With a lifelong fascination for film and TV, Charlie studied at Charles Sturt University and completed a Bachelor of Arts (Television Production) before beginning a career at Channel Nine, where he worked as a producer for ten years. He is currently employed with Sunday Night on the Seven Network, and runs the production company, Midnight Productions.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Sufjan Stevens, fun., Sarah Blasko
TOP 3 MOVIES: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Almost Famous, Donnie Darko
BEST CONCERT: Sufjan Stevens at the Sydney Opera House - 2011 (twice)
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Either watching Milo and Otis or ET at a friend's house.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
An absolutely faboolous sequel
★★★★

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024
The reviews

Kinds of Kindness
A lurid yet lengthy Yorgos Lanthimos movie
★★★★

Working in the television industry for 10 years and growing up in it for 20 years before that, this path was inevitable. An AFTRS alum with two Graduate Certificates under her belt, Jess is the definition of a movie buff and after torturing her friends with her opinions for years, they're now out there for public consumption. By day, Jess is an employee at Channel 9 travelling the country and the globe working on the Today Show, News, NRL, The Footy Show and the 2012 London Olympics, among others, but by night she's either hauled up inside a cinema (her home away from home) or rubbing shoulders with movie stars and movie makers on red carpets.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Damien Rice, Ed Sheeran, Sam Cooke
TOP 3 MOVIES: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stranger Than Fiction, Juno
BEST CONCERT: Peter Gabriel in Verona, Italy - 2010
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: When I was 5 I was with my family sitting front row at a screening of Dirty Dancing facing the audience. I turned around once the movie started and suddenly felt overwhelmed with the desire to be up there on that screen.

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The Holdovers
Payne + Giamatti = comedy and emotional gold in an unlikely fashion
★★★★

Dazed and Confused
When words maketh the movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
20 years and 5 movies later, where does the legacy stand?

Daniel Lammin has worked extensively as a theatre director, playwright and actor, and his passion for storytelling recently led to him graduating from the post-graduate Directing course at NIDA (2011). His very candid approach to film critiquing comes from his high standards in all creative pursuits, and love of movies from an early age.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: David Ford, Bob Dylan, Death Cab For Cutie
TOP 3 MOVIES: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Zodiac
BEST CONCERT: London Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet - 2010
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Seeing 'The Neverending Story' recorded from the TV onto a VHS when I was 3 or 4.

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Joker: Folie à Deux
An aimless sequel on a road to nowhere
★★

The Wild Robot
A celebration of motherhood in this new animated classic
★★★★

Alien: Romulus
The legendary Alien franchise adds teen horror to its genre roster
★★★★

Jake has a background in journalism but, after some time working at a newspaper on NSW's Central Coast, he relocated from Newcastle to Sydney and segued into marketing and content roles. A lifelong pop culture fan, rumor has it that he sleeps on a giant treasure trove of books, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and comics.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: PJ Harvey, Beastie Boys, Madlib
TOP 3 MOVIES: Strangers On A Train, Hangin' With The Homeboys, Aliens
BEST CONCERT: The National at the Sydney Opera House in 2014
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Being terrified by the prologue of Ralph Bakshi's animated film, The Lord of the Rings (1978). The music, the voiceover and the live-action silhouettes against a blood-red backdrop were four minutes of pure nightmare fuel for an overly imaginative child.

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Anatomy of a Fall
A legal thriller that leans in some fascinating directions
★★★★★

Bring on Brollie
The latest streaming service hits Australia - and it's free

Cobweb
Laughs and breezy satire from a South Korean great
★★★

Ashley is a Melbourne-based uni student. She may have a degree in neuroscience but you can catch her at a cinema the moment class is over (or even between classes!). A life-long lover of film, she recently started putting finger to keyboard to start reviewing films she loves and sharing her thoughts with the world.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Tame Impala, Taylor Swift, Radiohead
TOP 3 MOVIES: La La Land, Whiplash, First Man (Damien Chazelle is my one true love)
BEST CONCERT: Tame Impala at Laneway 2017
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Seeing 'Anastasia' with my cousins and hiding under my chair during the frightening Rasputin scenes.

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Black Box Diaries
Shiori Itō's #MeToo triumph
★★★★★

The Substance
Batshit body horror has a new crown jewel
★★★★★

Daughters
Powerful stories that deserve better storytelling
★★★★

Ever since he popped in 'The Lion King' VHS, Chris has been infatuated with film. He has a Bachelor in Film and Television, and is currently a manger at Greater Union. Chris practically lives at the cinema; whenever he is working, he is there watching the latest films - good, bad and everything in between.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Shawn Mendes, Janelle Monae, The Cast of High School Musical
TOP 3 MOVIES: Titanic, Gone Girl, Love, Simon
BEST CONCERT: Adele at ANZ Stadium
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Having to watch 'Bambi' whenever I couldn't sleep or was crying as an infant.

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The Apprentice
A villain origin story
★★★★

Speak No Evil
Danish film gets Americanised
★★★★

Harold and the Purple Crayon
Everything he draws makes me bored
★

Lily is studying a Bachelor of Film and Television Production. When she isn’t on the set of a film, it’s highly likely she’s watching one. After five international moves in her formative years, Lily’s love of film and cinema grew out of an appreciation for an art form that remained constant and impactful through every changing season of life.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Gang of Youths, The Oh Hellos, Bon Iver
TOP 3 MOVIES: The Princess Bride, La La Land, About Time
BEST CONCERT: Gang of Youths at Sydney's Enmore Theatre
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Watching ‘Bug’s Bunny: Whacky Wabbit’ on VHS at my Nan’s house, eating Apple Turnovers and drinking Sarsaparilla.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel
A five-star stay for adventure

Roman Holiday
Taking a trip back to a modern 50s love story

Sweet As
Soon-to-be Australian classic
★★★★

After watching 'The Social Network' in the dead of night, cinema has been ever-present for Connor. In the following years, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in film and television. Working as a camera operator, he’s travelled far and wide across the state filming soccer and rugby competitions.

Recently, he’s been navigating a career in reality television, working on programs such as 'Married at First Sight', 'Big Brother', 'Australian Survivor', and 'The Voice', among others. But above all, he waits patiently for the next DC Comics film, hoping for its success.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Michael Jackson, John Mayer, The Beatles
TOP 3 MOVIES: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Psycho
BEST CONCERT: The 1975 at the Hordern Pavilion in 2016
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Being utterly entranced by the 1998 masterpiece ‘Toot Toot’ starring the Wiggles

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Magic Beach
Robert Connolly talks riding the wave

Patrick Warburton
Seinfeld, Screaming and The Sweatbox

Brandon Routh
Still flying high

Liz splits her time between Southeast Asia and Australia while pursuing a degree in Media Arts. With an interest in everything design, pop culture and film, she especially seeks to amplify and support WOC talent and voices in creative media. Her love of film can be traced back to her childhood checking the movie timings in newspapers. She now checks them constantly on the cinema website.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: COIN, Jon Bellion, Blake Rose
TOP 3 MOVIES: Into the Spiderverse, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Bad Genius
BEST CONCERT: SUPERBLOOM (at the Live Dream) by MisterWives
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Being absolutely enamoured by Bolt (2008)

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Challengers
Zendaya, Faist, O'Connor: All is complicated in love and tennis
★★★★★

Wicked Little Letters
Olivia Colman tackles 1920s hate mail
★★★★★

Dream Scenario
A new Cage cameo goes viral
★★★★

Dave Lee is a filmmaker, writer, Rotten Tomatoes accredited film critic, media personality, and commentator who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film at Deakin University in 2013. Currently, Dave writes, edits, and presents the YouTube channel 'Dave Lee Down Under', delivering editorials and reviews on movies, animation, and pop culture, as well as regular junket and interview coverage. An obsessive lover of cinema from a very young age, Dave has a particular penchant for Golden Age classics, animation, and modern-day Blockbusters.

TOP 3 ARTISTS: The Beatles, Coldplay, Elvis, Lana Del Rey (do not make me get rid of one!!)
TOP 3 MOVIES: The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars (1977), Fantasia
BEST CONCERT: Coldplay at Wembley, London!
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Watching 'The Wizard of Oz' with my Nan at a young age. The moment Dorothy opened the door to the Technicolor world of Oz, my world was blown wide open!

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It Happened One Night
Behind the enduring legacy of one of the most influential pictures of all time

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
A welcome but flawed return to the brutal, eccentric world of Panem
★★★★

Killers of the Flower Moon
Scorsese delivers one of his most important epics yet
★★★★★

Film enthusiast and ex-cinema worker. Little bit obsessed with analog formats. Bringing you fine podcasts on 2-inch tape!

TOP 3 ARTISTS: Paul, Ringo, George. Not John.
TOP 3 MOVIES: The Godfather, Perfect Blue, Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
BEST CONCERT: The Flaming Lips at the Palace Theatre, 2011
FIRST MEMORY OF A FILM: Pokemon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back

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