Laura Delaney

Multimedia Journalist

Midnight Sun is another by-the-numbers teen melodrama

Midnight Sun will give your brain a total eclipse

Midnight Sun is an overwrought and contrived weepy teen dramedy that becomes cumbersome and cliché-ridden within the first ten minutes.

Movie Review • 04 Apr 18

Walk Like a Panther punches above its weight

Walk Like a Panther lacks pep in its step

Dan Cadan's feature directorial debut has a reasonable enough starting point and will rope viewers in, but it won't be long until viewers will be begging to give their ringside seat away.

Reviews • 08 Mar 18

The Shape of Water will float around your mind for days after viewing

The Shape of Water - not just a fish out of water tale

Guillermo del Toro's wildly imaginative adult fairytale is an opulently entertaining monster fable that is spectacularly stylised and perversely enchanting.

Movie Review • 13 Feb 18

Day-Lewis dives into the psyche of a disturbed character with incredible intensity

Day-Lewis' swan song is a well-dressed masterpiece

Daniel Day Lewis' swan song is a wonderfully delirious and bewitching masterpiece.

Movie Review • 06 Feb 18

No FOMO here! Ingrid Goes West is in need of contouring

A picture is worth a thousand words - but when it comes to social media - a picture is worth a thousand likes.

Ingrid Goes West • 16 Nov 17

Geostorm isn't worth making an unnecessary journey for. In fact, it should come with a red alert.

Red alert! Geostorm is an unnecessary journey

With a big budget and stellar cast, first-time director Dean Devlin had all of the right conditions to create the perfect storm, but instead of breaking any new ground, the movie evaporates into thin air.

geostorm • 20 Oct 17

It's Not Yet Dark is an inspirational story of survival

It's Not Yet Dark: an inspiring, heartfelt masterpiece

Simon Fitzmaurice relies on a home ventilator to keep him alive; a motorised wheelchair to help him keep up with his five young kids; and eye-gaze technology to communicate with his loved ones. But make no mistake, Simon's spirit for life can't be broken.

It's Not Yet Dark • 16 Oct 17

Valerian is a spectacular but the messy script and miscast leads make it a sinking ship

Valerian will leave you feeling spaced out

French director Luc Besson's adaptation of the French comic series Valérian and Laureline is as eye-popping and jaw-dropping as his previous films The Fifth Element and Lucy but the shoddy script sends the space opera into a black hole.

Movie Reviews • 01 Aug 17