If The Sixth Sense were a comedy, where the long forgotten child star was replaced by British funny-man Ricky Gervais, it would then be Ghost Town. Dr. Bertram Pincus (Gervais), a miserable New York dentist with a grudge against humanity, suddenly starts to see dead people after a surgical mishap had him legally pronounced dead for several minutes. As he does with the living, Bertrum finds the departed needy and annoying, especially a dead Greg Kinnear who believes that he can finally move on if he can get Bertram to break up his wife Gwen (Téa Leoni) from her new boyfriend. Yet the Doc ultimately develops a sweet tooth for Gwen, the treatment of which is nothing short of a Hollywood cliché.

The 2009 British Academy Film Awards has just wrapped up in London, and the winners list is bares resemblance to that of the Golden Globe Awards that took place earlier this year.

Slumdog Millionaire continues to be top dog, taking home 7 gold faces including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Changeling is an aptly titled film, not at all because of its original folklore definition of a mythical creature being left in the place of a child, but rather for its ever changing narrative Set in 1928 Los Angeles, the film tells of Christine Collins’ (Angelina Jolie) unwavering quest to find her 10 year old son who disappears one evening, but when the Police eventually find a boy matching his description several months later, Christine is certain that it’s not him. Yet the plot to Changeling merely begins here, as this remarkable true story manages to explore so much more.

I’m not sure what moviegoers did wrong to warrant a sequel to 2002′s mediocre action film The Transporter, but its somehow happened again with Transporter 3. Actually, I guess I do know; there’s got to be an assortment of lost souls out there willing to waste their money to watch this drivel, otherwise Lionsgate would not have so willingly wasted their money to make it.

This week, three films are opening across Australia in wide release:Changeling, Pride and Glory and Transporter 3.

Continue reading for a complete run-down of these films!

Before Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States, Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in California. Expanding his repository of films that show no fear of exploring confrontational material, avant-garde director Gus Van Sant wants you to know just how much of an impact Milk made on the prejudiced society of the 1970′s. However, he’s also made a film that desperately wants the Academy to take notice as well. Milk is the very definition of Oscar bait, where Van Sant is without question the one holding the rod. But who said this was a bad thing?

At the start of this month I unveiled what I thought to be the most underrated films of 2008. Of course, this begs another question; what is the most overrated films of the last year? Instead of writing an article, I took it to a poll. Obviously not every acclaimed or popular film was an option, but I think the poll covered most bases.

The nominations for the 81st Academy Awards are finally in, and  boy are there some surprises! The Dark Knight and Revolutionary Road get shafted from deserving categories, but includied in surprising ones. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button takes in the most nominations at 13, but can it outshine Golden (Globes) boy Slumdog Millionaire?