How Sci-Fi Incepted Hollywood…

Zero gravity shootouts, chaotic car chases and mammoth explosions that would make Michael Bay green with envy. Yes, the new Sci-Fi thriller Inception is your typical Hollywood blockbuster.

Only it’s not.

Hidden somewhere beneath all that fandangle action lies something studio executives would usually hiss at while clutching a crucifix; a clever plot. Few films have one nowadays, possibly due to the word ‘clever’ being misinterpreted as ‘clichéd’ by screenwriting monkeys, or possibly because [...]

82nd Academy Award Predictions: Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker

With the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony just under two weeks away, the movie blogging community is going rabid with their predictions. Here at Cut Print Review, however, we’ve kept quiet on the subject, as down here in Australia many of the Oscar nominated films don’t see the light of day until the weeks leading up to the ceremony, and often,  long after it has passed. Now that I’ve had a chance to see most of the films nominated, [...]

Golden Globes 2010 Red Carpet Wrap

Yes folks, it’s that time of year again – awards season in Hollywood has well and truly kicked off! The first of the major awards shows in the lead-up to the Oscars is the Golden Globes, a night to celebrate achievements in both film and television for the last year. The combination of stars always makes for an interesting red carpet – those that were utterly gorgeous, those that were ok but not quite there, and those that really make [...]

The D.W. Griffiths Vault: Opened

For those not familiar with silent cinema, significant films of the era generally fell into three categories: Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffiths and the rest. While most know Chaplin as the bumbling Tramp through pop culture (or the awesome statue that greets moviegoers to Event Cinemas Marion in Adelaide), D.W. Griffiths was the guy who first created the epic feature. His films have been on my to-watch list for quite some time – not just because he was visually experimental in [...]

White Christmas: The Unrealistic View for Australians

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Why John Hughes films are really just Weird Science

This article was in the pipeline before we received the news of John Hughes’ death, so it’s with a bowed head as we bring this to you now. To know that he’s gone brings a different mood to what’s written below, as we mourn such a big loss. And it is a big loss, perhaps more than many would think. This isn’t a purely subjective opinion either, as we all know he reinvigorated the teen genre throughout the [...]