Released 10th August (Australia)
Seen 19th December
Directed & Written by Roger Goldby
Produced by Bright Pictures, Creativity Capital, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
Starring Joan Collins & Pauline Collins
Ferdinand
Released 14th December (Australia)
Seen 10th December (Advance Screening)
Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle, Brad Copeland
Produced by Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Starring John Cena, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon, Peyton Manning & David Tennant
The Disaster Artist
Released 7th December (Australia)
Seen 7th December
Directed by James Franco
Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Produced by Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor & Allison Brie
The Star
Released 30th November (Australia)
Seen 5th December
Directed by Timothy Reckart
Written by Carlos Kotkin
Produced by Affirm Films, Columbia Pictures, Franklin Entertainment, Jim Henson Company, Sony Pictures Animation, Walden Media
Starring Steven Yeun, Keegan-Michael Key, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Kristen Chenoweth & Oprah Winfrey
Coco
Released 26th December (Australia)
Seen 3rd December (Advance Screening)
Directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina
Written by Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich
Produced by Disney Pixar
Starring Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt & Renee Victor
Paddington 2
Released 21 December
Seen 3rd December (Charity Preview screening)
Directed by Paul King
Written by Paul King & Simon Farnaby
Produced by StudioCanal, Anton Capital Entertainment S.C.A., Amazon Prime Instant Video, Canal+, Ciné+, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd.
Starring Ben Whishaw, Madeline Harris, Samuel Joslin, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville & Hugh Grant
Bad Moms 2
Released 2nd November (Australia)
Seen 2nd December
Directed & Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Produced by Huayi Brothers Pictures & STX Entertainment
Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon & Cheryl Hines
There is nothing that makes me more nervous about seeing a movie than it being a sequel to a comedy… or when it’s a specific holiday-themed movie… or when it has multiple names in multiple countries like this movie. This had everything going against it that makes me worry but lucky for me, it calmed my fears pretty quickly.
Cherry Pop
Released 22nd September
Seen 30th November
Directed by Assaad Yacoub
Written by Nick Landa
Produced by Wolfe Releasing
Starring Lars Berge, Mayhem Miller, Detox Icunt, Bob The Drag Queen, Allusia, Tempest DuJour & Latrice Royale
There is a very small genre of films that revolve around a drag queen. Classics like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert or Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Numar are big high points in the genre but there are other great films like Victor Victoria, The Birdcage, Some Like It Hot or Tootsie. Drag is a great topic for a film but you know who very rarely get’s to star in these kinds of movies? Actual drag queens. Since we now live in a post-Drag Race world, someone decided to fix that and god bless them for it.
Daddy’s Home 2
Released 23rd November (Australia)
Seen 27th November
Directed by Sean Anders
Written by Sean Anders, Brian Burns & John Morris
Produced by Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions & Huahua Media
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Will Farrell, Mel Gibson & John Lithgow
According to Merriam Webster the term ‘Patricide’, derived from the latin patricisa, means “One who murders his or her own father” or “The murder of one’s own father”… just a suggestion that every character in this film might like to take on board.
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Released 22nd November
Seen 26th November
Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Written by Susan Coyne, Les Standiford
Produced by Mazur/Kaplan Company, Mob Film Company, Parallel Films, Rhombus Media
Starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce & Miriam Margolyes
Adaptations of A Christmas Carol were dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of their burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Studios signed it: Those adaptations were as dead as a door-nail.
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