Film Review: The Nativity Story (2006)
With The Passion of the Christ a surprise box-office hit in 2004, Hollywood, as it’s prone to do, briefly turned its attention to The…
Film Review: Folies Bergere (2014)
Folies Bergere is the kind of film that so rarely gets held to account by its critics. It’s a pleasant middle aged comedy, the…
Film Review: Turkey Shoot (2014)
Following Mark Hartley’s remake of Patrick last year, Turkey Shoot continues the current re-imaginings of the series of Ozploitation cult classics produced by Antony…
On The Set of Turkey Shoot (2014)
EXT. CARPARK – DAY It’s 7 o’clock on a hot, summer Melbourne morning and I’ve just pulled into the back car park of what…
Film Review: Kill the Messenger (2014)
It’s just about that time of the year when all the films that see themselves competing in the upcoming Oscar season start turning up…
Film Review: Tusk (2014)
“You need to go full Walrus”. For better or worse no film is quite as original as cult writer/director Kevin Smith’s similarly themed follow…
Film Review: The Case Against 8 (2014)
Set and shot over a five year period, The Case Against 8 is a documentary that covers the many lawsuits which resulted from the…
Film Review: Gone Girl (2014)
To call a film nihilistic isn’t necessarily a criticism of the given film, and if ever there was a case in point, it’s Gone…
Film Review: Wish I Was Here (2014)
In getting the financing for his second effort after his first film Garden State quickly became a fan favorite in 2004, co-writer/director/star Zach Braff…
Film Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
The world of cinema is full of tales of moves that almost got made: Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon? Sergio Leone’s Stalingrad? Tim Burton’s Superman Lives?…