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19/12/2024

🎬𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰!
“Many of the best films of the year were released in methods that deviated from the traditional cinema model, but which resisted the suffocating drabness of the established streaming model. The cinema world is, as ever, apt to surprise you.”
-𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪


𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀:
-𝗙𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗮: A Mad Max Saga (Miller, 2024)
-𝗗𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 (Jude, 2024)
-𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 (Payne, 2023)
-𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 (Szor, Ballal, Abraham, Adra, 2024)
-𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 (Leigh, 2024)

Click the link in our bio to read Tom’s full review!

12/12/2024

"Boxing Day brings no less than six major new releases to the big screen, including these two awards-season heavy-hitters. Both are accomplished, rich dramas for adults - though they couldn’t be more different from each other - with each representing a distinct maturation in style and appeal from their respective directors."
-𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪

Click the link below to read Tom's full reVIEW!
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/anora-baker-2024-a-real-pain-eisenberg-2024/

05/12/2024

"With the coming of Christmas and the New Year, there’s plenty of gold to be found on the big screen. Here’s your guide on what to watch when beating the summer heat at the multiplex." - VIEW

Click the link in our bio to check out Tom's preVIEW! 👀

28/11/2024

"Hugh Grant continues to expand his repertoire in his recent career resurgence, channelling his devilish charm into sinister roles, notably as the antagonist in this religious (or anti-religious) horror. His performance, alongside the impressive talents of newcomers Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher, elevates an engaging thriller that perhaps overestimates its own intellectual depth."-Tom Augustine, VIEW

Click the link below to read Tom's full reVIEW!
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/heretic-beck-woods-2024/

21/11/2024

"Director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) adapts the smash-hit Oz-set musical for the big screen. Glimmers of the stage musical’s power and magnetism appear here and there, particularly in the performance of Ariana Grande, but are too often buried beneath a blandly digital, overly-busy visual palette and a bloated runtime." - , VIEW

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15/11/2024

"Twenty-four years on, Ridley Scott returns to the historical epic that rocked the world at the turn of the Millennium. For better and for worse, Gladiator II is a film eclipsed by that film’s shadow, struggling valiantly but failing to define itself beyond more of the same." - Tom Augustine , VIEW

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https://www.viewmag.co.nz/gladiator-2-scott-2024/

07/11/2024

"Hollywood’s nostalgia machine keeps rolling, catering to fan memories over genuine innovation. With films like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire, Jason Reitman leans heavily on the '80s classics rather than redefining them. Now, his new film Saturday Night dramatizes the chaotic first SNL broadcast, celebrating Lorne Michaels as a visionary. But does this nostalgia-bait honor the comedy giants who made SNL legendary, or just cling to a golden era?" - Tom Augustine, VIEW

Click the link below to read Tom's full review!
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/saturday-night-reitman-2024/

06/11/2024

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05/11/2024

Our Tom Augustine scored an exclusive interview with legendary Kiwi filmmaker David John Blyth. discussing Night Freaks, his latest mind-bending creation!

Don’t miss the NZ television premiere this Friday, 8 November, at 8:30pm on Sky's Rialto Channel. 🎬

Join NZ’s Tom Augustine in an exclusive interview with legendary Kiwi filmmaker David Blyth. David discusses Night Freaks, his latest film set t...

31/10/2024

"It’s perhaps Here’s most disappointing aspect – that so much of the drama feels so simplistic, both narratively and ideologically. The Boomerist nostalgia that drove Forrest Gump is present here too... without even a little subversiveness or genuine provocation." - Tom Augustine, VIEW

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https://www.viewmag.co.nz/here-zemeckis-2024/

24/10/2024

"...Sebastian Stan’s remarkable lead performance, it announces the arrival of a major artist of current New York cinema..." - Tom Augustine, VIEW

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https://www.viewmag.co.nz/a-different-man/

22/10/2024

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POINT OF VIEW View is about Watching. Watching film, watching television. Every week, our film writer Tom Augustine shares his latest reVIEW on the latest movie on the big screen, or perhaps a series for streaming at home. Watching in…. watching out.

17/10/2024

17/10/2024

"...an astonishing performance by Léa Drucker, it’s a film whose glassy, clinical surface conceals roiling currents beneath." - Tom Augustine

Click the link below to read Tom's reVIEW!
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/last-summer/

10/10/2024

"...Led by two exceptional performances from Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, it’s a less-accomplished Wolf of Wall Street that nevertheless reminds us of the monstrous capabilities of the one-time President." - Tom Augustine , VIEW

Click the link below to read the full reVIEW!
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/the-apprentice/

04/10/2024

"...a sweeping, soapy examination that proves its worthiness, led by a captivating Emilia Schüle as the titular royal." - Tom Augustine , VIEW

Click the link below to read Tom's reVIEW of Marie Antoinette.
https://www.viewmag.co.nz/marie-antoinette/

New episodes of Marie Antoinette premiere every Wednesday night at 8:30pm, exclusively on Rialto Channel.