Salty Popcorn
By Jason King | Everything movies from all of us at www.saltypopcorn.com
VICTORIA & ABDUL | REVIEW
<i>Dame Judi Dench is an immediate attendance tick for me. If she stars I view. Sadly I was unable to attend the media screenings for VICTORIA & ABDUL</i> …
Royal FamilyMOTHER! EXPLAINED - WITH A REVIEW
MOTHER! EXPLAINED – WITH A REVIEW<p>MOTHER! is the latest mind-f*ck from Darren Aronofsky, or do we call him JLaw’s boyfriend now? Such an odd pairing …
Michelle PfeifferAMERICAN ASSASSIN | REVIEW
I love my Dyl Dyl – no shame – I have followed Dylan O’Brien as an avid fanatic of TEEN WOLF for years. His quick witted body acting and comic timing …
MoviesIT | REVIEW
While watching IT I realised I don’t think I have ever seen the Tim Curry tele-series of the Stephen King story, something I need to rectify …
Horror MoviesTHAT MAN FROM RIO | REVIEW
<i>Sadly the Alliance Française Classic Film Festival has just finished in Sydney and it would have been more prudent to have posted this prior to as</i> …
FestivalsGOD'S OWN COUNTRY | REVIEW
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY | REVIEW<p>GOD’S OWN COUNTRY is a no frills in-your-face romantic Yorkshire gay movie along the lines of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN minus a …
FoodTHE LOST CITY OF Z | REVIEW
<i>I was quite surprised to discover that THE LOST CITY OF Z released unannounced last week in Sydney. It has sessions at both the Cremorne Orpheum and</i> …
MoviesALI'S WEDDING | REVIEW
ALI’S WEDDING | REVIEW<p><i>Oooooh I need to see ALI’S WEDDING. I have been hearing so many great things about it and now Kernel Jack is also offering</i> …
WeddingsTHE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD | REVIEW
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD | REVIEW<p><i>Samuel L. Mofoing Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in a profanity filled action movie trying to stay alive and kill each</i> …
MoviesAMERICAN MADE | REVIEW
<i>Thank the movie gods for a good Tom Cruise movie. He has done so many movies lately making them all about quantity over quality. But AMERICAN MADE is</i> …
MoviesTHE DARK TOWER | REVIEW
<i>Kernel Blake reviews his favourite movie of the year haha. OK – kidding – his razzie of the year perhaps. Sadly THE DARK TOWER has been in production</i> …
ANNABELLE: CREATION | REVIEW
<i>A big welcome back to Kernel Emma!! She has been gallivanting overseas in some obscure country for the last year and we have missed her contributions</i> …
VALERIAN | REVIEW
<i>It was an honour to attend the premiere of VALERIAN at Event Cinemas George St a couple of weeks back. To be in the presence of the great Luc Besson</i> …
A MONSTER CALLS | REVIEW
<i>A MONSTER CALLS is a hater of tissues. Yep, this movie, while brilliant, is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen. I sat in a cinema and watched</i> …
THE TRIP TO SPAIN | REVIEW
<i>Those mad voice impersonating first world problem gents are back with more foodie delight, this time in Spain. Kernel Blake hits up the wonderful</i> …
WIND RIVER | REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY
<i>WIND RIVER is the third script from Taylor Sheridan, the pensman behind such awesomeness as SICARIO and HELL OR HIGH WATER. He steps out from behind</i> …
ATOMIC BLONDE | REVIEW
<i>Forget a serious plot – there’s good guys and gals and bad guys and gals but most importantly ATOMIC BLONDE has Charlize Theron kicking some serious</i> …
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES | REVIEW
<i>Sadly I was sick as a dog for this screening last night and moped from bed while Kernel Jack again represented for the Popcorn. I will be seeing WAR</i> …
WOLF AND SHEEP | REVIEW
<i>Based upon unpublished diaries, WOLF AND SHEEP is an award-winning movie where the camera assumes the role of an anthropologist observing remote</i> …
DUNKIRK | REVIEW
<i>I had the privilege of returning to my old work place last night and viewing DUNKIRK in 70mm with the man who trained me as a projectionist 26yrs</i> …
BRIGSBY BEAR | REVIEW
<i>Four more reviews to get up from our 2017 Sydney Film Festival coverage from last month. One of which is this review for BRIGSBY BEAR, possibly</i> …
BABY DRIVER | REVIEW
<i>It’s not every day you get to sit in the same room as director Edgar Wright, one of my new fave actors, Ansel Elgort, Lily James and oddly George</i> …
THE BEGUILED | REVIEW
<i>Sofia Coppola is a goddess. When LOST IN TRANSLATION entered my orbit I fell head over heels for her style and elegant approach to filmmaking. I</i> …
WE DON’T NEED A MAP | REVIEW
<i>Another of our Sydney Film Festival movies we viewed was WE DON’T NEED A MAP – a documentary from Warwick Thornton. Kernel Jack explains in detail</i> …
SONG TO SONG | REVIEW
<i>I’m with Kernel Jack on this one, Terrence Malick movies are a gamble. But for me it is more like Russian Roullette – it can be beautifully</i> …
DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM | REVIEW
<i>When Salty was invited to review DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM, a documentary about Radio Birdman, there was only one Kernel I wanted to review it. We</i> …
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING | REVIEW
<i>Excuse me while I just gush for the next 1000 words or so because I am in fracking love with SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING. It is a near-perfect superhero</i> …
OKJA | SFF REVIEW
<i>Oooooh – OKJA looks like it will be one of my favourite films of the year. It is one of those rare films where a distributor gives a visionary</i> …
Bong Joon-hoINGRID GOES WEST | SFF REVIEW
<i>INGRID GOES WEST is a movie I want, but am scared, to see. It centres on social media and some of its negative aspects. I loathe to find out how many</i> …
Ingrid Goes West