Dave Griffiths

Dave Griffiths has worked as a journalist for over twenty years now -covering topics including film, television, music, travel and sport (with a main focus on AFL Football). That time has seen him host the popular X-Wired television program for seven seasons as well as write for various magazines such as Buzz Magazine, Heavy Mag, Stage Whispers, The Banner and Eternity.. He has even branched out into writing online for Subculture Entertainment, Media Search and The Book The Film The T-Shirt. He also worked as the online editor for Entertainment 360 for three years. Dave's radio work has seen him work on various radio stations including 3RPP, Triple R and Light FM. He is currently the resident film reviewer on Sydney's 2UE radio station and can be heard reviewing what is new at cinemas and on DVD each week on Wednesdays at 3pm with Ed Phillips. He is also the co-host of Melbourne's 94.1FM's breakfast show 'The Motley Crew' and he can sometimes be heard on J-Air's 'First On Film'. David is also the co-host of two popular podcasts - ‘The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Film Show,' and 'The Popcorn Conspiracy' As far as Film Reviewing goes David is an elected committee member of AFCA (Australian Film Critics Association and a member of IPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)/FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique). He has also served as a jury member for a number of international film festivals and is considered an expert on cult cinema, horror movies and Australian films.

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    Jumanji: The Next Level Review

    The Gist Picking up a few years after the events of Welcome To The Jungle we find our original players coming together for the first time since they ...

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    The Gentlemen Review

    The Gist The film centres around Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club) a gangster who has built a budding marijuana business across England. However when Mickey ...

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    Little Women Review

    The Gist The film is set in 1868 with Jo March (Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn), a budding young writer getting a story published by a local publisher. At ...

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    1917 Review

    The Gist Plot wise 1917 is quite basic. It is set during World War I in France and General Erinmore (Colin Firth – A Single Man) receives word ...

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    Spies In Disguise Review

    The Gist In this animation Smith voices Lance Sterling, the greatest spy the world has ever seen. However Sterling’s career is placed in jeopardy when he comes up ...

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    DAVE G’S Best Films Of 2019

    Well we’ve seen the worst… now here the best. Dave G takes a look at what his favourite films were for 2019. The Nightingale Few films could match the ...

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    DAVE G’S Worst Films Of 2019

    1. Black Christmas The first dud from the Blumhouse house of horror. Black Christmas tried to be political with the gender game but ended up being so offense ...

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    Cats Review

    The Gist Originally based on a collection of poems from T.S. Eliot Cats is told through the eyes of Victoria (Francesca Hayward – The Sun Is God, Extra) ...

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    Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Review

    The Gist Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is on the hunt for Palpatine, while Finn (John Boyega), Poe (Oscar Isaac) and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) search for an artefact that ...

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    Playing With Fire Review

    The Gist The film centres around a team of smoke jumpers lead by their heroic leader Jake Carson (John Cena – Bumblebee, Trainwreck). The team which consists of, ...

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