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The Grocer's son (03 Dec 08)
The Grocer's son (Le fils de l'épicier) written and directed by Éric Guirado is superb. As usual I'm too lazy and too unskilled to write a proper review. So I'll ...

Thin Solace over-edited (30 Nov 08)
I've not much liked the James Bond flicks over the years; the comic adventure genre rarely appeals to me. Yet I liked Casino Royale. Director Martin Campbell gave the ...

Australia isn't Australia (21 Nov 08)
I doubt that I will be able to sit through Baz Luhrmann's newly released movie Australia without cringing or simply walking out. Julian Glover in The Guardian calls it a ...

Burn, boredom and Brad (22 Oct 08)
Australian critics are raving about Burn After Reading lauding it as very funny. James and I went along and were bored and disappointed -- clichéd spy jokes and marital infidelity ...

Devilry done well (14 Apr 08)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) directed superbly by Sidney Lumet from a solid well crafted script by Kelly Masterson brings to mind the classical tragedy where a single ...

The Big Combo (17 Feb 08)
The Big Combo is an Allied Artists 1955 American film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and finely photographed by cinematographer John Alton with music by David Raksin. It was ...

Rex to the rescue (19 Jul 07)
Thursday night signals the approach of the end of the week and the weekly ritual of Inspector Rex on SBS TV now with Alexander Pschill as Rex's co-star. His character ...

Inman's courageous ambiguity (08 Mar 07)
The death of John Inman is sad. Not much has was seen of him here except his famed role in the hit TV series Are you being served? His campiness ...

The beauty of stolen time (19 Jan 07)
Urideul-ui haengbok-han shigan [=Our Happy Time]; English title: Maundy Thursday (2006). Based a book by famed novelist Kong Ji Young Maundy Thursday is both a tender love story and a ...

Self made film festival (02 Jan 07)
With the opening of the new Dendy cinemas in Canberra replacing the great Electric Shadows James and I have had our own little film festival with a new film each ...

Royale blue (14 Dec 06)
James and I enjoyed the new Bond flick "Casino Royale" the other day. Up 'till now I haven't liked most James Bond films. The bad guys are just too unreal ...

Rex . . . and Gedeon (03 Jun 06)
I don't watch a lot of TV but Inspector Rex is a regular weekly escape as he always gets his man (or woman) "with canine cunning . . . and ...

My one and only Brokeback Mountain comment (01 Mar 06)
Brokeback Mountain the movie must be seen as an example of cinematic art not a pro-gay (or anti-gay) polemic. I read Annie Proulx's short story in the 1997 New Yorker ...

The King and the Clown (05 Feb 06)
I've been reading reviews of Lee Joon Ik's Korean movie hit Wangeui Namja ("The King and the Clown" ) in Bloomberg.com Hancinema.net (the best written and most interesting) Korea Times ...

A Shaggy not-quite-a-dog (25 Nov 05)
Margaret Pomeranz of the ABS's At the Movies reviewing Kiss Kiss Bang Bang gives it four stars and says it's "It's a laugh out loud experience." No it is isn't. ...

The Constant Gardener (24 Nov 05)
I have just seen the The Constant Gardener and recommend it highly. It looks glorious and the acting is very fine. The story does have some oddities; evidence the differing reponse ...

Peter Pan and the Order of Merit (13 Jun 05)
Yesterday was a wintry indoors day so we watched a DVD of Finding Neverland with Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet (reviews here and here) about J.M. Barrie and his friendship ...

Graham Kennedy (25 May 05)
Graham Kennedy radio and TV comedian and accomplished film actor (They're a Weird Mob 1968 The Odd Angry Shot 1978 The Club 1980 The Return of Captain Invincible 1982 The ...

Adam and Alexander (03 Apr 05)
ABC TV's weekly half-hour dancesport competiton Strictly Dancing is good fun. Winners of last Friday's show Adam Francis and Alexander Bryan from Melbourne wowed the audience and achieved a high ...

One in the (queer) eye for Ten (20 Feb 05)
The Sydney Morning Herald (19 Feb) reports "Aussie Queer Eye a big turn-off for advertisers." Ratings are half what was expected and Channel Ten stands to loose millions. Ratings dopped ...

Che (26 Jan 05)
Our new apartment is wired for access to 24/7 broadband internet cable TV and telephone so we joined up; it's much cheaper now in Australia than a few years ago. ...