From the first glimpse of the famous Twentieth Century Fox logo to the last frame of the credits, the verbal, visual and musical gags just keep coming. “Why would anyone go to the movies and watch something that they can stay at home and watch on television for free?” complains Homer to the audience. Because […]
The packed, mostly teen crowd eagerly applauded the slow parting of the red curtain, such was their excited anticipation. But once the lights fell dim and the stark cold reality of Harry’s world was there on the screen, there was barely a sound. And it stayed that way throughout, apart from a couple of […]
If you liked The 40 Year Old Virgin (and plenty of people did) then you know what you’re in for with writer/director Jude Apatow’s second feature Knocked Up. It’s the dialogue-based Hollywood world of likeable losers and toilet-bowl humour, sprinkled through liberally with middle-American honesty and grunge-free freshness. If this were food, it would be […]
Premiering at this year’s Adelaide Film Festival, Lucky Miles recently took out the People’s Choice Award at the Sydney Film Festival, and its easy to see why: it’s a humane, endearing and gently funny film that’s been carefully crafted by Director Michael Rowland and beautifully shot by Geoff Burton. It deals with a group of […]
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