by Maple23films | 28/08/25
Bing, who plays Apollo, is undeniably the star of The Friend, appearing every bit the bereaved creature, with a mournful expression that makes it exceedingly difficult not to anthropomorphise him early on. Then, as he and Iris begin to understand each other, he seems...
by Maple23films | 28/08/25
There’s a little bit of Notting Hill in Agathe’s vocation of bookselling (shared with Hugh Grant’s William Thacker), though Paris’s famed Shakespeare and Company is a more earnestly romantic backdrop than a bookstore that exclusively sells...
by Maple23films | 28/08/25
… engaging, fascinating (when it delves into a bit of history and backstory), uniformly well acted and sometimes amusing. Mark Demetrius Film Ink The Stolen Painting 13 DEC: 3 pm & 7 pm91 mins – France – Drama (Coarse language) VENUE: MALENY COMMUNITY CENTRE23...
by Maple23films | 28/08/25
No-one does mild-mannered, gently acerbic cinema for the matinee crowd quite like the British, and the new Steve Coogan movie, The Penguin Lessons, is no exception. Based on an unusual real-life story, it’s a shamelessly corny heart-warmer, despite its outwardly...
by Maple23films | 28/08/25
It’s a big-hearted tear-jerker about the power of art – and it’s already breaking records in its home country, where it’s received the widest-ever release for a local film and become the sixth-highest grossing New Zealand film of all time. George Fenwick Guardian Tinā...
