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DVD review | Unknown

Posted on 18 July 2011 by Jason Best

Liam Neeson plays an amnesiac scientist in Unknown, an outlandish Bourne-style conspiracy thriller, which rushes though a series of twists and turns at such a pace that the viewer scarcely has time to draw breath let alone ponder the implausibility … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Animal Kingdom

Posted on 11 July 2011 by Jason Best

Set in 1980s Melbourne and loosely based on real events, hard-hitting crime drama Animal Kingdom has been dubbed an ‘Australian GoodFellas’. Director David Michôd isn’t as flashy as Scorsese, but his portrayal of the violent downfall of a dysfunctional family … Continue reading →

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Who won our While the City Sleeps competition?

Posted on 9 November 2010 by peter

Our competition to win a DVD of the newly restored and remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps is now closed. Thanks to Exposure Cinema for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Julianne Moore gets spooked in Shelter

Posted on 2 August 2010 by peter

Remember when Julianne Moore stepped into Jodie Foster’s shoes to play FBI criminologist Clarice Starling in the underrated Silence of the Lambs sequel, Hannibal? Well, the A Single Man actress is back in familiar territory in the taunt edge-of-your-seat thriller … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Aussie thriller The Dinner Party – You’re invited!

Posted on 12 July 2010 by peter

Here’s the set-up: Angela (former Heartbreak High star Lara Cox) has decided to kill herself and is planning on taking her boyfriend Joel (Ben Seton) with her because she fears she is losing him. She then arranges a final supper … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Will your claws be out for Bear?

Posted on 27 June 2010 by peter

  Late for a 30th birthday party, two brothers Sam and Nick and their girlfriends Christine and Liz decide to take a short cut. But this is bear country and when the foursome’s van blows a tire, it rouses the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Fritz Lang’s classic thriller M gets the Blu-ray treatment

Posted on 23 February 2010 by peter

For many cinephiles, the name Fritz Lang is synonymous with the futuristic 1927 silent classic Metropolis (the restored, reconstructed version gets a theatrical release later this year). For the director himself, however, his finest work can be seen in the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | James Caviezel plays a most dangerous game in Long Weekend

Posted on 7 February 2010 by peter

Back in the mid-1970s, Australia’s New Wave cinema explosion saw emerging filmmakers break away from the costume dramas and insular sex comedies that the country was known for to make some astonishingly strange fare. Long Weekend was one of those. … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Aussie revenge flick The Horseman gets more screens

Posted on 5 November 2009 by peter

Steven Kastrissios’s brutal vengeance movie The Horseman is now screening in 30 UK cinemas, after getting rave notices from a host of recent film festivals including Film4′s Frightfest. Originally slated for just a handful of screens in London, the violent … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Aussie chiller Coffin Rock

Posted on 23 October 2009 by peter

Fusing Fatal Attraction with Cape Fear, this tense little edge-of-your-seat Aussie thriller should have been called Cradle Rock. With her biological clock ticking away, Jess wants a kid, but her fisherman husband Rob is not so sure. Enter unhinged Irishman … Continue reading →

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