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I had to watch this film on a day when the universe was clearly conspiring against me, resulting in one of those awful days. Luckily for me, Finding Your Feet momentarily arrested me from whatever existential crisis I was experiencing. Such is the undeniable charm of Richard Loncraine’s latest offering. After exposing her husband’s cheating ways, Sandra (Imelda Staunton) moves in with her estranged sister Bif (Celia Imrie). Bif’s tiny flat is a world away from the life of luxury Sandra is accustomed to. In an attempt to rekindle Sanda’s zest for life, Bif drags her along to a community dance class. From there Sandra gradually remembers to embrace simple pleasures in life she’d long forgotten to savour. While it won’t win any awards, Finding Your Fee t is a serviceable, run-of-the-mill film which does what it needs to do. It’s a bunch of veteran British stars you’ll easily recognise, all putting in honest work. My only really complaints were that It’s possibly fifteen to ...

New film, who dis? After working their way through close to half of the MCU back catalog, Billy and Christof throw viewing order to the wind and check out the shiny new Black Panther film. Wakanda 5ever! Topics include: Andy Serkis:Human Rhino, the many uses of Vibranium, and Christof actually liked something (wait, what?) As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some feedback below! Really keen to have your input in the show. Enjoy!                                       Get it from Whooshkaa  here                                             Get it from Itunes  here If you want to engage with Billy and Christof more you can do so at the following:  B...

For a book about a woman who's purportedly an excellent shot, Gunslinger Girl  misses more often than it hits. In a future America that's equal parts Westworld , Borderlands  and Red Dead Redemption , Serendipity Jones is a girl with few things, including a pair of asshole brothers, a controlling (and likely childbeating) father, her late mother's twin six-shooters and a lyrical name that can be, unfortunately, shortened to Pity. After suffering one familial humiliation session too many, Pity and her friend Finn decide to leave their two-bit town and head for Columbia, beacon of civilisation and city of adventure. En route, Pity gets waylaid and redirected to the much seedier settlement of Cessation, where she unwillingly falls in with a troupe of performers from the Theatre Vespertine, famed in Cessation as a premier source of entertainment. Except sometimes, the Theatre performs a Finale, and that's where Pity starts to have problems. A sci-fi western set in a nea...

Hold on to your lethal weapons! It's time for the Shane Black Christmas themed film that just happens to have Iron Man in it, Iron Man 3! Topics include: The Mandarin misdirection, Stan Lee should be seen but not heard, Tony Stark straight up murdering a bunch of people, and the MCU Bechdel Test update. As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some feedback below! Really keen to have your input in the show. Enjoy!                                       Get it from Whooshkaa  here                                             Get it from Itunes  here If you want to engage with Billy and Christof more you can do so at the following:  Billy Twitter - https://tw...

Welcome to BINGE-READ MANGA, our occasional segment where Geek of Oz reviews a manga with a back catalogue and tells you why it's worth binging, Netflix-style. --- THE STORY AND CHARACTERS We've all wanted to be a superhero at some point, right? In a world where 80% of the population are born with Quirks - abnormal powers that make them eligible to become superheroes - Izuku "Deku" Midoriya stands out. He was born Quirkless, and has to make do with spectating for both his own superpowered friends and the publically beloved heroes they strive to one day be. After a run-in with one of those heroes, the charismatic All-Might, Deku gets a shot at finally having his own Quirk in order to enter the Hero Academy, given a chance to one day stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the world's greatest caped and cowled characters. Essentially, it's Harry Potter by way of  Teen Titans and X-Men . I've heard worse ideas. When reading  My Hero Academi...

Thanks to the awesome folks at STUDIOCANAL, we're giving away 10 double passes to an advanced screening of the Winchester on the 21st February 6.30pm at Event George Street, Sydney. To go in the draw to win simply click here to head over to our Facebook page and find the Winchester post. Couldn’t be any easier to win. Inspired by true events at the most haunted house in history. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits a house that knows no end. Built by heiress Sarah Winchester (Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren) in an incessant twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week mania over decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms, staircases to nowhere and doors that open into walls. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the troubled Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) who has been summoned to the house. Sh...

Super heroes?!? IN NEW YORK?!? This is it baby! End of Phase One and the first MCU team film, It's The Avengers! Topics covered include: The incredibly inconsistent Hulk, Why villain Loki is the worst Loki, Whedon's mind control fetish, and the ol' Ruffalo switcheroo. As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some feedback below! Really keen to have your input in the show. Enjoy!                                       Get it from Whooshkaa  here                                             Get it from Itunes  here If you want to engage with Billy and Christof more you can do so at the following:  Billy Twitter - https://twitter.com/Aqualec Letterboxd - https://l...

TRAILERS! TRAILERS! GET YOUR TRAILERS HERE!! All the trailers from the Super Bowl  SOLO: A Star Wars story Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom Mission Impossible: Fallout Westworld Season 2 Avengers: Infinity War Incredibles 2  A Quiet Place  " 

It’s the Star-Spangled man with the plan! The first appearance of the hunkiest and patrotic-iest, Captain America, the thirst (sorry, first) Avenger. Christof and Billy strap themselves in for lots of good goofy fun. Topics covered include: Agent Carter, Nazis who aren’t actually Nazis and Captain America is still a good good boy. As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some feedback below! Really keen to have your input in the show. Enjoy!                                       Get it from Whooshkaa  here                                             Get it from Itunes  here If you want to engage with Billy and Christof more you can do so at the following:  Bill...