While not a dramatisation of The Band’s signature hit track, The Weight is a thrilling adventure/drama in the Pacific Northwest, which brings together two of my favourite seasoned screen veterans, Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe. Set during the midst of the Great Depression, an out-of-work single father, Samuel (Hawke), is torn from his daughter and
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Looney Tunes was the cornerstone and basis for all my knowledge of popular culture, geography and various historical events. It wasn’t until I watched Forrest Gump that I had better context and realisation that problems cannot be solved with a stick of TNT. Coyote vs. Acme is a live-action animated comedy that brings back the
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Following an impressive international tour, independent comedy/drama Fwends (fun use of Gen-Z spelling) is now streaming. Old friends, Jessie and Em, reunite for a weekend, and circumstances force them to pull an all-nighter, wandering the streets and suburbs of Melbourne. When I first started going to Melbourne on my own, my idea of the city’s
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With a demand for movies at a runtime of 90 minutes or less, due to what might be the most inconvenient work shift ever, of 1 pm to 9 pm, Dolly came at the perfect time. Directed by and co-written by Rod Blackhurst (Night Swim and Amanda Knox), this harrowing new release follows a young woman
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Two breeds of the undead have populated horror cinema for over a century, but who said they need to be Earth-bound? Vampire Zombies …from Outer Space!, from director Michael Stasko, is a gimmicky throwback of the highest order. With a title like that, it needs little introduction, but basically, Dracula, who resides in the cosmos,
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It’s not a beautiful day in this neighborhood for Jack Quaid as the hapless Simon McNally, a paranoid schizophrenic who is struggling to adjust to daily life following a prolonged stay in a mental institution. Ed Deerman (Jeffery Dean Morgan), on the other hand, a retired security guard, has alienated those around him and lives
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Horror gets down on four legs with the new release GOOD BOY – written and directed by Ben Leonberg, marking his first feature film effort. This cold and isolating story follows a man accompanied by his loyal Nova Scotia Retriever, Indy (Leonberg’s actual pet), to a previously abandoned family home up in the sticks. It’s
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Westerns being aired on network television on a Sunday afternoon were the epitome of boring when I was a child. However, my limited general knowledge of film was enough for me to know the difference between John Wayne and Gary Cooper, unlike the uncultured 80s supervillain Hans Gruber in Die Hard. High Noon has arrived
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When I was a child, around 10 or 11, I remember asking my mother if my Aunty Corral “would be a skeleton by now”, who had died unexpectedly the year before. It was a question that stemmed mainly from having watched The Goonies, as I was fascinated with the famed pirate, One-Eyed Willy. Unfortunately, at
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As many animated classics have been subject to questionable live-action remakes, it’s refreshing to get an original and traditional 2D animated feature on the big screen. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie opens in theatres across Australia and New Zealand from March 27th through Pinnacle Films. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig,
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