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Author Travis Akbar

Travis Akbar

Travis Akbar

Travis grew up on the west coast of South Australia and has been interested in film since seeing Jurassic Park and Predator for the first time in the mid-nineties. Particularly fond of the action and thriller genres, he met his long-time idol, Jean Claude Van Damme, in 2016, talking with 'the muscles from Brussels' about his upcoming films and the hurdles he has faced in the entertainment industry. Some of his favourite films include Jurassic Park, The Salton Sea, Apt Pupil and Any Given Sunday. Travis loves the way a film can make people feel such a diverse range of emotions, from excitement and happiness to fear and sadness. He believes that creativity is what helps the world evolve and that the arts, is the centre of creativity.

The Faceless Man Review – An Unfortunate Miss, but Not Without Promise

Travis Akbar
September 10, 2019
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Australian Horror can be hit or miss. On one hand you have hits like Killing Ground, The Babadook, Wolf Creek, and The Loved Ones. On the other you have the misses like Needle, Roadkill, and the 2009 Natalie B...

In My Blood it Runs Review – An Important and Educational Documentary

Travis Akbar
September 10, 2019
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Back in August of 2019, Pauline Hanson decided she’d travel to the NT to climb Uluru, regardless of what Anangu people wanted. In a great form of irony, Hanson got stuck and had to be rescued, swiftly changing...

Dragged Across Concrete Review – A Tremendous and Impactful Film

Travis Akbar
September 4, 2019
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In 2015 S. Craig Zahler came out with Bone Tomahawk, his directorial debut. While I was disappointed that Timothy Olyphant dropped out of the original cast, I was absolutely delighted when I watched the film. ...

David Wenham – All Round Cool Guy, and One of the Greats

Travis Akbar
August 22, 2019
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At The Curb, we don’t just write about films, we write about things that are important to us, we like, we love, we think is cool or maybe not so cool. So come #AUSgust, the Australian film month, I really want...

The Tracker Review – An Important, Beautiful, and Haunting Story of Indigenous Australia

Travis Akbar
August 15, 2019
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For #AUSgust – the Australian Film Month – I’ve decided to write about a film that I saw for the first time only recently. It’s seventeen years old, and I have no idea why I haven’t seen it by now. It was rece...

Treaty Documentary Series Review – Essential Viewing

Travis Akbar
August 12, 2019
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What does the word ‘traditional’ mean? Long-lasting? Habitual? Conventional? Customary? At the very least, nothing should stump tradition. For example, when a random white guy says because he and his father on...

Vivarium – MIFF Review: A Creepy, Low Budget, Very Original Film

Travis Akbar
August 5, 2019
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Irish Director Lorcan Finnegan flew in to introduce his film, Vivarium, at its Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival, and when he said it was a “mind-bending” film, he wasn’t lying. ...

Come to Daddy – MIFF Review: An All Time Great

Travis Akbar
August 5, 2019
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I am going to start this review by saying this: I love this movie. The credits hadn’t even been rolling for more than a second when I decided it is in my top 10 films of all time. Come to Daddy is a film a...

The AFL and Racism – Not a Goodes Story

Travis Akbar
June 25, 2019
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There were many memorable moments in 1993. Shane Warne delivered the ‘ball of the century’. Yahoo Serious released Reckless Kelly. And on the 17th of April at Victoria Park, after he and Gilbert McAdam had bee...

Art of Incarceration Review – Honest and Eye Opening

Travis Akbar
June 19, 2019
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In 2018, a report written by Sophie Russell and Chris Cunneen stated that Indigenous Incarceration has increased by 45% in the last decade – that’s from 2008 -2018. We make up under 3% of the population, and y...
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