Arriving on shelves next week from Cinema Cult (Shock Entertainment) is George Roy Hill’s big screen adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five, based on author Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical WWII novel of the same name. In a most unusually telling of an individual’s life story, we follow the journey of Billy Pilgrim, a man free of the linear restrains […]
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While my parents entertained guests outside, preparing to usher in the new millennium, I spent the last night of the 20th century cooped up in my bedroom with two VHS titles I had rented earlier that day, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Eager to see what
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In one month’s time, War for the Planet of the Apes will hit cinemas across Australia, capping off what has so far been a well-executed and captivating trilogy, receiving universal praise from fans of the franchise and critics alike. Now I want to share with you my thoughts on where it all started by taking
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“Did you ever see the movie, The Sentinel, Mr. Peterson?” asked Corey Feldman’s character in The ‘Burbs, Joe Dante’s classic dark comedy. Upon hearing that question I had neither seen nor heard of the obscure horror film, but I vowed one day to seek it out. Nineteen years later I finally did and thanks to
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Outside of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my phase of watching movies centred around the traditional Japanese art of Ninjutsu was relatively short lived, with only a couple of titles leaving an impression. Due to the continuing wave of celebration towards the now-defunct Cannon Films, I was recently able to re-experience one of those (said)
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This may come as a shock being an avid film buff, but I’ve never seen Shrek, not in it’s entirely anyway. However, I am very much aware of the film’s immense popularity which ultimately lead to a full-fledged Broadway musical in 2008. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy for myself this past Friday night thanks
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Since 2012’s highly ambiguous Prometheus, speculation has been mounting over the inevitable sequel and what it means for the expanding Alien universe. Here we are five years later fresh off the release of Alien: Covenant, which follows the crew aboard a colony ship who discover an uncharted planet harbouring not only a fertile world, but a threat no one could
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I feel very fortunate for having been too distracted to read up on what appears to be a much talked about title among horror fans. To give you a basic rundown and to steer clear of any spoilers, a mystery body is found with no evidence of injury or foul play at grisly crime scenes. Later
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There was growing buzz within the walls of Traralgon’s VRI Hall last night, as creative types from all over the Latrobe Valley gathered with much enthusiasm and excitement to view the end result of the first and hopefully not the last 48 Hour Film Festival organised by community-based initiative Alt_Art and creative production company Nanoo
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Last week an unexpected short day at work left me with some free time, so I sat down to watch a little horror film by the name of Bite, via Umbrella Entertainment’s On Demand streaming service. This fifth feature by Canadian director Chad Archibald is a cautionary tale about bride-to-be, Casey, who is bitten by
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