In 2020, Emerald Fennell burst onto the feature movie scene with Promising Young Woman which she wrote, directed and produced and would eventually win her an Oscar for her original screenplay. The movie was a thought provoking dark thriller that left me thinking how...
Plenty of singers have made an appearance on the silver screen. We’ve ranked our Top 5 Singers In Movies.
One of the questions that came up in our review of the Grease movie is whether or not Grease really is the word, or at least was in the 1950s.
Top 5 Movies Based on TV Shows The inspiration for a movie can come from a number of different places. These days, the majority of movies are inspired by comic books, that then inspire TV shows, that then inspire more movies and so on and so on but there have been...
While many of the Nepo Babies on the list got their start due to their familial connections, they’re at the top of the list due to their longevity and the impact of their own body of work.
Top 7 Olympics Movies There is a long-held history in the cinema of movies about sport. Then there is the subgenre of films set at or around the Olympic games. Whether it’s the summer or the winter games, the event creates the perfect conditions for a come-from-behind...
There’s a long tradition in movies of naming a film after a character. Actually, it predates movies. I’m not an expert on the classics but I’m pretty sure King Oedipus is a character in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. But usually, the title characters have pretty significant parts in the works after which they are named. When we reviewed Oliver! for Two Drink Cinema we realised that the young orphan Twist is actually a relatively minor part in the movie. He doesn’t do much and stuff just kind of happens around him. So we thought we’d come up with our Top 5 Movies Where The Title Character Isn’t The Main Character.
As we left the Sun Theatre after seeing the Barbie movie on its opening day I turned to Brett and said “I can’t wait for the incels to complain about the depiction of Ken.” I won’t give away spoilers in this movie review because there are far too many moments where...
We’re living in the age of the legacy sequel. As more and more producers and movie studios decide, or realise, that there are no new stories out there to tell, they’re left scrambling to find old IP to regurgitate into something new enough or exciting enough to draw a...
We’re only one movie into the new Rainbow Popcorn Podcast but we’re pretty sure the Stonewall movie is the worst piece of queer cinema we’ll review.
So, you haven’t seen Wayne’s World or, like Lee, it’s been so long that you don’t remember it? Well here’s the Two Drink Cinema preview, giving you all of the most basic information about the film so you don’t go in completely blind.
To say it’s the most disappointed we’ve been by a film this year is a big statement but this seems to be a case of more commentary than story.
It’s January now. A pretty common time to set some goals and in 2021 I had a realisation about my goal-setting processes. So this year the process is different.
January 1st. A new year. A turning of the calendar page. While a lot of us are heading into 2022 cautiously, a little gun shy after the last two years, a lot of us will be making New Years Resolutions. But I won’t be.
On the surface, it’s great family fun. A slapstick comedy where a kid sets up fun booby traps to defend his home against two robbers. If you want to keep it in your mind as that fun-filled holiday romp then don’t read further, because the deeper you go the more it starts to lean towards proving Kevin grows up to be Jigsaw, exacting his judgement on sinners.
The latest attempt at making Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel into a film is aurally and visually stunning (and we don’t just mean Timothee Chalamet).
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Here’s what Christmas movies we’re reviewing to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Santa Claus.
We reviewed and compared The Witches 1990 and 2020. Nostalgia aside, it’s pretty clear to us which one comes out on top.
Jeff still can’t play the guitar, and that’s OK! Self-development in lockdown is not a requirement, survival is.
Halloween might be a genre-defining slasher film but deep down it’s low-budget B-grade horror flick.
“Anxiety is a bitch”. Jeff and Lee have both suffered from it. Hopefully our experience helps others with these tips for anxiety.
Venom is another movie that suffers from trying to make a comment on modern social issues and it takes away from a great action flick.
I didn’t realise until my most recent rewatch that Hairspray (2007) is a very horny movie, but somehow remains appropriate for families.
This lockdown extension is tough. We didn’t intend to talk about lockdown on this week’s episode, but with the way it’s affecting everyone in Melbourne, including the two of us, we couldn’t avoid it.
Based on the Stage Musical of the same name, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is the story of 16-year-old Jamie New who dreams of becoming a drag queen. Set in Sheffield, England, the film follows Jamie (Max Harwood) on a journey of...
As we approached the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Sara Colangelo’s Netflix film Worth, starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and Stanley Tucci, presented as an emotional, untold story, led by a high-accredited cast asking audiences...
Kay Cannon’s new Cinderella movie challenges the antiquated trope of the usual fairytale storyline with strong messages of female empowerment and equality, however, it is somewhat forgettable as the overall silliness and pantomime feeling of...
What a month September was meant to be for cinematic releases in Australia. But, like everything in the last two years the September movie releases have been, well, stuffed basically, by Covid-19 and the restrictions that come along with it. If you’re a reader from basically any country other than Australia you can probably head to the cinema and see these films as scheduled. But here in Oz, we had to do a bit of guesswork. Several movies have been rescheduled and a number have been moved onto streaming services. Here’s what we’re looking forward to.
Two Drink Cinema’s review of Ed Wood’s 1959 B-Grade classic, Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Glam rock meets B-grade horror meets rock and roll meets a horny scientist. Richard O’Brien and Jim Sharman’s 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, based on O’Brien’s stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show is the ultimate cult classic. Panned by critics on...
Rear Window (1954), written by John Michael Hayes, is Alfred Hitchcock’s self-proclaimed masterpiece. It’s one of our favourite classics and it was great fun to do a Rear Window review for what would’ve been Hitch’s 122nd birthday. If you...
In Sky High, Disney brings us their second superhero family hot on the tail of The Incredibles. While it's not the best of Disney's family classics it's a bit of fun. The Strongholds, Steven (Kurt Russell), Josie (Kelly Preston) and Will...
Haven’t seen Hitchcock’s Rear Window yet? Here’s Two Drink Cinema’s preview of Hitch’s self-proclaimed masterpiece.
After a turbulent (alright, unprecedented) couple of years for the film industry, it seems that we’re heading back to a normal schedule of releases for movies into the cinema. The August movie releases sees some big titles back in cinemas....