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Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

October 17, 2019

Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a former spe...

The Clear Eyed Cynicism of Breaker Morant

Travis Johnson

August 22, 2019

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It’s the laconic cynicism of Breaker Morant that always appealed to me. History and general consensus, both critical and popular, puts Peter Weir’s Gallipoli in pole position as Australia’s Greatest War Movie ...

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review – A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Travis Johnson

June 19, 2019

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It’s been 40 years since Australian cinema explored the combat soldier’s experience of the Vietnam War. While David Caesar’s Dirty Deeds (2002) featured a brief early interlude in the field with Sam Worthingto...

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Overlord Review

Travis Akbar

December 16, 2018

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In 2004 Zack Snyder released his remake of Dawn of the Dead. It was a great film. One of the positives for me was that it was straight into it – not flinching for a moment after the first neck being torn apart...

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Their Finest Review

Andrew F Peirce

February 26, 2018

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With the Christopher Nolan epic Dunkirk, and Gary Oldman’s capital A Acting in Darkest Hour, you’d be forgiven for having completely missed Lone Scherfig’s addition to the Battle of Dunkirk tales that were show...

3.5

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Review

Andrew F Peirce

May 12, 2016

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If there’s a running theme through the films of directing duo Glenn Ficara and John Requa, it’s that of characters finding their place in the world. Whether it be Jim Carrey’s con-man Steven Russell in the crim...

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Last Christmas Review – Hopefully the Last Christmas Movie

The Irishman Review – Andrew Has a Blatantly Obvious Lightbulb Moment

Happy Sad Man Review – The Most Important Film You’ll See This Year

American Son Review – Provocative, or too safe?

Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road Filmmakers Jaime Lewis and Jeremy Dylan and Tommy Emmanuel Interviews

Happy Sad Man Interview with Director Genevieve Bailey

Ten Questions with David Black – Indie Horror, Short Films, and a Whole Bunch of Gore

An Interview with Dr Mace Francis – Perth International Jazz Festival and beyond

In Conversation with Kaye – Music, Studies and Life.

Ten Questions for Vanessa Gudgeon – Mermaids, Horror, and Hobo Sewer Slaughter

Eight Questions for Suburban Wildlife Filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

The Clear Eyed Cynicism of Breaker Morant

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review – A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Overlord Review

Their Finest Review

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Review

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