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Krampus ***½ (2015, Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Emjay Anthony) – Movie Review

The 2015 American Christmas horror comedy film Krampus stars Adam Scott, Toni Collette, Emjay Anthony, David Koechner, Conchata Ferrell, and Krista Stadler, and is based on the demonic entity Krampus character from Austro-Bavarian folklore that […]

Dec, 07

Miss You Already **½ (2015, Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine, Jacqueline Bisset) Movie Review

A warm-hearted romantic comedy drama about a woman dying of cancer? Well that’s a bit of a hard sell. There are plenty of laughs in the film, sometimes polished ones, sometimes crudely constructed ones, but overall […]

Sep, 24

Glassland ***½ (2014, Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter) – Movie Review

Jack Reynor stars as John, a young Dublin taxi driver who is desperately trying to save his mother (Toni Collette) from an early death through alcohol addiction. He manages to get her into a week’s […]

Apr, 10

Hector and the Search for Happiness * (2014, Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette) – Movie Review

A tired-looking Simon Pegg plays menopausal psychiatrist Hector, who selfishly abandons his lovely girlfriend Clara (Rosamund Pike), whom he is very lucky to have, and searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. Though she’s […]

Aug, 14

Velvet Goldmine **** (1998, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Eddie Izzard, Christian Bale) – Classic Movie Review 1529

Rhys-Meyers and Ewan McGregor strut their flamboyant stuff in writer-director Todd Haynes’s gay-friendly, Citizen Kane-style exposé of 1970s glam rock. In truth, the immensely ambitious 1998 drama Velvet Goldmine is a part failure, but it […]

Aug, 09

The Boys * (1998, David Wenham, Toni Collette) – Classic Movie Review 1491

Debut director Rowan Woods’s 1998 release is a very extreme, slow-moving and repulsive Australian film about a psychopathically violent crook released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. He comes home to a Sydney household […]

Jul, 29

Changing Lanes **** (2002, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1425

Director Roger Michell’s 2002 drama is a real thriller. It was one of its year’s best films. After a minor road prang in the rain in New York, harassed, up-and-coming lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance […]

Jul, 13

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