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Latest Movie Reviews
Bohemian Rhapsody; Hunter Killer; Wildlife; Charming; Fahrenheit 11/9; Journey Beyond Fear; Book Week; The Cleaners
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ***1/2 (134 minutes) M The long-awaited, much-feared biopic of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury turns out, thankfully, to ...
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Halloween; Backtrack Boys; Goosebumps 2; An Interview With God; Beautiful Boy; Ghost Stories;
HALLOWEEN *** (106 minutes) MA In yet another example of a franchise that refuses to die here comes the 11th ...
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1%: review and interview with Stephen McCallum and Matt Nable
1% ***1/2 (93 mins) MA The bitter battle for the leadership of an outlaw motorcycle club is at the rapidly ...
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A Star is Born; First Man; Bad Times at the El Royale
A STAR IS BORN **** (136 minutes) M Given how remakes these days tend to be either terrible (Ocean’s) or ...
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Latest Video Interviews
1%: review and interview with Stephen McCallum and Matt Nable
1% ***1/2 (93 mins) MA The bitter battle for the leadership of an outlaw motorcycle club is at the rapidly ...
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American Animals; Venom; The Merger & interview with Damian Callinan
AMERICAN ANIMALS *** (117 minutes) M As Honey Bunny and Pumpkin so sagely taught us in the opening scene of ...
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SUNSHINE ON A SHOESTRING – interview with ‘West of Sunshine’ director Jason Raftopoulos
Director Jason Raftopoulos: “The big thing in my research about parents and their children is that even spending crappy times ...
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The trials of making a low-budget comedy – interview with Clayton & Shane Jacobson
In Brothers’ Nest, two brothers with very average IQs (Shane and Clayton Jacobson) return to their rural home with evil ...
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Latest Articles & Commentary
The Free Comedy Gig model Comedian Kieran Butler explains the “free gigs” model explained
Comedian Kieran Butler explains the “free gigs” model, which has been a huge success at the Edinburgh Fringe. Interview took ...
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Eurydice Dixon Tribute – post-gig interviews with friends
This article was first published by the Herald-Sun on 4 July, 2018. It was by any measure, a remarkable transformation ...
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Frances McDormand’s diversity call at the Oscars could backfire
The acceptance speech that easily drew the biggest reaction at this year’s Oscars was the one given by Frances McDormand ...
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Oscars Overview 2018
In years past any acknowledgement of how wide-ranging and inclusive the line-up of Oscar-nominated films were came with the tacit ...
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