REVIEWS / SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

The alien hedgehog vidgame megastar iof the 1990s, who sucked up hours of every teenage boy's free time (and homework time, and housework time, and social time) is finally getting the bigscreen treatment (Click here)
The alien hedgehog vidgame megastar iof the 1990s, who sucked up hours of every teenage boy's free time (and homework time, and housework time, and social time) is finally getting the bigscreen treatment (Click here)
A distinct sense of 'newness' pervaded the 92nd annual Academey Awards. A South Korean Best Picture winner and four acting honourees who were hotstuff in the 90s suggest change is afoot (Click here)
Inspired one of the most infamous sexual assaults in Indian history, London-based director K / XI has crafted a cerebral, chilling, perplexing monster film with Black Lake (Click here)
Two enigmatic stars, past and present, fuelled director Benedict Andrews' passion for a project with political overtones that speak directly to today's America (Click here)
A silly skit comedy, ala The Groove Tube? A bold artistic statement on modern culture, ala Spike Jonze? A satire on society's umbilical link to its own ugly imagery, ala Natural Born Killers? This is Jack Henry Robbins' VHYes (Click here)
A new Australian family drama recalls the '80s teen classic The Karate Kid, replacing rubber mats with dusty tracks in the world of go-karting (Click here)
Psychotropic drug-use turns Justin Long's insurance lawyer into a time-jumping moralist in Gille Klabin's head-trip fantasy (Click here)
OSCARS 2020: Joaquin Phoenix's manic madman in Todd Phillip's Joker edges out Martin Scorses's The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood for the most 2020 Academy Award nominations (Click here)
From child preacher to leading man to bit player, Marjoe Gortner has existed for too long in Hollywood's fringe history. Author John Harrison hopes to redress the imbalance with his latest book, WILDCAT! The Films of Marjoe Gortner (Click here)
Independent Australian horror hasn't been as unhinged as The Faceless Man since the wild ol' days of 10BA (Click here).
AACTA International Award's voters back Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story among 2019 winners (Click here)
Wish we could join in the global cinematic neutering of Tom Hooper's Cats, but fact is we think it close to being the perfect (okay...purrfect) stage-to-screen-transition. (Click here)
Memory, grief and a very cinematic spin on true love utilises majestic New Zealand countryside in this Chinese weepie fro director Feng Xiaogang (Click here)
A monochromatic take-down of patriarchal dominance, set to the beats of a mermaid-fantasy narrative; Scales is set to take the festival circuit by storm (Click here)
Thirty of the year's best, including our #1 pick, from the mainstream to the little-seen. Plus a handful of the year's worst. Enjoy! (Click here)