Many of us in the audience will realise that we are in a world, in a story of Australian history, with which we are not particularly familiar.

And then comes one of the greatest coincidences in contemporary films!

The action has been transferred to the US, to the state of Alabama, and the central characters are African-American, bringing in significant race issues underlying the action.

Much is tailored to the needs of drama in "Godfather, Coda." But one cannot manufacture urgency in a film that lacks the kind of cosmic conflict of its two predecessors.

Viola Davis is a manipulative diva who commands attention and obedience. Her mesmerizing performance consumes the screen, and Chadwick Boseman as Levee broke my heart.

This femme fatale is in Sin City for what she calls a “therapeutic getaway,” a fancy name for having sex with a stranger.

I loved the climactic portions of “Soul” that helped Joe himself realize that although playing jazz is his life’s greatest passion, perhaps ultimately it was not his most significant purpose in life.

Nolan’s true triumph lies in filling this complex world with characters who keep it spinning with their desires, which in turn are finely tuned products of the new world and the familiar.

Was everyone just naïve about the flipside of the creation of these digital platforms? Did no one truly consider the human factor in all of this, that is, the very real human struggle with good and evil?

It is urgent and suspenseful, even if one is aware that around its periphery exists information that, in a courtroom, would be deemed quite relevant to the case.

You may never eat bacon again.

This is an inspirational thriller, with real-life historical significance.

This Christmas there is a welcome return visit of the streetcat Bob and his owner James Bowen.

So, Bill and Ted go on time travelling adventures again, trying to discover the music they composed, helped by a diverse cast of historical characters.

How can personality be manipulated in the future? That is one of the key features in this bizarre exercise in science-fiction and horror.

The Trouble with Being Born is not a film for audiences who are in a hurry. Rather, it is a cinematic exercise in intellectual and emotional provocation about what it is to be human.

This movie has genuine impact. It has been directed and acted to project humanity in a thought-provoking manner into a coming-of-age story.

It may be a story about Kris Kringle but it's not your usual Christmas fare. It may be something for those who want difference in their entertainment, but, in retrospect, it does seem rather bonkers.

The film, the underpinnings of whose fantastical story lie in tortured Irish history, is terrific fare for kids.

An unavoidably sordid but captivating story.