AN AUGUST BONANZA OF WRITING

it’s been a month since I last updated here and in that time I’ve done an awful lot of writing, and you can read it all here, including: five book reviews (written for BSide Magazine online), nine film reviews (written for The Adelaide Review and BSide Magazine, print and online), and a DVD review written for BSide online. And they are as follows…

FILM

Ben Wheatley’s HIGH-RISE is here.

Mandie Fletcher’s ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE is here.

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore’s BAD MOMS is here.

Matt Ross’ CAPTAIN FANTASTIC is here.

Paul Greengrass’ JASON BOURNE is here.

Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon’s SAUSAGE PARTY is here.

Justin Lin’s STAR TREK BEYOND is here.

David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD is here.

And David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s TICKLED is here.

BOOKS

Lily Brooks-Dalton’s GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT is here.

Clare Mackintosh’s I SEE YOU is here.

Sabine Durrant’s LIE WITH ME is here.

Benjamin Warner’s THIRST is here.

And Flynn Berry’s UNDER THE HARROW is here.

AND DVD

And, finally, Jeremy Saulnier’s very fine and traumatic GREEN ROOM is here.

 

WE’RE BACK BABY!!!

After several weeks of uncertainty I’m back with a huge update that includes six film reviews written for BSide Magazine, two film reviews written for The Adelaide Review, four book reviews written for The Clothesline Digital Arts Magazine, three book reviews written for BSide and one DVD review knocked up for them too (whew!!!). And you can read them all as follows…

FILM

Steven Spielberg’s THE BFG is here.

Rawson Marshall Thurber’s CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE is here.

Jean-Marc Vallée’s DEMOLITION is here.

Paul Feig’s new GHOSTBUSTERS is here

Ivan Sen’s GOLDSTONE is here.

Galen T. Chu and Mike Thurmeier’s ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE is here.

John Carney’s SING STREET is here.

And Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s/DANIELS’ SWISS ARMY MAN is here.

BOOKS

Stephen King’s END OF WATCH is here.

Joe Hill’s THE FIREMAN is here.

Ezekiel Boone’s THE HATCHING is here.

Simon Critchley’s ON BOWIE is here.

Philip Norman’s PAUL MCCARTNEY: THE BIOGRAPHY is here.

Rich Cohen’s THE SUN & THE MOON & THE ROLLING STONES is here.

And Neil Gaiman’s THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS is here.

AND DVD

Finally, the doco DAVID BOWIE: THE MAN WHO STOLE THE WORLD is here.

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT… OR MAYBE NOT

I’ve just added five film reviews penned for RIU before it undergoes major changes, so you can check them all out as follows…

Richard Linklater’s EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! is here.

Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane’s FINDING DORY is here.

Roland Emmerich’s INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE is here.

Thea Sharrock’s ME BEFORE YOU is here.

And Duncan Jones’ film version of the whole damn WARCRAFT thing is here.

THREE NEW AND POSSIBLY FINAL RIU ARTICLES

I’ve just added three RIU film reviews, so you can read all about John Kent Harrison’s take on ANNE OF GREEN GABLES here, James Wan’s THE CONJURING 2 here and Dave Green’s deadening TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS here.

ANOTHER THREESOME FOR RIU

I’ve just added three film reviews written for RIU, and you can read them as follows…

Jodie Foster’s MONEY MONSTER is here.

Jon M. Chu’s NOW YOU SEE ME 2 is here.

and Werner Herzog’s QUEEN OF THE DESERT is here.

WINTER IS COMING AND SO ARE THE BLOCKBUSTERS

I’ve just added four film reviews written for RIU, so you can read them all as follows…

James Bobin’s ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is here.

Molly Reynolds’ ANOTHER COUNTRY is here.

Edoardo Maria Falcone’s GOD WILLING (SE DIO VUOLE) is here.

And Shane Black’s THE NICE GUYS is here.

ANOTHER PRETTY MASSIVE WEEK

I’ve just added nine film reviews (eight for RIU only and one for them and The Adelaide Review as well), two book reviews and one DVD review, so you can read them all as follows…

FILM

Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly’s THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE is here.

James Watkins’ BASTILLE DAY is here.

William Brent Bell’s THE BOY is here.

Andrew Rossi’s THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY is here.

Ron Davis’ HARRY & SNOWMAN is here.

Taika Waititi’s HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE is here.

Lorene Scafaria’s THE MEDDLER is here.

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT is here.

And, of course, Bryan Singer’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE is here.

BOOKS

Mick Wall’s LEMMY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY is here.

And editor Susannah Carson’s esteemed SHAKESPEARE & ME is here.

DVD

And, lucky last, Matt Shakman’s underrated CUT BANK is here.

FOUR FILMS AND TWO INTERVIEWS TOO

I’ve just added four film reviews written for RIU and two interviews penned for The Clothesline Digital Arts Magazine, and you can read them all as follows…

Nicholas Stoller’s BAD NEIGHBOURS 2 is here.

Stephen Frears’ FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS is here.

Matthew Brown’s THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is here.

And Margot Nash’s THE SILENCES is here.

Plus my interview with cult horror cinema icon Barbara Crampton for ROAD GAMES is here and my interview with Adelaide’s Mike Retter, co-creator of STANLEY’S MOUTH, is here too.

ANOTHER SERIOUSLY BOFFO WRAP-UP

I’ve just added seven film reviews written for RIU, one penned for The Adelaide Review and five book reviews undertaken for The Clothesline Digital Arts Magazine, and you can read them all as follows…

FILM

Matthew Saville’s A MONTH OF SUNDAYS is here.

Joe and Anthony Russo’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR is here.

Dexter Fletcher’s EDDIE THE EAGLE is here.

Scott Hick’s HIGHLY STRUNG is here.

Jeff Nichols’ MIDNIGHT SPECIAL is here.

Garry Marshall’s MOTHER’S DAY is here.

Joseph Sims-Dennett’s OBSERVANCE is here.

And Cesc Gay’s TRUMAN is here.

BOOKS

M.R. Carey’s FELLSIDE is here,

Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s HEX is here.

Arlene Heyman’s SCARY OLD SEX is here.

Alexei Sayle’s THATCHER STOLE MY TROUSERS is here.

And, finally, Leigh Hopkinson’s TWO DECADES NAKED is here.

AUTUMNAL MOVIE WRAP-UP

I’ve just added four film reviews written for RIU, one film review penned for The Adelaide Review and an interview I conducted for RIU too, and you can read them all as follows…

Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy’s THE BOSS is here.

Robert Schwentke’s THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT is here.

Jon Favreau’s THE JUNGLE BOOK is here.

Nanni Moretti’s MIA MADRE (MY MOTHER) is here.

Lisa Nicol’s WIDE OPEN SKY is here.

And my interview with Ben Falcone for THE BOSS is here too.