Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the acclaimed director’s third feature… The Last Wave, 1977. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray and Nandjiwarra Amagula. SYNOPSIS: An Australian attorney defends a group of aborigines who are charged with killing one of their […]

Love and Other Drugs, 2010. Directed by Edward Zwick. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Katheryn Winnick, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt. SYNOPSIS: Flirtatious Viagra salesman Jamie (Gyllenhaal) meets his match when he is confronted by the alluring free spirit Maggie (Hathaway), who has a secret that will test their love to its limits. Being ill […]

The Director’s Guild of America have released the shortlist for their coveted DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010, which could give us some indication of the contenders for the Best Director Oscar when the Academy Award nominations are unveiled on January 25th. The nominees, presented in alphabetical order, are as […]

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at his internationally acclaimed second film… Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Anne-Louise Lambert, Jacki Weaver and Tony Llewellyn-Jones. SYNOPSIS: At the turn of the twentieth century a group of Australian schoolgirls vanish […]

Gary Collinson discusses the possibilities for the Batman movie franchise after Christopher Nolan makes his Gotham swan song with The Dark Knight Rises… On July 20th, 2012 director Christopher Nolan will deliver the third and final instalment in his Batman trilogy with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, the highly-anticipated follow-up to Batman Begins […]

Trevor Hogg begins his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the Australian film-maker’s debut feature… The Cars That Ate Paris, 1974. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies and Bruce Spence. SYNOPSIS: Residents in the mysterious Australian Outback town of Paris redirect passing traffic with the […]

The Wolfman, 2010. Directed by Joe Johnston. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin, Art Malik and David Schofield. SYNOPSIS: Returning to his family estate following the mysterious death of his brother, an American nobleman becomes infected with lycanthropy after he is attacked by a werewolf. “Even a man who […]

F, 2010. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmell, Finlay Robertson, Max Fowler and Roxanne McKee. SYNOPSIS: A world-weary English teacher has to confront his demons when his comprehensive school comes under attack from a group of youths intent on spreading terror through-out the corridors. Receiving his filmmaking education on low-budget […]

Respected English actor Pete Postlethwaite passed away on Sunday aged 64 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Warrington, Lancashire in 1946, Postlethwaite began his career treading the boards at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre alongside the likes of Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce and Julie Walters and went on to earn a reputation as one of […]

Dog Pound, 2010. Directed by Kim Chapiron. Starring Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales, Slim Twig, Lawrence Bayne, Taylor Poulin, Dewshane Williams and Trent McMullen. SYNOPSIS: Three young offenders are sent to the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center, which they soon discover to be a training ground for violence, aggression and bureaucratic incompetence. French writer-director […]