Time travel is one of the most tantalising concepts in cinema. The possibility of exploring uncharted worlds of the future, of re-living cherished moments from the past or even rectifying mistakes, holds an eternal fascination. Unfortunately, very little of that fascination works its way into the quirky Australian time travel rom-com The Infinite Man. This low budget film uses the
Read moreThe genesis of Predestination seems to have been a competition to come up with the most brain-twisting time travel story imaginable. Never has a film folded in on itself quite like Predestination. Based on the Robert Heinlein short story All You Zombies and touching on other time travel and sci-fi films such as Looper, Time Cop and Minority Report, Predestination
Read moreThere’s a good chance that people who have never set foot on a skateboard will have heard of American champion Tony Hawk. Few outside the skating world, however, would be aware of Tas and Ben Pappas two Australian skateboard champion brothers who, throughout a tumultuous career, regularly defeated Hawk with Tas becoming world number one in the mid 1990’s. The
Read moreThe new Australian film 52 Tuesdays surprises with both its subject matter and the way in which it was constructed. The film depicts the events of each Tuesday afternoon for a year in the life of 17 year old Adelaide school girl Billy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) and her family. Billy’s mother Jane (Del Herbert-Jane) is undergoing gender transition treatment to become
Read moreNew Australian low-budget film Convict is a very familiar tale of an almost innocent guy locked up in prison where he has to battle murderous inmates, sadistic guards and a corrupt warden. The film’s writer and co-director George Basha stars as Ray, a decorated soldier recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq who, in a scene suspiciously reminiscent
Read moreMystery Road is the latest film for writer, director Ivan Sen who achieved critical acclaim with his ethereal debut feature Beneath Clouds in 2002. This crime drama features many of the impressive stylistic touches that made Beneath Clouds so striking but with its glacial pace and thin plot may tax the patience of some audiences. Aaron Pederson (Jack Irish, Water
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