“Sorry We Missed You” is about the Turner family confronting economic stringency, trying to battle its way out of debt, exploitation and internal turmoil. But it's a great cast and a powerful story to which even the hardest of hearts must surely resonate, says film reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"This is a very truncated summary of a powerful story that tells it like it is, delicately, intimately but without prurience, with admirable and poignant credibility". Film reviewer approves of "Portrait of a Lady on Fire".
"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker": "How did I feel about it? Not a lot," says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD, who can muster only a single star of approval.
"This is another hybrid of mating between a simple flexible toy with which little kids could invent their own play scenarios, and moving images," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"The producers of 'Playing With Fire' could not have foreseen the local situation that would greet it on release in Australia. But even from its get-go, its title is a big lie," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"The gory bits of “Black Christmas” give so much away in advance that “horrid” or “horrifying” might categorise it better". Reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD isn't a fan.
Reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD rates "Machine" as the hardest film he can remember having had to review. "It says important stuff that I feel people need to see," he says in his cover note to the editor.
"Frankly, I can’t understand why any self-respecting cinema chain would bother with this movie." Reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD is underwhelmed by "The Addams Family".