"It was inevitable that people would make movies about the pandemic. I don’t know whether this comedy-crime-thriller movie leads the pack," writes reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD about "Locked Down".
Dougal Macdonald
Dougal Macdonald is the former film reviewer for CityNews”
Edee has bought herself a remote bush block and wants to be alone. Then Miguel arrives. DOUGAL MACDONALD reviews "Land".
"WHAT we have here," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD, "is 122 minutes of secrets, suspicions and selfish suppositions wrapped in a blanket of bashings, blood and bullets."
"I left the screening disappointed. I can forgive the anachronisms, too numerous to list. But not the sloppy screenplay," writes reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD after seeing "Six Minutes to Midnight".
"See it. Be impressed. But don’t expect to come away feeling uplifted about what it shows." Movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD on "The United States vs Billie Holiday".
"Mortal Kombat" doesn’t require much of its audience by way of thinking. It offers a few jokes among the blood and thud stuff. Reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD wasn't impressed.
The relationship between Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) has endured for several decades. Now it is time for them to take to the road to visit old friends before early-onset dementia claims Tusker. "Supernova" is a four-star performance, says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"'Gunda' will never break box-office records. Yet it invites attention because of its display of animal life that city-dwellers may never see. For that reason it has merit," says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
Of his star-and-a-half rating for the new movie, "Unholy", reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD says: "The full star is for the special effects. The half star acknowledges the film’s dramatic merit."
"I found 'Ascendant' tedious and lacking a sense of conviction," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD. It was made in Australia though.
"Antoinette in the Cévennes" is a warmly charming film, an agreeable escape occasionally testing our credulity without abusing it and ending on an optimistic note, says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
Why would many Canberra filmgoers find it familiar territory, asks movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD. "The issue driving 'Collective' is not endemic in Australia. But it illuminates a government presence that functions in a manner very similar to Canberra’s main industry. And finds it wanting."
