Film

Against all the odds, Real Steel isn’t a completely terrible movie.  Well, not nearly as bad as you would imagine when considering that its a film about rock ’em sock ’em robots.  Director Shawn Levy wisely opts not to make a bunch of robots hitting each other repeatedly the centrepiece of his film (unlike, say Michael Bay’s last three films).  ...

The Boy With The Lightning Tattoo

King of Hawaii

Inner beauty

Cruisin' UAE

Have you seen my baseball?

One of the frustrating things about Australian release dates for films is that they are usually day and date in alignment with American blockbuster films released in the middle of the year but when it comes to the independant films and Oscar season films, they are usually several months behind in their distribution.  And given that most of those films ...

Billions of blistering blue barnacles

Gremlins is a most excellent Christmas movie made by Steven Spielberg just a couple of years after he scored big with E.T.  It was made during the height of Hollywood’s interest in big budget animatronic creature features during the Eighties. The film has a fairytale like quality to it.  The characters are all very well known storytelling archetypes.  There’s the ...

Problem Child III - The High School Years