Interview: Caitlin Stasey & Deniz Akdeniz of TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN

In the midst of all the explosions, car chases and shootouts that make Tomorrow, When the War Began one of the biggest Australian films in years are two emerging  Melbourne actors, Caitlin Stasey and Deniz Akdeniz.

Stasey, the 20-year-old actress who is best known as Rachel Kinski on TV’s Neighbours, stars as country teenager Ellie Linton in this adaptation of teen fiction author John Marsden’s best-selling novel. 21-year-old Akdeniz, who played Raff in Disney Channel’s As the Bell Rings, stars as Ellie’s rebellious close friend Homer. Along with five other mates,  the story follows Ellie and Homer as they go camping in the mountains for a week-long getaway. While they’re away, however, Australia is invaded by an unknown foreign force. It’s only when they return home and witness the devastation first-hand that they realise they must fight back if they want to live freely ever again.

While on a whirlwind national tour promoting the film last month, Stasey and Akdeniz sat down with me in their Adelaide hotel room to talk about Tomorrow, When the War Began. Slouched well into the sofa, the always-polite Stasey was [...]

Posted by Anders Wotzke on Sep 3, 2010
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The Expendables (Review)

In late high school, like so many action movie fan boys, I dreamt up the ultimate cheesy action movie. That idea was Fight Team, an all-star action extravaganza that would feature the greatest names from action movie history: Sylvester Stallone, Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Segal among them, with a special appearance from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a surprise final-boss fight with Chuck Norris. At the end of the movie, they would all fist bump and yell “FIGHT [...]

By Paj Sandhu, Aug 15 2010
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Review)

Anyone with a heart condition would be wise to steer clear of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; a film with such dangerously high levels of frenetic energy, it’s as if Speed Racer crashed into Kill Bill while under the influence of Kick-Ass. And that’s a good thing, if you’re feeling up to it.

Made specifically for gamers, geeks and indie hipsters, Scott Pilgrim is a giddy adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s acclaimed series [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 13 2010
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Competition: Win an epic SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD prize pack!

To celebrate the highly anticipated release of  the new action-comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World starring Michael Cera and directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz), Universal Pictures and Cut Print Review are giving you the chance to win a positively epic Scott Pilgrim prize pack valued at over $230! That’s our biggest prize giveaway to date!

To be in the draw to win, simply fill out the entry form below!

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 11 2010
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Competition: Win preview tickets to CAIRO TIME in Adelaide!

To celebrate the release of the new romantic drama Cairo Time starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig, Paramount Pictures and Cut Print Review are giving 10 Adelaide readers the chance to see the new film at a special preview screening before it opens nationally on August 19!

Screening information:
Date & Time: 6:30pm Tuesday August 17th, 2010
Venue: Palace Nova EastEnd Cinemas
251 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000

If you [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 11 2010
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Interview: Vincenzo Natali, writer/director of SPLICE

Independent American-Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali first burst on to the scene in 1997 with the surreal, low-budget psychological thriller Cube.  The film gathered such a large cult following, it spawned two sequels, Cube 2: Hypercube and Cube Zero, neither of which Natali returned to direct. Instead, he began developing the story for an original sci-fi horror film that would eventually become Splice.

A throwback to classic monster movies such as Frankenstein and The Fly, Splice follows [...]

By Anders Wotzke, Aug 9 2010
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Despicable Me (Review)

Sometimes in cinema, we see a movie that can’t really be criticised without sounding as if we expect everything to be a masterpiece. Sometimes a film will exhibit obnoxious, uninspired, lazy or subjectively displeasing elements that we can confidently criticise and openly disapprove of. However, if your biggest criticism of the picture is: “it’s no Citizen Kane” or “it’s no Shawshank Redemption”, you truly have nothing substantial to dislike. For me, this situation applies to Despicable Me; the latest computer [...]

By Glynn Morgan, Aug 7 2010
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