Maria introduces us to That's Not Me, an Australian independent comedy film directed by Gregory Erdstein. Polly (Alice Foulcher) dreams of making it as an actor - but her identical twin sister Amy catapults to international stardom. Mistaken for her famous sister at every turn, Polly scrambles to catch up – juggling woeful auditions, painfully awkward dates and her underwhelming job at the local cinema. Maybe there’s no such thing as ‘making it’ after all...
Rob Bryden and Steve Coogan are back for the third instalment of Michael Winterbottom's Trip series: The Trip to Spain. Starring more Michelin starred restaurants, more stunning scenery, probably too much Chianti, and a painful amount of impressions... Maria, does the recipe still work?
A Spanish adaptation of an originally Australian foray into suburban love and kink, Kiki, Love to Lovedoesn't shy away from philia of all forms. While sexual taboos are explored, the amount of actual 'acts' on screen (i.e. not many) means the film stops short of the potential Cinemax gutter. Lovely to look at with a Rialto-level (read: tame) exploration of sexual deviancy - it is worth a hoon, Maria?
Maria's not too enamoured with the new Dave Bautista political action/thriller, the New York suburb blazing Bushwick. While the team get waylaid by talk of baristas (typical), is it still perhaps a decent lazy weekend watch?
Australian audiences really do seem to like their rom-coms to feature weddings of some description. This is possibly, however, the first rom-com to feature a Muslim wedding. Or does it? Ali's Wedding has been labelled "the best Australian comedy since The Castle." ...Shit. Does Maria agree?
Life in 12 Bars you say? Forget that, Maria's not having a bar of it. Our filmy fiend battles a literal storm to give you her thoughts on this week's muso-led documentary about the life of Eric Clapton and it's... not good news.
Anime aniversaries can be packaged up neatly and given away - and that's exactly what's happened on this week's DVD Review. Flying pig pilots, floating islands, and most importantly foodgasms were the talk of the town.
Maria's still fizzing from the Breaker Upperers premiere last night. Turns out, all your fave local celebs stepped out to celebrate this deliciously Kiwi comedy starring Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek, all about the adventures of two women who consciously uncouple people for absurd amounts of cash. Our report: hors d'oeuvres were good, the movie was great, and Rob's jealous as shit he missed it. Phooey.
Maria's diving deep into her review of Take Every Wave (2017) today, recounting the remarkable story of American big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, who spent his life exploring fear, courage and ambition to conquer the most untameable waters.
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