Category: Film & TV

Film Review: Hotel Transylvania

Film Review: Hotel Transylvania

| 20 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Genndy Tartakovsky Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez Sassi’s Star Rating: 3.5/5 Parents have all been through it. Your baby learns to walk, they lose their first tooth, and before you know it, they’re 118, in love, and you’re just praying they’ll break up with their partner and settle down [...]

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Film Review: Ruby Sparks

Film Review: Ruby Sparks

| 20 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Starring: Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Chris Messino, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas Sassi’s Star Rating: 4/5 Stranger than Fiction meets The Red Shoes in this romantic-dramedy about love, relationships, and the artistic process. Prodigy Calvin (Paul Dano) had a New York Times best seller by the age of nineteen. [...]

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Attenzione Signore! Lavazza Italian Film Festival Has Hit Sydney

Attenzione Signore! Lavazza Italian Film Festival Has Hit Sydney

| 20 September , 2012 | Reply

Be it the fashion, the food, or of course the men; there are oh so many Italian exports that hold a place close to my heart. With a history of what people in the industry like to call really good cinema, Italian film is, of course, one of them. Luckily the Lavazza Italian Film Festival [...]

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Film Review: Madagascar 3D, Europe’s Most Wanted

Film Review: Madagascar 3D, Europe’s Most Wanted

| 16 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath Starring: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Frances McDormand Sassi’s Star Rating: 5/5 Get your kids and see this film asap! It is awesome. I am a fan of the other films in this franchise, but this one really takes the cake! It’s my [...]

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Film Review: The Watch

Film Review: The Watch

| 13 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Akiva Schaffer Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade Sassi’s Star Rating: 3/5 Glenview is a quiet suburban paradise in the middle of Ohio. It’s the kind of place where picket fences are white, the neighbours are friendly, and an average guy can join Costco as an assistant manager and twelve [...]

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Film Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Film Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

| 13 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Benh Zeitlin Written by: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly Sassi’s Star Rating: 4/5 Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin, is a unique film hard to describe. It follows little traditional structure, blends realism with the reemergence of prehistoric creatures, and shoves a force of [...]

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Film Review: Your Sister’s Sister

Film Review: Your Sister’s Sister

| 6 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Lynn Shelton Written by: Lynn Shelton Starring: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt Sassi’s Star Rating: 4/5 Jack (Mark Duplass) has been emotionally lost since his brother passed away a year ago. When he ruins a remembrance party, his friend Iris (Emily Blunt) sends him to her family cabin to get some much-needed [...]

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We Chat to the Hilarious Foxy Ladies, Kath & Kim all about Kimderella and What’s Foxy & What’s Not!

We Chat to the Hilarious Foxy Ladies, Kath & Kim all about Kimderella and What’s Foxy & What’s Not!

| 6 September , 2012 | Reply

After a busy week walking the red carpet, causing a storm of activity in Sydney and generally being completely ‘foxy’, Kath and Kim took some time out of their day to catch up with us about their adventures in the feature length film Kath and Kimderella (read our review here). Monique: Ladies, you have just [...]

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Film Review: Kath & Kimderella

Film Review: Kath & Kimderella

| 6 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Ted Emery Starring: Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Magda Szubanski, Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn, Rob Sitch, Richard E Grant Sassi’s Star Rating: 4/5 Our foxy ladies are back and they’ve left their humble homes in Fountain Lakes after Kath (Turner) wins a big trip overseas – all the way to Italy. Suddenly our favourite [...]

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DVD Review: Colombiana

DVD Review: Colombiana

| 5 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: Olivier Megaton Written by: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue Sassi’s Star Rating: 3/5 From life as a young girl in Colombia to the life of an assassin in Chicago, Cataleya grows up quick. When her parents are murdered, nine-year-old Cataleya flees to her uncle in Chicago [...]

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DVD Review: Wanderlust

DVD Review: Wanderlust

| 5 September , 2012 | Reply

Directed by: David Wain Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Malin Akerman Sassi’s Star Rating: 4/5 Loved up couple George and Linda (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston reuniting for the first time since The Object of My Affection) are forced to let their yuppie dreams slide after George looses his high paying job, and [...]

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