

Norwegian Wood

Posted 3:53am Monday 17th October 2011 by Frances Stannard

Director: Anh Hung Tran (3.5/5) Sometimes books should stay as books. Nothing undermines an original more than a failed attempt at a movie. But Norwegian Wood really does achieve the enthralling and damaging sense of the classic 1987 novel by Haruki Murakami.   It is Tokyo in the Read more...

The Orator

Posted 3:50am Monday 17th October 2011 by Eve Duckworth

Director: Tusi Tamasese I went into the Rialto having read many a good review for The Orator, even rumours of an Oscar nomination. I left not knowing if I had gone to see the same film.   If you want to watch a beautiful portrait of the intricacies of Samoan culture - its faith, its Read more...

Real Steel

Posted 3:41am Monday 17th October 2011 by Lauren Hayes

Director: Shawn Levy (3/5) Robots are always fantastically awesome, especially when blown up to titanic size on the big screen. Fresh from Hollywood, Real Steel is the latest blockbuster to cash in on the robot craze. It's a slick effort. The film is set sometime in the not-so-distant future, Read more...

The Smurfs

Posted 3:36am Monday 17th October 2011 by Daniel F. Benson-Guiu

Director: Raja Gosnell (3.5/5)   It started off as a smurfing good afternoon. With a Smurf combo in hand, we barged small children out of the way to get the best seats. A cool kids movie for the start of the holidays, young and old alike will be entertained by these little blue men (and Read more...

Pick of the Mothras

Posted 5:20am Monday 10th October 2011 by Critic

Every year, a brave few enter their amateur films into the OUSA Mothras, seeking fame, glory, and prestigious Mothra awards. All of the films will be screened between October 11 and 14 at the Church Cinema, Dundas St, but for now, we present our pick of the bunch.   Looking for Love in all Read more...

Director Profile - Quentin Tarantino

Posted 5:17am Monday 10th October 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

There are very few directors who can claim the accolades of an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and the Palme d’Or as well as multiple Emmy and Grammy nominations. When you add in the extra details that this one particular director is also a high school drop out with an IQ of 160 the Read more...

The Lion King 3D

Posted 5:16am Monday 10th October 2011 by Julia Hollingsworth

Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff (4/5) It’s a movie dear to the hearts of Gen Y-ers everywhere. For a time, if there was an occasion that required a group of children to shut up and be quiet, it was the movie that fit the brief; if there was a need for a new song to update the school Read more...