Archive for August, 2009

Showing results 1 - 6 of 25 for the month of August, 2009.

Charlie & Boots (Review)

Three things to know about Paul Hogan before watching this: 1 – He’s repaid all his debts to the taxman. 2 – As a painter before acting, he helped paint the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 3 – His voice is just as ocker as it’s always been. These explain his allowance to film in Australia, the post-credits blooper and, well, that this is an Aussie comedy. But Hogan’s not the hero in this father-son bonding journey as we see a road-trip [...]

By Katina Vangopoulos, Aug 31, 2009
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Interview with Shane Jacobson, star of ‘Charlie & Boots’

It’s fitting that AFI award winning actor Shane Jacobson, best known for his performance as the portaloo installer Kenny in the hit 2006 comedy of the same name, modestly labels his career ambitions as “pipe dreams”.  Disregarding the fact that the term originally derives from smoking opium in the 1800s, unblocking pipes was always Kenny’s forte.  This might help explain why Jacobson, as he himself attests, has “had quite a few come through the pipe lately.” Take his [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 30, 2009
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The Taking of Pelham 123 (Review)

In The Taking of Pelham 123, Tony Scott’s camera zips around like paranoid fly, orbiting his cast like it hasn’t got anything better to do. It appears Scott grows restless because he desperately wants to make a 90 minute long music video, but has been told by his producers he must make a film about a heated phone conversation instead. Mind you, it hasn’t stopped him from trying; Pelham is packed with enough rap music, nauseating camera jerks, [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 27, 2009
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$9.99 (Review)

Ah, the age-old mystery… trying to work out the meaning of life brings purpose to some and scepticism to others – Bart Simpson has a book on it, and the Monty Python team satirised it. But let’s get serious and face the fact that life isn’t all peachy, and accept that we always try to rid ourselves of the pain for want of happiness. The fickle thing about the meaning of life is that there’s never one straight [...]

By Katina Vangopoulos, Aug 26, 2009
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Inglourious Basterds (Review)

Inglourious Basterds is what you get when you leave everyone’s favourite cinematic psychopath, Quentin Tarantino, in a room with baseball bat, a hunting knife and a history book. Once he’s whacked history over the head, he proceeds to cut away all the boring bits, leaving behind a blood-drenched war epic like no other. As far as apologies go — and boy did Death Proof require one — they don’t come much better than this. Welcome back Tarantino of [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 25, 2009
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The September Issue (Review)

The September Issue is a documentary which follows Anne Wintour the Chief Editor of Vogue magazine through the fascinating process of creating the September Issue. Simply put, its brilliant. Whether you love Vogue or  have never heard of it, this is still a very enjoyable film. Fashionistas will be in fashion heaven, and for those that prefer their trackies and sneakers will probably find the film humorous, and insightful into a whole new world of beautiful.

By Alexandra Blue, Aug 25, 2009
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