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Tuesday
Jan072014

BLOG / THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF KEVIN COSTNER

With three new films readying for release, we take a retrospective glance at the fame and misfortune that has befallen the career of one of Hollywood's most engaging stars (Click pic) 

Friday
Jan032014

FEATURES / CHILD'S PLAY: FAIRYTALES AND FABLES AT GOMA

Three months worth of fantasy film treasures are set to soar in Brisbane, kicking off the GOMA Cinematheque's 2014 program (Click pic).

Wednesday
Jan012014

REVIEWS / WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 3D

The problem of the everyday teenager befall a young Pachyrhinosaurus is this odd but exciting bigscreen version of the landmark TV series (Click pic).

Monday
Dec302013

FEATURES / SOLITARY MAN: THE GEORGE BASHA INTERVIEW

Life behind bars is examined with a sometimes shocking dedication to realism in multi-hyphenate George Basha's latest tough-guy opus, Convict (Click pic) 

Saturday
Dec282013

HORROR / ICEMAN: THE JEFF RENFROE INTERVIEW

Director Jeff Renfroe on guiding his genre superstars Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton through an icy post-apocalyptic wasteland in the Canadian horror/thriller, The Colony (Click pic)

Saturday
Dec282013

REVIEWS / ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES

Is the return of Ron Burgundy and his posse of anachronistic hangers-on really the comedy event of the year as the marketing blitz would have us believe? (Click pic)

Friday
Dec202013

BLOG / THE 10 BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED MOVIES OF 2013

International cinema in 2013 offered up a mix of films that divided critics. Can you put a face to the movies that didn't make Top 10 lists but deserve to be noticed (Click Pic).

Monday
Dec162013

REVIEWS / BIG ASS SPIDER!

As the title might suggest, there's nothing very subtle about Mike Mendez's monster-movie tribute (Click pic).

Saturday
Dec142013

BLOG / DISMISSING THE BUTLER: THOUGHTS ON THE HFPA SNUB

The Golden Globe shutout of Lee Daniel's awards season front-runner, The Butler, has caught the eye of industry analysts. We weigh in... (Click pic) 

Thursday
Dec122013

FEATURES / FAMILY GUY: THE RUBEN ALVES INTERVIEW

Only a matter of hours after having nabbed the European Film Award's coveted People's Choice category for his debut work, The Gilded Cage, writer/director Ruben Alves was in Sydney, drawing a clear line between his sweet film and the universality of its themes (Click pic)

Wednesday
Dec112013

REVIEWS / HOMEFRONT

Apple-pie Americana faces off against a spicy English ham in Homefront, director Gary Fleder's super-slick Jason Statham vehicle from a script by Sylvester Stallone (Click pic)

Monday
Dec092013

REVIEWS / ERNEST AND CELESTINE

Shortlisted for Oscar consideration, this adaptation of Gabrielle Vincent's classic children's tale of a mouse and bear is 'European' to its core, and all the better for it (Click pic)

Sunday
Dec082013

REVIEWS / DOGGIEWOGGIEZ! POOCHIEWOOCHIEZ!

A psychedelic clip-footage reworking of Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain starring only dogs is coming to Australia for a one-off screening. Is this the must-see film event of the year...? (Click pic)

Thursday
Dec052013

BLOG / WAITING FOR GADOT: WHO IS THE NEW WONDER WOMAN?

A 28 year-old Israeli sarlet has filled the corsetted costume of DC Comics' hottest untapped super-hero property. Can the nobody become a superhero somebody under the guidance of Batman vs Superman director, Zack Snyder (Click pic)

Thursday
Dec052013

REVIEWS / FALLOUT

Lawrence Johnston's recounting of the clash between two artistic storytellers and the geopolitical themes they tackles makes for an intermittently engaging work (Click pic)