Movie Matinee Madness - Widows

All star casts do not come much better than this! Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, and Liam Neeson.



I'm going to keep this short as I am tired and this is a no brainer, Widows is a brilliant movie, Viola Davis completely slays as lead Veronica Rowlings.

Her dog always completely steals the scene on a number of occasions.

Jackie Weaver has a small but solid role and Cynthia Erivo is one of my favourite scene queens of 2018. After her great role in Bad Times at the El Royale, her hella fierce role in Widows makes her the complete package.

Widows is heads and shoulders above many other recent thrillers, this is a great film and deserves all the critical love it's currently getting.

4.75 Stars, so close to being perfect!

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Season 1

After I truly struggled through the second season of Ozark with it's dark scenes and mumbling main cast, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a breath of fresh air on Netflix.

I think I smashed all ten episodes in a week and now eagerly await the holiday special arriving on December 14.

So two weeks to wait and I honestly can't wait!

The reboot of Riverdale styled Sabrina is awesome, it's very inclusive and modern with a pansexual, a student struggling with gender issues and of course witches and warlocks.

It is totally Riverdale 2.0 with a little more violence and a bit more supernatural.

Even though Riverdale Season Three has toyed with witches and black magic this season, a crossover totally looked possible until The CW decided to pass on Sabrina and it went directly to Netflix for an easy series to binge.

This has been my easiest binge in ages, it's addictive, the cast and characters are interesting, Miranda Otto is divine as Zelda and Chance Perdomo is beautiful as Ambrose.

Credit must also go to main star Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina, she is as wholesome as previous Melissa Joan Hart but also sassy and new. I like.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a missed opportunity for some diversity on The CW, they do have a number of comic book shows but this is a step up from The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and even some of the filler episodes of Riverdale.



Go on it's a wet and miserable day in Sydney, there is worse stuff to waste your time on, give Chilling Adventures of Sabrina a go today, DO IT!

Movie Matinee Madness - Robin Hood

It's had terrible reviews and a fairly bad start at the box office, the latest Robin Hood is not a hit, but I still enjoyed it.

I'll keep this review short as I was actually intending on seeing Widows, but bad traffic forced me to see the latest re-imagination of a old tale.



Taron Egerton is hot, it's strange seeing Tim Minchin in an international film, alongside fellow Aussie Ben Mendelsohn who seemingly always plays the bad guy.

Jamie Foxx is also in the casting mix and whilst some of the action scenes are impressive, it's a little all over the shop.

Throwing in Mr 50 Shades of Grey, Jamie Dornan, they really try and apply to all markets with a big and most popular cast.

Robin Hood, 2018 will be forgotten fairly quickly and may even pick up a Razzie or two.

2.5 Stars for the shirtless Taron Egerton scenes and some of the action was pretty impressive for a Saturday afternoon at the pictures.

(Mini) Sunday Spotlight: Clea

It's the final Mini Sunday Profile for 2018, yes December is around the corner and it's time to look back at the best of the year, movies, TV and more!

So let's shine the spotlight on today's act, Clea hailing from Brisbane has just released her debut album, Vermillion.

Clea Pratt as she is known to family members has had a couple of singles and an EP prior to her debut dropping so let's check out some highlights from the young up and coming singer songwriter.

You can check out a couple of older tunes and more info on her Triple J Unearthed profile - HERE.

Room 104, Season 2

I binge watched all of Room 104 Season 1 when I had a long weekend in Melbourne. It's addictive, interesting to watch with different characters each episode making it a whole new show/story every week.



HBO doesn't have too many 30 minute shows at present, with Silicon Valley and Veep delayed, Girls concluding and Barry resting until next year when season two returns.

So it is refreshing for a short sharp HBO premium drama/comedy or sometimes even a touch of horror. Yes even the genre changes week on week.

Michael Shannon has had the standout rapping crazy moment so far this season and with two episodes over a weekend, it's even easy to binge with a new episode every Friday and Saturday night. Meaning the series will conclude before Christmas, 2018.

I do hope this will be renewed for a third season, however viewer numbers are nothing to write home about and the show airing almost double episodes may not be a good sign, however for now, it's enjoyable AF!

Supergirl Season 4.

Supergirl has always had a few political messages from time to time, however this season is next level. Taking political stories straight from the NY Times and Washington Post, Supergirl has gone full Left Vs Far Right.

The first six episodes of the fourth season have been really enjoyable (even with this political leaning) with a few cast changes and a new enemy I am looking forward to the Elseworlds episodes in coming where I need to catch up on The Flash and watch my one Arrow episode of each season.



It's Thanksgiving in the US so it's a good time for me to catch up on my series, with How to Get Away with Murder, Station 19 and Shameless already all having their Fall finales, with American Horror Story, The Purge and Mayan's MC also recently finishing.

I am hoping to binge Sabrina for a bit of a 90's flashback this weekend so stay tuned for more reviews and likely if Supergirl continues to impress or when I get around to The Flash I will see if season four continues to impress.

However so far so good with Supergirl, Season Four.

Movie Matinee Madness - Suspiria

Tilda Swinton playing three roles, Thom Yorke from Radiohead providing the music and Ms Grey herself Dakota Johnson, it's time for Suspiria.

A remake of the 1977 by Call Me By Your Name director and producer Luca Guadagnino, this film has some seriously horrific scenes.

Let's just say that dance sequence with Johnson and the mirrors, horrofying...



It's a very long film, it clocks in at well over 2 hours and a half and divides the film into six acts.

A huge cast with Swinton playing three roles (I didn't know this till I went on Wikipedia), Johnson not playing sexy but actually dancing really well and Chloe Grace Moretz has a smaller role.

A coven of witches in Berlin, it sounds spooky and it's all sorts of fucked up in this German/English film.

Suspiria is screening around the place in only very select cinemas.

3 Stars.