Tag Archives: Australia

Pete’s Peek | Shocking. Funny. Provocative. You won’t forget The ABCs of Death in a hurry

Posted on 26 April 2013 by peter

Inspired by alphabet teaching books, a group of cutting edge indie film directors from across the globe have created 26 short films ranging from the absurd, the baffling and the cleverly comic to the downright disgusting to create The ABCs … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Mental – PJ Hogan unleashes Toni Collette’s subversive nanny on Australian suburbia

Posted on 1 April 2013 by Jason Best

Toni Collette and PJ Hogan, star and director of Muriel’s Wedding, reunite for another darkly funny Aussie comedy – but this time the duo fail to pull off another brash triumph. Mental finds Collette in the role of an anarchic … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Is Lake Mungo Australia’s answer to Paranormal Activity?

Posted on 23 July 2011 by peter

Lake Mungo is one of those films where the chills come gradually rather than in short sharp shocks, just likethe similarly-themed Paranormal Activity. In the small rural town of Ararat, southwest Victoria, 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming with her … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Top Women in the World of Film

Posted on 8 March 2011 by Beth Williams

I wanted to feature a celebration of outstanding women in the film industry to mark the International Women’s Day Centenary today. But there are so many women deserving of acknowledgement, and no time to list them all. So I’ve pulled … Continue reading →

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Samson & Delilah – True love Down Under

Posted on 2 October 2010 by Adele Craciun

Life is incredibly unfair. And every now and again a movie comes along to emphasize that very fact and promptly depresses the hell out of me. Samson & Delilah is that kind of a film. The director, Warwick Thornton, calls … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | The Boys Are Back

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Jason Best

  Shine director Scott Hicks returns to Australia after his decade-long Hollywood sojourn for this funny, touching drama based on the best-selling memoir by The Independent’s parliamentary sketch writer Simon Carr about his efforts to raise two sons after the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Bad Boy Bubby on Blu-ray

Posted on 10 August 2009 by peter

  Fans of quirky, twisted cinema are in for a treat. Bad Boy Bubby, one of the most controversial cult films of the 1990s, has just been given a new lease of life in on Blu-ray. Awarded a Special Jury … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Aussie Horror Classic | The Survivor

Posted on 9 August 2009 by peter

12.30am, BBC2 Long before M Night Shyamalan’s terrible Unbreakable, there was this underrated 1981 Aussie thriller, in which a pilot emerges from the wreckage of his downed 747 completely unharmed. Directed by former 1960s star David Hemmings, the film continues … Continue reading →

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The Best view |Comrades: A Lanternist’s Account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Posted on 29 July 2009 by Jason Best

Scottish director Bill Douglas was one of the most gifted and original filmmakers British cinema has produced, yet nearly two decades after his tragically premature death at the age of 57 in 1991, his work still does not have the … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 20 May 2009 by admin

Role Models Growing old disgracefully… Two reckless salesmen are ordered to mentor some wayward children. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash … Continue reading →

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