No doubt because the fans demanded it, the world can now bask in the glory of the first ever cricket themed comedy horror in the form of “I Know How Many Runs you Scored Last Summer”. The Australian film marks the feature debut of husband and wife team Doug Turner and Stacey Edmonds, who had previously...

You decide to take the little lady for a little boating excursion off the coast of Australia, when some storm clouds roll in, forcing you to take shelter on a nearby island. Problem is, that island is as far from civilization as it can possibly get, and the only signs of life is a house in the boondocks....

The latest project from Nanoflix Productions is a full-length feature film that uses the AG Engine, the latest in a computerized animation process, widely called Machinima, to bring to life what has been hailed as a film-noir-esque, science fiction. This “future-noir” mystery, set on, and...

I consider movies like the Australian World War II film “Kokoda” a gem. The treat of such a movie lies in the opportunity to experience the war, of which I am unendingly fascinated with, from a perspective I had never seen before. Having been weaned on Hollywood’s American-centric...

“Australia . What fresh hell is this?” So ponders the grizzled Captain Morris Stanley (Ray Winstone, “Sexy Beast”), a British Colonial Marshall, as he casts his gaze over the uncompromising and barren wasteland we now know as the Australian Outback. After a nasty gunfight, Stanley...

“Feed” marks somewhat of a change in direction for Brett Leonard, whose last outing was the ridiculous comic book adaptation “Man-Thing”. Although the director has dealt with the perils of technology before in the likes of “Virtuosity” and “The Lawnmower Man”,...

I can safely say that “Skrypt” is the only Austrian film I’ve ever reviewed, seen or known to have existed. And, from what I can tell, the Austrian film market isn’t exactly booming. However, being from Scotland myself, criticising another country’s film industry is...

With strong advance word from mainstream critics (including a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival) as well as the usual genre sources, Australia’s “Wolf Creek” is undoubtedly one of the most eagerly anticipated and hyped horror events of the year. Thankfully,...

As the scope of special effects technology widens, there really isn’t much that a person can imagine that can’t be replicated on screen. This freedom of expression has had both positive and negative effects on modern movies. On the positive side, there’s more eye candy and it’s...

I’ve never been particularly impressed with people who sail around the world on a boat, in a hot air balloon, or fly a plane, by themselves in an effort to set some record. The notion of such “greatness” escapes me, probably because I was raised in an environment that didn’t allow...

Is it possible to make a movie with only 6 main characters, and yet imbue all 6 with the most irritating, irrational, and annoying personality traits ever? Why yes! “Undead”, the new zombie picture from Australia, has a cast that not only tries your patience, but makes you wish they would...

The biggest problem I can find with Alex Proyas’ 2002 effort, “Garage Days”, is that it’s completely superfluous and, perhaps worst of all (at least according to all aspiring filmmakers out there who would sell a kidney just to have a decent budget to make their movie) wasteful....

The Australian comedy “The Nugget” will probably be most notable for starring Eric Bana, who was in last year’s “Blackhawk Down” and is the star of the upcoming “The Hulk”. Bana stars as Lotto, one of three tight knit friends who, while out prospecting in the...

A lot of things about Esben Storm’s “Subterano” puzzles me. The movie is about killer toys that hunt unsuspecting civilians trapped inside an overnight parking garage. But that’s not the most puzzling thing about “Subterano”, even though I’ll grant you that the...

The Scott Reynolds film, “When Strangers Appear,” is a good example of an independent feature with a limited budget that relies on a tight and taut screenplay and a good cast to carry the day. Unfortunately, after an hour and 20 minutes of twists and turns, tremendous acting by all involved,...

It’s 1969 and Neil Armstrong and the crew of Apollo 11 are about to land on the moon, and everyone in America is waiting with bated breath. What we didn’t know back then, and most of us still don’t know now, is that the fine folks in Parkes, a small rural town in Australia, were also...

While watching Moulin Rouge, I suddenly developed a headache and a general dislike for musicals. (Not that I ever cared for them in the first place, natch.) There is a theory floating around, one that I have called the Michael Bay Theory of Film Editing, that involves movies edited in such a rapid-fire...