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Water for Elephants – Review »
The circus has come to town in this tear-jerking adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestseller. Amidst a backdrop of the Great Depression, veterinary student Jacob Jankowski (Twilight’s Robert Pattinson) is preparing to sit his final exam and launch into the rest of his life when tragedy strikes; his parents are killed in a car accident, leaving [...]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules – Review »
Fans of the first Wimpy Kid will not be disappointed by this cheeky sequel, slipping sibling rivalry under the microscope with hilarious results. It’s back to middle school for our young hero Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), who with the new school year, must negotiate a whole new set of trials and tribulations. To make matters [...]
Interview with the Writer/Director of Monsters, Gareth Edwards! »
Gareth Edwards’ is a part of a new generation of Hollywood directors. The 36 year old London boy is paving the way for a surge in low-budget sci-fi films inspired by the likes of George Lucas, Stephen Spielberg and, as I learnt today, Ray Harryhausen. Edwards’ feature debut, Monsters, received critical acclaim and was adored [...]
Never Let Me Go – Review »
From US director Mark Romanek comes a film that dares to explore an age-old truism: is it really better to have loved, and lost, than to have never loved at all? In Never Let Me Go, Kathy, Tommy and Ruth are three unlikely friends, growing up together at Hailsham, what appears to be a run-of-the-mill, [...]
Top 5 Movie Soundtracks of all time »
The late Sidney Lumet wrote in his seminal “Making Movies”, that music will nearly always make a bad film better, but has the power to make a good film great. It can lift poor performances, hide bad-direction and ultimately come to define the film. Now, were not dealing with audio cues and scores, rather, I [...]
Red Riding Hood – review »
The Big Bad Wolf is bigger and badder than ever in Twilight director Catherine Hardwick’s re-imagining of an old classic. ‘Once upon a time,’ we find the picturesque town of Daggerhorn, surrounded by forest and shrouded by fear of a notorious, serial-killing werewolf, whose identity remains a mystery. For beautiful, free-spirited Valerie (Mamma Mia’s Amanda [...]
The Reef – review »
Four young holidaymakers are forced to confront fear of the unknown in The Reef, the latest home-grown horror offering that suggests that perhaps it would be better to not get back into the water. Luke (Underbelly’s Damian Walshe-Howling) is joined by his former flame Kate (Zoe Naylor), her brother Matt (Gyton Grantley, also of [...]
Battle: Los Angeles »
Battle: Los Angeles proudly follows a long line of alien invasion movies – Mars Attacks! Independence Day! Skyline! Remember Skyline? Anyone? It only came out a few months ago. I predict this question will be asked about Battle: LA in roughly [...]
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos »
Nick Giannopoulos gave us a bundle of laughs with his last version of the comedy film The Wog Boy The film was a great satirical take on Greeks and Italians in the Australian community and was a hilarious hit for its time. Now, almost a decade later, and the Wog Boy is back for a [...]
A Nightmare on Elm Street »
Horror movies were cool back in the day. They were scary as hell, made viewers jump in fear, and really gave us an insight into the minds of a psychotic killer, which we all enjoyed to some degree. But after a few decades we got bored of the standard plots, with similar killings and no [...]