Reviews on classic or popular Christmas movies
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In which I use the drive home from the cinema to share some short, (hopefully) snappy thoughts on what I've just seen.
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A really, really welcome return to form for the MCU. The Marvels is a super fun jaunt. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye.…
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Sick of Myself is a unique comedy focusing on a narcissistic couple, with a body horror filter. Super unique stuff. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Car…
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Ok I'm a little late. But here's my thoughts on the cultural phenomenon of the year. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. B…
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I review the new Australian teen coming of age film Sweet As. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesti…
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Episode 117 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3
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For the third and last time we visit the Guardians corner of the MCU. Can they save us from the MCU's 4th phase funk? Listen to find out. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your…
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A new Jackie Chan film in cinemas is a novel treat. I take a look at Ride On. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perh…
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Rusty as an Italian exorcist priest! Can't miss cinema (ok you can probably miss it). Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. …
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I chat about recent Australian coming of age flick Of An Age. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesti…
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Episode 113 - Two Franchise Continuations
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In this episode I take a look at the latest entries in two of my favourite film franchises - CREED III and SCREAM VI. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of C…
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In this episode I take a look at the buzzworthy horror film Skinamarink, which is currently streaming on Shudder. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlt…
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Despite the terrible buzz, I still wanted to see the latest Aronofsky film. Sadly that buzz is very well deserved. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carl…
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Ruben Ostlund's latest slice of comic absurdity. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or tw…
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A food snob goes to their dream restaurant experience. Chaos ensues. Ralph Fiennes is involved. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not g…
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A fantastically deranged film! Tom Hanks unleashed! The power of music! Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an…
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My most anticipated film of the year! The old guard meets the new with shitloads of dinos (and giant locusts). Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton …
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Indian word of mouth sensation RRR has landed on Netflix so I decided to take a look. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. …
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Linklater has a new piece of rotoscoped nostalgia on Netflix! Don't get too excited though, cause this shit is labourious. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner…
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Robert Eggers is my favourite new filmmaker of the past decade. So I made a rare cinema trip to check out his latest. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of C…
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Hive is a 2021 film focusing in on the aftermath of the war in Kosovo, particularly on the women left behind. It's a unique take on potentially familiar territory, that won basically everything at Sundance. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, h…
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Episode 102 - TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022)
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So there's a new Texas Chainsaw film on Netflix and it's actually pretty sweet (if you ask me anyway). Thoughts on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and…
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Episode 101 - Umbrella Entertainment January releases
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As I continue to not go to the cinema, I continue to ponder new stuff to cover on the podcast. Here I talk about a couple of January releases from Aussie label Umbrella Entertainment - The Big Boss and Crash. Both are tops! Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny…
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There has been much buzz about Drive My Car, which is finally reaching Aussie cinemas. Here's some thoughts on this amazing film. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. S…
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Episode 99 - VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
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There has never been a cinematic experience like the Venom films. Thoughts on the second in a series I hope never ends. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of…
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So the Daniel Craig era comes to an end. Thoughts on No Time to Die, and how it fits into this most recent take on cinema's most iconic character. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and w…
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There wasn't much really happening on the first Disney + day. But it did mark the first appearance on the standard service for Jungle Cruise and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. I take a look at both of them here. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny…
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Episode 96 - 23 minutes and 40 seconds of 2021 horror
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Feel the title is pretty self-explanatory on this one. Films covered: DEMONIC, OLD, JAKOB'S WIFE, THE UNHOLY, V/H/S 94, TILL DEATH and THERE'S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Res…
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After an average start, for my money the Purge series has grown into one of the most interesting and flat out best horror franchises going. So I was super keen to see if the latest entry measured up. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly r…
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A new Aussie doco looking at the 19-20 bushfires, and more specifically the people who fought them. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - N…
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Locked down and school holidays feels like an apt time to suss out some recent animated films, which are all streaming now. I take a look at: LUCA, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, WISH DRAGON, ARLO THE ALLIGATOR BOY and THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or …
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Screening as part of this year's (online) Sydney Underground Film Fest, AN IDEAL HOST is an Aussie low budget genre mashup. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schoone…
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I'm back! Talking about the just-ok MCU entry BLACK WIDOW. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting …
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Episode 90 - The Fast and the Furious 9
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It's cars. It's Vin. It's above all family. It's The Fast and the Furious 9. Possibly also just known as F9. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Dr…
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Episode 89 - THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
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The third entry into the Conjuring series takes a pretty different approach to the first two - which seems to have really divided folks. Here's my thoughts. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good …
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Episode 88 - An Action Double: MORTAL KOMBAT & WRATH OF MAN
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In which I review two recent action flicks to hit the cinema. I didn't have enough to say about either of them, but when their powers combine you get this regular length episode. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stub…
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Episode 87 - BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
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The comedy that came out of nowhere to take my twitter feed by storm is now on Aussie VOD. I checked it out. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Dr…
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Does what it says on the tin, i.e. is rad. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Sch…
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Episode 85 - ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE
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A short podcast about a long movie. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner o…
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Based on a successful first entry in a crime novel series, The Dry has been a bit of a box office powerhouse - continuing its run even now, following a 1 January release. Here I ponder how the film works as an adaptation, the performances and how it elevates the material to feel cinematic. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent…
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In which I take a look at the boxing day release END OF THE CENTURY. Which is ultimately an interesting film to ponder, even if elements of it were frustrating. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a g…
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In which I review Blumhouse's take on that most tired of film devices - the body swap comedy. But with a serial killer & a teenage girl. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your …
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I check out Brandon Cronenberg's long awaited follow-up to Antiviral which promised more sci-fi/body horror mashup goodness. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schoon…
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A look at Andrew Traucki's latest Aussie creature feature. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting …
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Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist premiered at Fantastic Fest recently. As a Kickstarter backer I was able to catch an online premiere soon after. Here's some thoughts on this gloriously gross serial killer tale. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good…
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With Shudder finally launching in Australia, I thought I'd take a look at three films on the service - HOST, THE POOL and RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and w…
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My second post-easing of quarantine trip to the cinema was a super exciting one. Returning to zombie plagued Korea four years after the events of TRAIN TO BUSAN in the sequel PENINSULA. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended fil…
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Aussie horror indie RELIC has been making a series of splashes lately - on the festival circuit before that ground to a halt, throughout the drive-in scene in the States and now streaming here in Australia. It's gotten a bunch of buzz from some of my favourite horror writers, so I was excited to check it out. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne B…
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Episode 75 - Five New(ish) Horror Flicks
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Thoughts on a cavalcade of horror films new(ish) to VOD and streaming. I dig into a bunch of smaller releases - Sweetheart, The Head Hunter, Snatchers, Bhoot Part 1 and Deadcon. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubb…
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Pixar's ONWARD is one of the bigger name films to have gone straight to streaming during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here's some thoughts, along with a few recommendations of things that have been getting me by. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good…
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I dip into the world of straight from cinema coronavirus VOD with THE HUNT. It's rather good, and not what I was expecting. Also, I chat about some other stuff getting me through quarantine. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommende…
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Thoughts on the Safdies latest, starring Adam Sandler. Available on Netflix. Plus I recommend some other things that have been helping me get through the current bleak times and might help you too. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly rec…
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