By Richard Haridy March 18, 2014 Magic Magic is a bold, subversive and conclusively sadistic piece of work that implants a knot into its audience’s stomach before kicking them out to the curb with a brutal ending that withholds any sense of conventional catharsis. Juno Temple stars as Alicia, a meek young girl who, travelling […]
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Poles apart – Afternoon Delight review
February 5, 2014 
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By Richard Haridy February 5, 2014 Veteran TV writer Jill Soloway makes a wonderfully successful jump to feature films with Afternoon Delight, a disarmingly sly story that offers a subtle female twist on a tale we so regularly see from a male perspective. Kathryn Hahn is Rachel, a thirty-something mother trapped in a sexless marriage […]
Continue readingTheir first crime was being stupid – Killer Joe review
November 12, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, and Emile Hirsch. Directed by William Friedkin. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Their first crime was being stupid. The subjects of Tracy Letts’ play Killer Joe give trailer trash a bad name. They are trailer effluvia; fortunate enough to have taken human form, but lacking all the […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review
August 3, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. Originally published June 18, 2012. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 3 and 8, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. This review was first run during the Sydney Film Festival. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of […]
Continue readingFirst look at Angelina Jolie in Maleficent
June 20, 2012 1 Comment
The first image of Angelina Jolie as the evil queen in Disney’s revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty legend, Maleficent, has arrived online (courtesy of Slashfilm). Those horns look mighty threatening. Almost as sharp as her cheekbones! Elle Fanning stars as the slumbering Princess Aurora, tormented by Jolie’s title character. Brenton Thwaites, Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of amoral fun featuring a revelatory turn by Matthew McConaughey as the titular Joe; a […]
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