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Midnight Special ***½ (2016, Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Sam Shepard) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jeff Nichols boldly goes at having a crack at something a bit different in this dark and brooding 2016 sci-fi chase thriller. It’s an oddball story in which a father Roy and his eight-year-old son Alton Meyer go […]

Apr, 07

Black Mass *** (2015, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Adam Scott) – Movie Review

Johnny Depp is good, not brilliant, but good, cast against type as real-life diabolical sociopath Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston. Director Scott Cooper’s fascinating but uneven 2015 gangster […]

Nov, 26

Life **** (2015, Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Ben Kingsley, Alessandra Mastronardi, Joel Edgerton, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher) – Movie Review

Dane DeHaan brings James Dean to Life in a snappy snap. Set in a kind of fairy tale 1955, Life is an excellent movie, with a sweet story, superlative performances and astounding visuals in a […]

Sep, 24

The Gift **** (2015, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall stars as youngish married couple Simon and Robyn, whose life goes spiralling into meltdown after a chance encounter with Simon’s old high school acquaintance Gordo (Joel Edgerton). Initially, Simon doesn’t even recognise Gordo at […]

Aug, 06

Exodus: Gods and Kings *** (2014, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn) – Movie Review

The Gospel according to director Ridley Scott is a typically beautifully crafted, visually stunning affair that he tries desperately hard to turn into Gladiator 2, with Moses as an action hero, and inevitably mostly fails. It’s not […]

Dec, 18

Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

The saga of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks in 2001 makes for an extremely powerful, intelligent, disturbing movie, but somehow it doesn’t quite hit the […]

May, 06

Ned Kelly *** (2003, Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton) – Classic Movie Review 1,072

Director Gregor Jordan’s 2003 remake of Ned Kelly stars Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush and is in the interesting category. Director Gregor Jordan’s 2003 remake of Tony Richardson’s 1970 film Ned Kelly with […]

Apr, 09

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