Regular cinema- goers of the early 2000s would have easily been forgiven for assuming Riding in Cars with Boys was just another Drew Barrymore vehicle (no pun intended), but there’s more two this dramatic comedy than meets the eye as I discovered for myself thanks to the film’s first ever Blu-ray release, produced by Aussie […]
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With its social themes more relevant than ever, there was really no need for a new screen adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s Wake in Fright, but Channel Ten knows a cash cow when they see one so despite all us fans of the original trying to pretend this wasn’t happening, a two-part min-series aired between October
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Fitting in nicely with the film’s optimistic ending in which our trio of heroes arrive to a new century, Sleepy Hollow ushered Australian movie-goers into the new millennium, opening in cinemas on New Year’s Day. I was on school holidays during a particularly hot summer and I went to see Tim Burton’s gothic mystery with
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While watching a very informative documentary on Lon Chaney Jr. several years ago, there was brief mention of a little low budget feature he appeared in called Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told, during the later years of his life. Something about it resonated with me so I made a mental note to
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Earlier this month, appropriately on Friday the 13th, Sale Cinemas presented a horror ‘Double Feature’ of Psycho and Death Becomes Her for the ominous occasion. Now, this may come as a surprise but I’ve never watched a classic film inside a commercial cinema, so being within only an hour’s vicinity, I couldn’t resist the opportunity.
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Back when my parents first subscribed to Austar (now Foxtel), a whole world of film and television opened up for me. One such channel, Encore, devoted to the titles of yesteryear became an instant favourite, and one of the most memorable viewings I had was my encounter with David Cronenberg’s remake of The Fly, starring
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Cinema Cult’s release of Candyman could not have come at a better time, with the popular horror title turning 25-years-old just yesterday, officially cementing its status as a bona fide classic. I fondly remember the film being somewhat of a talking point among us kids in primary school, due to a ritual anyone can perform
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Much like a stray cat begging for a home, I plucked a shabby DVD copy of Cat’s Eye out from a $5 bin last October. Always in the mood for a horror anthology during the spooktacular month and since NBN workers accidentally cut off my phone and internet (hooray for government infrastructure), I thought why
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Barely two months into the new millennium and its novelty had all but worn off. Y2K didn’t wipe us off the digital grid and with the school holidays already behind me, a feeling of routine had resumed among myself and respective peers. Friday night often involved a visit to the local cinema and with nothing
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You really have to hand it to Umbrella Entertainment for exploring annals of Australian cinema to unearth two highly obscure titles from the glory days of VHS; and despite the less than desirable quality, packaging them into a neat world exclusive DVD. I’m taking about Kadaicha from 1988 and Innocent Prey from 1984, two cult
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