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From the writer creator of Rake, Andrew Knight, comes another well scripted Australian drama series with another brilliant Australian actor as the title character. Which is course - Guy Pearce, who is supported by a stellar cast of old favourites from every Australian film ever made. A tense gritty drama that also has its comedic moments. This is part one of two, which is a shame, but then, was also an hour and a half long. Reminds me of another gritty drama that is being made in the UK, which is based on a well known detective. I'm curious why this show has been limited to only two episodes. Hopefully, more will be made.

I had been looking forward to seeing this film for some time and none of it disappointed with the quality I had expected from the writer director team of Nick Cave and John Hillcoat, who had previously made the film The Proposition. The only thing that I was not prepared for was the level of extreme violence and the number of times it occurs throughout the film. It was a little under two hours, but for the amount of times I had my eyes and ears blocked, for me it might have been just a little over an hour, or maybe less. The acting in this, is beyond reproach. Guy Pearce especially, is a truly scary piece of work, which considering the other hard bitten characters, is saying something. Tom Hardy, Shia La Beouf, Jason Clarke, portray the three Bondurant brothers, who as the narration by Mr La Beouf's character says in the opening, are known to be "Invincible" in the town they live in. They are making moonshine, a dangerous business to be involved in and despite thei...

This miniseries was shown, as one three hour film on channel ten recently and being a fan of Rhys Ifan's work so far, decided to give it a go, despite the mostly negative reviews. I am very much I did, because I enjoyed every moment immensely. It takes the Peter Pan story as we all know and love and decides to go back to what might have been the origins and the back story of it all. Charles Dance, Anna Friel, Q'orianka Kilcher, Raoul Trujillo and Charlie Rowe round out the rest of the cast, with great performances from them and the supporting cast as well. The originality of it was joyous, the production design, just as much so. What I really liked, beyond the adventures of the storyline and the thrills, was that Bob Hoskins once more took up his role of Smee, that he first portrayed in the film Hook. Such a laugh that was. Even gave it a sense of continuity. Well worth the three hours.

So, they borrow a well known song and album title from the band Pink Floyd, or at least part of it for the title of the third (and hopefully last) film in the trilogy. Don't get me wrong, I like a good action film, as much as the next person, and Michael Bay's style in filmmaking has, up until now, done pretty well and impressed me. See, with the first film, the action scenes and important ones to tie the story (kind of) together, were well mixed and it was a good film to watch all round. The second, not so much. It took a while for the actual story to begin, but when it got there, it was reasonable. This one, it has an entertaining conspiracy theory beginning, bit of a laugh there. The action scenes have all been given a booster jab, not that they needed it. A few well known stars have been given cameos, which is fun, for the first scenes. While I'm on the subject, the actors in this (and we're not including the Victoria Secret Model in this list) are all obvio...

First time director, Rupert Saunders brings to the silver screen a re-imagining of the well known and loved fairytale - Snow White, imbuing it with a whole new style and substance to the characters and landscape. The characters become three dimensional characters that you care about, the good guys and the bad guys. And another that finds himself in the middle. Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth are the three main protagonists. With Sam Spruell as Ms Theron's brother in the film, which is a nice twist. And Sam Claflin as the duke's son. And of course, the not so merry dwarves, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Harris and Brian Gleeson, they all help provide some humour to the film, to prevent things turning into Pan's Labyrinth. The acting is well done by all in this film. The landscape itself is a whole another character in the film, and it is shown excellently by the production design and the director,...

My first preconceptions of this film, thanks to the reviews I had read, were quite similar to those of the film Inception. Also similar was my reaction to the film, expecting to be confused by the three worlds, and I wasn't. It all made perfect sense. The main character, portrayed by Emily Browning, is sent to a mental asylum by her stepfather when she accidentally shoots her sister. This is in the, say we say, "first world". Not long after arrival at a pivotal moment,   it transcends into the "second world", the mental asylum becomes a brothel, and Ms Browning's character's name is Baby Doll. When she dances, she goes into the third and last world, an ever changing battlefield. It is there, where she meets the "Wise Man", portrayed by Scott Glenn, who gives her a list of items with which to escape. Back in the second world, she recruits her fellow inmates, Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), her sister Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudge...

Most of the sports films that have been made, have had very Hollywood plot lines. It was almost a recipe. Underdog team/coach/player/ whatever, trying to do something. A few montages of things going badly, then a winning formula, or new coach/player that tells them "they just have to believe in themselves" or teaches them how to work together with a few gimmicks. Which means, when you watch a well written film like Moneyball, you are completely unprepared by the realism and length of film that really tells you the true story. Or close to it, at least. With Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillan (Mr Zaillan wrote screenplays for The Interpreter, American Gangster and Clear and Present Danger) writing the screenplay, Brad Pitt portraying the character listed and the direction is tight and without any excess scenes, Bennet Miller was nominated for an Academy Award for his work with the film Capote - its a film worth watching for the all of the above and the finished product that ...