THE premise is simple: parents leave a kid home alone, tell him not to throw a party and he throws a massive party anyway. It’s not rocket science and it has been done many times before with great results. But Project X misfires. Thomas (Thomas Mann) is at the centre of the story, pushed into [...]
WHO would have thought a silent, black and white film would be the talking point of the 2012 Oscars? The last couple of years have, after all, seen an explosion in the use of 3D technology and a race to make the most eye-popping visual effects possible. So what’s the appeal of The Artist, shot [...]
TRAILERS for The Grey suggest an action blockbuster in which Liam Neeson goes around fighting wolves. But it’s so much more than that. Neeson plays rugged Alaskan oil worker John Ottway, who protects his burly comrades from wolf attacks with his sniper rifle. It’s a lonesome existence on the freezing oil rig site and most [...]
SAFE House follows the story of rogue ex-CIA agent Tobin Frost who has suddenly re-appeared in the agency’s sights after years of flying under the radar. Frost, played by an intimidating and cunning Denzel Washington, has a militia of armed men baying for his blood and his only escape is the local American embassy. CIA [...]
THE creators of new action flick Chronicle have taken the “found footage” genre most commonly used in horror films like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity and added a sci-fi adventure element to it. Opening with footage of high school student Andrew (Dane DeHaan) filming a mirror on his door and declaring he will [...]
NEW Australian comedy A Few Best Men is a light-hearted look at what happens when a groom takes his immature mates to his wedding. And in the case of Mia and David’s wedding, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. David (Xavier Samuel) is a prim and proper Englishman who finds the love of [...]
NEW movie Hugo contains a fascinating mix of fantasy, adventure and innocence delivered with stunningly vibrant imagery. Director Martin Scorsese has recreated 1930s Paris into a dream-like world steeped in childhood imagination. The fi lm is set in a 19th century train station in the iconic city, taking viewers on a journey through the unseen [...]
THE team behind this star-studded movie have tried to apply the same heart-warming ideals movie goers have towards Christmas to New Year’s Eve celebrations. But while the last night of the year may be exciting to young people, who get the rare chance to stay up for several hours past their bedtime, for many people [...]
UNLIKE the grubby reputation of Australian politics, the American presidential race has a certain prestige. Millions of dollars are spent crafting the images of candidates with flags and banners, and carefully scripted policies spun to the public. There’s no room for error; an ill-advised comment can quickly make global news while scores of opponents drudge [...]
THE small screen version of The Inbetweeners is one of the freshest and funniest shows to come out of Britain for some time. The film adaptation continues on the same path, sending the four misfit young men, Will, Jay, Neil and Simon, abroad for the English equivalent of schoolies. While they’re tremendously bad at chatting [...]