IN 2014, I spent some time in Cambodia speaking with survivors of the Khmer Rouge for a university project I was working on. They told me horrific stories of watching their mothers die of starvation in front of them, as their mother was giving all their food to her children. They told me about seeing […]
Film
Review: Dunkirk
WHEN you think of epic war films you think of blood, guts and grotesque violence, the natural horrors of war. Film such as Saving Private Ryan and Hacksaw Ridge featured such horrific scenes and characters you couldn’t help feel an emotional attachment to. Christopher Nolan’s (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, Inception) latest film has none […]
Review: Okja
WHAT is it with films about pigs? They always leave you an emotional wreck at the end of them. I’m looking at you, Babe and Charlotte’s Web. Netflix’s newest film Okja successfully follows this trend of films about pigs. The film opens in 2007, Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has taken over multinational food company Mirando, think a […]
Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming is not the best Spider-Man film there is, but it is certainly not the worst. Going into the film, you’ll need a bit of understanding of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and some of the stories that have already played out. The film opens following the Battle of New York, depicted in the 2012 […]
Review: Jasper Jones (Film)
Jasper Jones has become one of the go-to novels for English teachers all around Australia. It explores the themes of racism, sexism and xenophobia all in the confines of a small Western Australian town. It is a brilliant novel and has aptly been referred to as Australia’s answer to To Kill a Mockingbird. Naturally, it […]
Review: Logan
This review probably won’t read much different to many other reviews of Logan out there. That is because simply put, it is the second best superhero movies that has ever been created (after The Dark Knight). From the storyline to the action scenes and the performance from the main cast, everything about this film was […]
Review: Hidden Figures
I knew the Soviet Union were responsible for putting the first man into space. I knew the Americans were responsible with putting Neil Armstrong on the moon. I knew a massive team of people would have had to have been behind those great leaps in technological advancement. I did not know three African American women […]