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Not Quite Hollywood movie review

Have you yearned to know what Aussie cinema was like in the seventies? Did you even know there was one? Did you know that for love nor money, you can’t find a decent print of Mad Max in Australia, because they were all played to buggery at the drive ins? All this and more is [...]

The King of Kong - when nerds take the gloves off

Man I have been overdosing lately on crazy docos. And this one is by far the most bizarre. Have you ever seen two nerds in high school take each other to task in a presentation. Ripping each other to pieces with bane minutia, footnotes and factoids to try and find wholes in the other’s argument? [...]

Confessions of a Superhero review.

I’ll keep this short and sweet. COAS is an absolute corker. They follow around 4 semi professional actors that impersonate super heroes on Hollywood boulevard, taking photos with tourists for a living. One is a compulsive and dedicated Superman; one a Clooney lookalike with a dirty past and a worse temper; one the perfect cheerleader [...]

Cocaine Cowboys review

Finally a doco that jumps off the shelves at you saying ‘buy me, buy me!’ With the graffitied uzi on the cover it delivers its fair share of gung ho violence. What it doesn’t truly delivery is the first class raconteuring the production company claim they excel at.
Firstly a bit of background. This is a [...]

Juno Movie Review

Brilliantly honest, suburban and quirky, Juno is the next arthouse flick from the middle of nowhere. Juno is a sixteen year old high school girl that falls pregnant to her best friend, a dorky athletics champ played by Michael Cera from the great Arrested Development. Having too much heart to deal with abortion, she decides [...]

The Corporation

NOTE: if you\’re in OZ, you can see parts 2 and 3 of the corporation on SBS, Weds 12 and 19, 8.30PM.
Full kudos to SBS in Australia for making a 3-part series of the movie \’The Corporation\’. Just like in Supersize Me, when they challenge people on the street and ask \’What is a calorie?\’ [...]