Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Romi Trower Stars: Luke Ford, Anna Samson, Wade Briggs, Brooke Satchwell, Kaarin Fairfax, Djon Alexander, John Flaus, Eliza D’Souza. Australian filmmakers have a rich history of exploring mental illness, from 1979’s Tim, which starred a young Mel Gibson as a slightly retarded gardener who falls in love in with an… Continue Reading »
MOONLIGHT CINEMA 2015/2016 – interview with Lisa West
by GREG KING Summer is upon us, and so is a new season of Moonlight Cinema, which kicks off here in Melbourne on December 3, with lots of great films screened at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The season opens with Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and there are lots of classic films like Dirty… Continue Reading »
I, FRANKENSTEIN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stuart Beattie Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Aden Young, Miranda Otto, Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney. Mary Shelley would probably be spinning in her grave if she could see what filmmaker Stuart Beattie and graphic novelist Kevin Grevioux have done to her most famous creation in this dreadful, special effects heavy… Continue Reading »
REDBALL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon Hewitt Stars: Belind McClory, John Brumpton, Frank Magree, Peter Docker, Anthea Davis, Neil Pigot, Daniel Richardson, James Young, Robert Morgan, Daniel Wyllie, Chris Hatzis, Ray Mooney. A deliberately discordant and jarring opening credit sequence suggests that we are back in Seven territory. And even though there is a vicious… Continue Reading »
