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Goodbye Baby Movie Review

Goodbye Baby is a charming indie drama about a girl who moves to New York because she can't afford to go to college and gets a job as a waitress in a comedy club. She lives with her eccentric older brother, she enters a unlike love triangle while trying to raise the nerve to get up on stage and perform. To me it is a film that is about the people and the lives around them. Christine Evangelista is outstanding as the lead, she carries the role perfectly, She one minute witty and funny, then next minute easily tackling the dramatic scenes in the movie. Alan Ruck also has a great role in the film and it's a refreshing change from the comic roles he has played in the past. It is also a film nicely shot and direct. These are the kinds of movies I like where there are real characters, real people, people that you actually want to care about. I really liked the ending, Alan Ruck played his part perfectly, I couldn't help but be moved by it. It's been getting some great reviews and feedback and it's easy to see why. Goodbye Baby is an outstanding movie that deserves your attention.

Broken Windows (Vanguard Cinema) R1 DVD Review

Broken Windows is an independent film directed by Tony Hickman and is about 5 women and a few days that will change their lives forever. It is a film that is well directed, well acted and has a great story is perfectly joined together to make a film that is worth watching. Their is the character whos is a photographer who has sold her soul for high paying photography jobs that don't really have any real art value. The character of the female actor who having to face the decision of doing a part in a role that could change her career to good or bad and a boyfriend who isn't helping. The acting is solid, each actor play their part perfectly and you can see that the actors are enjoying the parts they are playing. The cinematography is excellent, the film is so well shot for a low budget film. Larisa Oleynik, Sarah Tompson and Michael Gross were all just excellent in this. Its one of those films that has characters who a real and people we can relate to. It got some good set of extras on the DVD like commentary tracks and behind the scene stuff. I liked this film, it kept me interested, wanted to make me find out what happended to the characters. You will enjoy this movie.

Stone & Ed (Peacock Films) Film Review

Stone & Ed tells the story of two brothers who unwittingly one day discover they maybe not brothers after all so they go on quest to find their mother. The other major subplot involves a briefcase and adds a funny element to the movie. With the title of the film you can get the general idea of the film that yes this is a a stoner comedy, it's a low budget one but heck it's funny as. I'm no high class, high quality pretensions snobby film critic and yes this film has been trashed but lot's of people but I really enjoyed this film and some of my favorite films are pretensions arthouse movie and this movie has some pricessless scenes that I seem to want to watch all over again. The cast are great in this movie and yes their are a few cameos but some known people but you don't watch it for that, you watch it for everything else. I enjoyed the film because it was a funny film with some great dialog and some priceless scenes. Us Australian viewers get a nice widescreen DVD unlike American which is full screen. If you are pretensions film fan who only watchs high class movies that seem to win awards that nobody watches then you probably won't like but if your like me that likes both and enjoys these kinda movies from time to time, dig in I say. Top stuff.

The Day the Earth Stood Still - Movie Review

This is a community service announcement, I am no film maker, yes I know actors and I have interviewed a few directors but this remake is really bad and is a shame for all the money they spent on it. Firstly Keanu Reeves is not good as the main character, his performance is wooden but I know he doesn't need to have high class acting for the role but his deadpan performance is lacking. Jennifer Connelly is fine as Helen the scientist and gives the role what it needs but I just feel this film overall is a pay check for all the actors invovled. John Cleese is a fantastic actor but his role in here is so small and can't really do much with the part. The ending is pretty much what you expect for a hollywood film. I didn't like the film, I knew I wasn't expecting much but still they could of made it a little bit more interesting but the special effects were good.

A Christmas Too Many (Flashback Entertainment)

I Figured it's Christmas and well I need to do some more updating, then why not review a Christmas movie, well A Christmas Too Many is a Christmas comedy like Together Again For The First Time but well this one is a lot less serious and quite funny. The story is this Oscar winner actress Lana Myers invites the estranged family together for Christmas back home at her California home. This also includes her ex husband and yes things going wrong. It stars such actors as Mickey Rooney who gives one of his best performances in ages, Sam McMurray a hoot as the son who hunts every year for the christmas dinner. Also such actors as Andrew Keegan, Clint Howard and yes Gary Coleman. I liked the film because it's actually funny, some of the dialog is just priceless. It's a film that is enjoyable but also engaging. It is really a film that is a hoot to start to finish. The DVD for the price is perfect, a nice widescreen DVD and only cost $2 bucks. So have a laugh or two with this funny funny movie.

Together Again For The First Time (Ocean Park Home Entertainment)

Together Again For The First Time is a christmas movie about a family who comes home for christmas to things going horribly wrong. They all can't basically stand each other but during the day a series of events happen. Firstly it's not like your typical hollywood christmas comedy, this film has a lot of heart, a lot meaning and what it means to be family. The acting is first rate, Michelle Page is lovely as Kaye, she gives a wonderful peformance full of fun and energy and emotion when it needs it and yes she so cute in it. She gona long way since this was filmed. Larisa Oleynik does a good british accent and she good in the movie too. Heck they are all good in this movie. To me this film is more drama than comedy with comedy moments thrown in. It's nicely shot and it really is nicely directed. It's nice to have a film that doesn't heavly use the hollywood clique throughtout the movie to get the film across. It's nice to see a film that is filmed in a small town in america. It is a trully a wonderful film with lot's of little suprises with a solid cast that makes the film a worth while watch. 2 Thumbs Up.

Cotton Flowers - (Singa Home Entertainment/Echelon Entertainment)

Cotton Flowers tells the story of 4 priviledge teenagers who have to work on a economics project together who come from different circles of groups. It also the story of these 4 teenagers who have come from sheltered priviledge backgrounds who are unprepared for real life. The 4 main characters are all different they are the types of people we would know from highschool. They are Brit, Sophie, Todd and Andy,One meets a guy in a record shop working there and falls for him and basically goes to meet him unaware of the dangers that lies ahead. She thinks he a nice guy but it doesn't turn out that way,Andy gets locked out of home after his constant disrespect for his parents and then he goes to his favorite haunt and meets a security guard offers him a place to stay the night and things turn from bad to really bad. The film does a good job of showing how sheltered people who are not prepared for situations like the ones in the film and how they handle the situations they face. Sophie played by Giovanna Marie personally I think is the strongest in the film as she has seriously the most toughest situation to face. But all of the acting is pretty good.The situation involving the security guard also is distibuing as there are people like that in real life. Brit the bitch in the movie has the situation of doing drugs without anybody knowing is a hard thing to do when your the most popular person at school. But the worst is yet to come as the film does have a really tragic ending. The film is about the consequences of your actions/mistakes which films depicts and how you deal with them if you can. This film does have a bit of nudity and sexual situations but has a point to the movie. It isn't used in a explotive way. Yes this is a low budget film that obviously been shot in digital but it the story and the acting which really makes the movie a winner in my books. This film is one of those films that make you think about the situations of your actions and about how we are not always in control.

False River - (Singa Home Entertainment/Echelon Studios)

False River tells the story of Jim Mix who is unwittingly framed for murder and is desperate to escape tghe insane asylum in the deep south so escape with two other prisoners and he back to his home in False River to embark on a psychical and spirtiual quest. They soon realize that the outside world is crazier than the place they have just been. The film is shot in film and for the budget they have had, it is shot really well and you can really get feel of False River. Sal Xuereb is amazing as Jim Mix, he really handles the film well and gives the character depth and makes the character his own. The supporting cast is solid too. The film was not what I expected but was hooked right from the start, it's a story and journey that you discover people that are human, people who may be a little crazy but have feelings and maybe no different from people we know. It also a film that offers hope to the characters. It is refreshing to watch a movie with honesty and the love of the craft of making and telling a good story where there are well written indepth characters, people that are human with feelings. Rex Hauck the director has done a fine job of this film. False River is a brilliant piece of filmmaking, a brilliant story that is truly a journey worth taking. I will be for one taking this journey again.

The Mentalist - Red Tide Episode Review

Let not beat around the bush here. I am friends with Michelle Page and I have done stuff for her career like giving her two interviews on this website and all the publicity I have given her on here and my myspace page and a few other small things. I have known her for two years and have meet her earlier this year. so anything I say about her is bias. But she just been on that new show The Mentalist playing the character Hope.Michelle Page is the star of this episode, she really does show of her acting range. She gives a performance that is so totally believable and that at end you just don't have any feelings for her. I could see this being her break and directors and casting people and producers will no doubt will wanna work with this incredbly talented lady. I for one thinks she deserves an emmy for amazing outstanding performance. Everybody is solid acting wise in this episode. It is really a great storyline and let's Michelle Page show off her acting talents. I have no doubt that this will do wonders for her career. I think she just an amazing actress/actor. What else is there need to say but if you didn't watch the episode you missed out on an incredibly powerful amazingly emoitional performance by my good friend Michelle Page. I just loved the episode and for the reason of Michelle super duper performance. She gives a performance that is truly depth and totally amazing. I totally thought she looked extremely beautiful in the last part of the show. But when sensored and dog come out watch those films. This girl is already a star to me, but she gonna be an actor who will always give solid performances and will always stay kind,respectful,lovely and caring. She is the actor/actress to watch out for in 2009. Yeah I said it last year but she has been so good to me and seeing the stuff she been in. She far better than a lot of the bigger stars at the moment. Go check this episode out folks.

Letting Life In (Singa Home Entertainment/Echelon Studios)

Letting Life In is the story between two people in one year, one being a reclusive novelist played by Patrick Hall named Michael who lives in upstate New York and the other being a cancer survivor named Sarah who takes a job as Michael personal assistant played by the very talented Anne W Griffin. It’s a low budget film but it’s a very good one. The film is basically a two person movie being only two characters in the film. I liked how the film basically slowly lets you know about the characters you don’t find out everything straight away and how they some how become closer as the movie goes on and then sadly tragedy happens. I like it how it takes it time to tell the story instead of giving it to you in one big blast straight away. Anne W Griffin is the star of the movie, she is a revelation in this, she gives a wonderful performance, she naturally plays the role, she makes the character human and gives it the depth and understatement it needs to the character of Sarah. She is a real find and she going to have a bright career ahead of her. So watch out for her. It was a really good little film about love, breaking out of your shell and new lease on life. The acting was fine by both but I thought Anne was really good. Patrick Hall played his character well and made the character the way it you were supposed to feel. The scenery and background for the setting of the film was perfect. For a low budget film it was nicely shot and location was used to good affect. It is a film at times that is heartfelt and honest and makes you really feel for the characters and wants you to see them be happy and you do like I did do feel sad when the tragedy happens as they have been through so much together, a wonderful drama that deserves to be seen with a star in Anne W Griffin.

Hell's Gate - (Singa Home Entertainment/Echelon Studios)

Hell's Gate is a crime flick which tells the story of two ex cons who have this meeting with this british person who wants to kidnap this billionaires daughter for ransom money and what happens when they do kidnap her and events afterwards. I actually really really liked this film, going into not knowing nothing but coming out really enjoying the film. The ending is fantastic and has a really great twist that you never see coming. The setting which is warehouse as the main focal point of the movie is a nice solid touch to the film where the kidnapped daughter sits in the middle tired up. It not an overly violent movie expect for one scene, it's a film that does have a lot of swearing tho but not as much as some films have. The ending was my favorite part of the movie just because of the way it played out. I also liked how you found about the characters as you go through the movie and it's not just given to you in one big heap and you find out their story and what their little secret is. I liked how the British character you never quite find out what he really up to and how slowly you find out bits of information about him and why he knows so much about the two main characters. It looks really good for a low budget film that is shot in digital and has good choices of locations for the film and the main setting which is an old warehouse where they keep the daughter until they get their ransom money. The acting is really good by all and to me Brian Faherty is the actor in the movie which stands out the most and see him having a successful career. I also dug the choice of tunes for the movie they really worked well alongside the movie and gave it something to the movie. It was really truly one of those films where I came into with no expectations and coming away completely blown away by the film. It's a classy crime flick that is a real find. I hope one of the aussie dvd companies release this film here it's worth a look.

Five Moments Of Infidelity (Singa Home Entertainment/Echelon Studios)

Five Moments Of Infidelity is a great australian independent film that deals with the subject of Infidelity. It has different stories about different couplies and their issues and they all interact in some way. The carefree sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose,The upwardly mobile thirty-something couple with perfect careers and family life,The gay pair with an open relationship,The frustrated urban duo hanging onto familiarity; and The suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all. It was one of those films you are like wow this is really good as Australian films well a lot of them seem to have a bad rap lately and it's really nice to find one that you truly enjoy and really got into and this is one of them. I liked this film because of the way the characters interacted with each other and the good use of dialog and made it really fresh and interesting to watch. I wanted to know what happened with the characters what happened next, I liked how the characters felt human and real and that they are kinda people that we can all relate to. The storyline involving the suburbian family is the one that really ends with devestating results and really makes the film something unique as well these things happen, I also got from the film is that we are all human and we make mistakes and that the causes of our actions bad or good can change the outcome of our lives. The acting from all the actors involved is first class and not a bad performance by all. For a low budget film it looks fantastic and I can see why Echelon picked this film up for worldwide rights, The dvd itself is fine for a low budget australian film, it is in widescreen and offers some good extras on the making of the movie and some of the challenges. It's a really refreshing movie on the subject of infidelity and it is a fine australian drama that deserves to be seen by all.

Read You Like A Book (Vanguard Cinema) DVD Review

Read You Like A Book is a truly wonderful film which is truly independent and is a story that is set in a bookshop and about how that one day changes the lives of the staff and many of the customers who shop there when a mysterious book comes into the store. It was something I discovered by chance, Firstly the acting is top notch from all the cast. Dante played by Tony Amendola is truly wonderful in the role and gives it the performance it needs to make the character really work. Karen Black is just simply perfect as Kate, she gives it all to the part, so does Barbara Crampton as Zoe and Catalina Larranaga as Gina. I really liked at the start of the film how the main character being Dante describes the store and the staff and the regular customers who shop there, it was a nice touch to the film. To me it is a film that is part Drama and Comedy. To me it's one of those rare films that you truly get involved with. I was drawn to the characters and to what happened to them, I wanted to know what happened next. I really liked the use of bookstore as the template for the film. It sets the film out to be something really different and special. It is an independent film that is low budget but it doesn't take away any of the magic that this film really has. Vanguard Cinema offers a nice clear wide screen DVD so you don't miss out on any of the action on screen. This is truly a wonderful film that deserves to discovered and enjoyed.

Bones – Player Under Pressure review

If you didn't know I went to the USA for two weeks in April and one of the things I did was hang out with Miss Michelle Page who was the highlight of my trip, and one of the things I did was take her out 4 dinner and we went dancing to a cover band afterwards and then we went and talk to the band afterwards when they were having a break and she talk about being on Bones in over a weeks time, and then they invited her on stage and keep on calling her Bones, the day I left to go home, they her episode was on the television but the airport was showing the basketball but now here is the review. The episode wasn't shown last year because of the Virginia college shootings. The episode is about college student who plays basketball is found dead which the bones team thinks it's murder and it's a good episode with all the cast being fantastic, their is enough twists to keep you guessing to who the murderer is, but you don't want to know about that, you want to know what I wanted to know was Michelle Page good in it, yep she was, she plays Justin Berry, a gothic girl and she makes a good gothic girl, and she still manages to look amazing, her role is small but she still gives a powerful performance and gives the role the depth it needs, but she done some amazing stuff after this was shot like two kick ass movies, two short films and lot's of cool stuff lined up in the works. So she going places, this was a good episode and she was fantastic in it. She rocks as an actor. Check it out people.

Kush - (Maverick Entertainment) Region 1 Review

I remember a few years ago, my friend telling me that he could tell me which houses on one of the main streets in the small town I grew up which were drug dealers. Sadly that friend got addicted to P which is a form of crystal meth, and apparently is losing teeth which is really sad, I want to help but I don't know where to start or where he is now. That was one of my first experiences of how drugs really affect people. Over a year and half ago a young girl wanted to be added on my myspace page wanting publicity for her acting career, that person is Michelle Page, we have since become good life long friends and I have meet her and have help her in a small way with her career, and the first interview we did we discussed this film Kush.

This means that this review probably going to be bias because I think highly of her as person and her talent. This film is about drugs and drug dealing, the basic plot is that a bunch of young drug dealers make a bad deal by selling drugs to a risky crack head and get burnt out of thirty thousand dollars and decides to kidnap the crack head's teenage brother. The performances are solid; they each bring something to the film. The leads are perfect as the drug dealers and give the performances depth, and yes Michelle Page is fantastic in this film playing Kat the sexy school girl, she plays the role fantastically, she got the role not just because of her amazing talent but because she simply a extremely beautiful girl which she suits the part well, Yes her role is small but she fantastic in it and was the highlight for me. She has done a lot of amazing work since she filmed this movie.

This film also to me is about how drugs and drug dealing affects the lives of the people around them. It is also good at showing the landscape of their world, the place they come from and the various people they interact from. The film seriously has a lot of drug taking in it, I was really quite surprised as some films I have seen mainly just talk about it and show it briefly but this film goes hardcore with the drug taking. It has a good amount of drama, action and worked at a pace that will keep viewers interested to find out what happens next and it's directed well and really cast well. The soundtrack also adds a good element to the movie when it is need. It is well shot and shows realism throught out the move. James Debello and James Duvall will be the familiar faces in the movie well they are too me.

This film like a lot of other films about drugs will be hard to take for some people as it really does show the affects of how drugs affect people and their lives but for me it doesn't change my views on drugs, I just won't touch them. If it makes me not cool then so be it, Like it or not drugs aren't going away anytime soon sadly like my mate who got addicted to P, this film does a good job of showing the affects of drugs and the people that that deal them and how the peoples lives revolve around them. I hope the film does well for them but the director York Shackleton has got work in the pipeline and so does all of the cast well I know Michelle does. It's a good film that will leave you thinking about it for days and wanting to recommend it to people.

Another movie which I also highly recommend which does an excellent job of really showing affects of drugs is Godmoney it's not set like this film but to do with one man trying to change his past and it maybe a little hard to find on DVD but pick up a copy if you can it's well worth a watch.

Godmoney - (Image Entertainment) Region 1 Film Review

I reviewed Kush yesterday because the talented Michelle Page was in it and I wanted to see her amazing performance in it and at the end of the review I talk about this film Godmoney so I am going to review it for you all. Godmoney is different to Kush where it is about the main character Nathan played by first time actor Rick Rodney and lead singer of Strife where he trying to get away from his life of crime in New York and wants to find work in Hollywood but he ends up the suburbs of LA where he can't get a decent job because of no social security number and where he lives he far away from anything. His room mate is after rent and befriends this guy name Matthew who is a drug dealer where basically he is at wits ends because of no luck of finding a job he works for Mathew but his life changes when Nathan is offered 20 thousand dollars to kill a rival dealer and has to decide if it's worth it or not. Where Kush shows people having freedom and too much money Godmoney shows the effects of not having any money and not being able to get a job basically trying to survive and what we need to do to survive it and if crime really does help to survive. This film isn't so much about drug dealing as Kush is; it's one of the main points in the film but really more about surviving and trying to change your past when you have come from nothing which Godmoney is about unlike Kush which focuses on people have something. The acting is good, each main actor plays the characters well and make them believable, it is very well shot and looks really good for a low budget independent film, at times Darren Doane the director who has come from a music video background goes a little overboard in flashback scenes but that is fine and it looks good. Sorry Michelle but Godmoney sound track rocks with bands like Rollins Band, MXPX, Strife, Pennywise, AFI, Blink 182 and one of my favorite bands FAR. The DVD has loads of good extras 2 commentary tracks, interviews and behind the scenes footage and more, one which talks about real DIY film making which this film truly is. This film maybe hard to find but it's really a must see film and you will discuss the issues raised in this film.

Quiet City And Dance Party USA - 2 Films By Aaron Katz (Benten Films)

I honestly haven't seen a film in months, I rarely go to the cinemas no more, it's not that I hate movies it's just I am focused elsewhere now. I have time to, just nothing is interesting at the moment for me. But when I read about these two films by Aaron Katz, I knew I had to check them out. Films that actually sounded interesting to me at the moment and I was right on the money. Quiet City is a film about two people who meet by chance at a New York subway station who is meant to be meeting her friend who never shows up. It's a really great film about two people who are strangers but on the course of 24 hours a unlike connection is formed. The two leads in this film are not actors and it makes the film far more believable and they both do a fantastic job, I hope we see more of them acting in the future. It was really nice to see a film that wasn't about special effects and predictably and cliches and a film that takes it time to tell the story, so you can take it all in.

Dance Party USA is about two teenagers Jessica and Gus who meet at a 4 of July party who share a moment but the relationship goes stronger when Gus confronts Jessica with a troubling secret. This film is more heartfelt and heartbreaking than Quiet City, It reminded in parts of when I was a teenager and talking about who mates have hooked up with and yes I have been to plenty of house party's like the one in the film. It's a solid debut film for Aaron, it got great acting, good direction. I really liked how the film ended, it really worked well and thought it was a nice touch. i really connected to this film some how, like I have lied a few times about things and said things that I shouldn't have, It to me felt like a real honest film which didn't over do things, it just let things naturally happen and the characters spoke like they were real people and not forced. It was hard to me to choose which one I like best as I really enjoyed both of them. But I really dug Dance Party USA, it was a solid tender heartfelt coming of age film that really won me over and truly moved me.

I really loved the scores for both of the films,Both films have a good amount of extras that will give you insight into the films and also their are subtitles which is fantastic for an indie dvd company as not many seem to do it. Aaron Katz is a fantastic director and he has a huge amount of talent and that extends to any kind of Genre. These are seriously the best two films I have seen in ages even years, Highly Recommend by Me. These are the kinds of films I think we need to see more of, you make more films like these and you'll get me in the cinemas as I haven't been in a long time.

These films were made for hardly any money less than 3,000 dollars each and they are fantastic films and to me it shows good films don't need a lot of money.

Spaceboy - Movie Review

Spaceboy is a sci fi/fantasy short film directed by Ransom Riggs which is about a teenager who is the ultimate outsider who is searching for UFOs and is dubbed space boy by his classmates and his older brother then a girl comes along. This is a really great short film, it reminded by of the good old days of cinema where films were made by people who wanted to make something special and not just for profit. I really connected with this film as I believed in the storyline and the main character of Max and I felt sympathy for him as we probably all the want the hot girl to confess some affection to a person like Max if we were like him in real life who to everybody is just a total loser and a easy target to pick on, secondly if you were being picked on and you believed in UFOs then going to space for a better life would be awesome. You are never quite sure what going to happen to Max and that really pulls you into the film and keeps you watching until the end. Yes the character of Max dreams of a better life in Space, we are never really sure if that happens or not and that what great about this film, there is a enough depth in the characters and storyline to pull us into Max world and how the people around respond to him. The character of Carrie who plays Max older brother girlfriend is a nice touch to the film as she starts to connect with him and she as character has heart and soul. This is one classy looking short, made by people who wanted to make a short film that is truly special. The cinematography is fantastic, Ransom Riggs does a solid job of directing this film and basically everything about this film is top notch, Arman Zajic is perfect as Max, he plays the character so well you believe in him and understand why he is the way he is. Michelle Page once again shows me why she is so good as an actor and why as a friend I give her all the praise I do, she gives a truly flawless performance as Carrie who is the boyfriend of the older brother who begins to understand him, she is just wonderful as Carrie and she has a heart and soul because begins to care about what happens to Max and wants to be there for him . Chris Emerson is also great as the older punk brother. I really enjoyed this short film as I got so involved in the movie and what was happening with the characters that it finished left me wanting more. I cared about what happened to Max and what he was going thru because some stage when I was younger I thought nobody got me and who I was about so I sorta connected with the character . The storyline to this was great, it was well written and the characters were fleshed out and you understood each of them and how they were and how they reacted to Max, This is a student film but it is a quality short film. It to me felt like a proper film and the director did a fantastic job as so do everyone involved in the film. Ransom Riggs has a bright future in Hollywood as he has created something that is truly truly special and shows of his directing skills and is way of making a film magical and is a joy to watch. The actors in this have bright futures especially Michelle Page for her wonderful performance and so do Arman Zajic and Chris Emerson who names you will all know in the near future. Go watch this short film. I truly loved it and I will be watching it again later on tonight.

Spaceboy Myspace Page for more info on the film and where you can get a copy of it


Standoff Episode - Road Trip

Wow is the word when it comes to Michelle Page performance in the episode Road Trip of the show Standoff. She was just literally amazing, you really really felt for her character. She gives a solid performance and was the standout for me in the episode, one to me that is award worthy. All the acting was really good. William Russ gave a solid performance, so did Shanna Collins & Bree Turner. I totally believe the acting and storyline, and one thing is for sure. Michelle Page is going to be the star of I Know Who Killed Me totally and is going to a future star in the making. I thought she was mind blowing in this episode. Man she was so good as Darah Keegan, I just wanted to give her a hug in the end. Thanks to Michelle for sending to me, you were totally amazing. I can't wait to meet you and hang with you. You were mind blowing in this episode.

Kicking And Screaming (Hollywood DVD/Rainbow)

Before I start, yes I bought this cheap and know of the superior american dvd but I didn't wanna purchase the film expensive and hate it. This is the debut film for Noah Baumbach and is a slacker comedy/witty dialog about a group of people after they graduate. The film is good, it's funny in places. the acting is good and Eric Stolz is Eric Stolz(sorry but I have seen in him in a few films and he seems to play the same kinda character or his delivery is the same). It may not be Squid & The Whale if your looking for that kinda film. It was enjoyable and will pick up the superior dvd. For the price I got this it was worth the watch. don't expect it to be widescreen, it's full screen with average transfer and sound is ok.

Cold Case Episode - The Good Bye Room

I really enjoyed the Cold Case episode “The Good Bye Room”, the story line is the cold case team investigate the events at a now abandoned home for unwed mothers that led to the death of a patient and the adoption of her infant. The storyline is really good, It has enough twist and turns to get interested until the end. It has a twist you never would see coming. The acting is top notch, they were all solid performances by the cast. Especially from Michelle Page (I Maybe Bias tho) and Johanna E. Braddy. Especially in the emotional scenes as you really felt for the characters and what they were going thru. I liked when Michelle character became sorry and felt something for Johanna character. Both to watch out for. All and all it was good espiode and I really enjoyed watching it. So when it airs in your country please go watch it. I will probably watch more Cold Case now as I am not normally a viewer.

Pee Zine Issue 30

I first started reading Pee Zine after I heard about it in a street press mag
So I tracked down a copy. I have been a huge fan ever since.
I had never heard of a zine before I started reading Pee.
This is issue is fantastic. He now has gone A4.
You get pee zine compilation 2 with bands such as NOFX,Away From Now,Frenzal Rhomb.
Interviews with bands like The Get Up Kids,Park even Madball.
Some review and editorials. Love the Scribe Review.
I highly recommend it it's well worth the 11 or 12 dollars for it
Because of reading pee and learing about zines. That how I started mine.
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Long Gone Loser Issue 9

Damo has out done himself with this issue
You get heaps of good interviews with bands such as Hellacopters,The Darkness.
and The Datsuns.
Even Alice Cooper features in the mag. Also interviews with Dashboard Confessional,
Monster Magnet.
Plus an interview with Mary Carey who wanted to become Governor of California.
Plus a bit of nudity.
This issue is good as you get so many good interviews plus plenty of reviews.
It's all good things rock'n' roll.
Visit Long Gone Loser on to get a copy.Recommend reading.

Mary (Accent Film Entertainment)

This is showing at Melbourne International Film Festival but Accent have the rights to film here for dvd/theatrical release.I saw this last night and quite frankly was blown away by this film. Abel Ferrara directed this film and probably his best film to date. It is his take on The Passion Of Christ story set in modern times. It is about three people and their religion. One person is a director who makes a film about the Jesus story, one person who is an actor who became so involved with the character which was Mary Magdalene that she leaves that all behind and goes on her own spiritual quest and the other character is a talk show host who does interviews about religion. The film makes you think your faith and religion or if you believe in religion This film doesn't use violence to get it's message across unlike Passion Of The Christ, there is one scene which involves violence but it isn't heavy and full on all the way threw with violence like the Gibson movie. I liked the long scenes of driving thru the city at night and cut to the scenes of the actor. The directing,acting and cinematography and script to me is excellent. It stars Matthew Modine, Juliette Binoche and Forest Whittaker plus Heather Graham in a smaller size role. To me it really made me think about my faith and religion and I really was blown away so much I reckon it's the best film of 2006 for me so far. It's so worth a look.

Lost In Translation - (Focus Features)
This would have to be the most perfect film ever written. It is so awe inspiring.
A fantastic cast with a fantastic storyline and a beautiful scenery
It is the perfect movie about friendship.
Makes it the film of the year for me. Go see it

City Of Gods DVD - (Capitol Films/MRA Entertainment)
This is one awesome movie directed by Matt Dillon
It is about a insurance scam gone wrong so Jimmy goes to Cambodia
To find his partner Marvin and to get his promise cut of the action.
There is plenty of beautiful scenery a good story line and a good cast.
I don't know why this wasn't released in the cinemas here.
I enjoyed this and recomend it to people.

The Wild Angels DVD - (Kaleidscope/Shock)

This is another Corman classic. But about the Hell's Angels
Plenty of violence,boozing but true to what the angels are.
Good storyline and plenty of great harleys. Classic

Fat Pizza - (Roadshow Entertainment)

This movie is based on the sbs cult series Pizza
Nothing has changed from the series still very political incorrect and very funny
Paul Fenech has done a great job of making this film.
He know what market he is going for people
who want a laugh or who don't get offended easily
I enjoyed it heaps and it is a shame it the show got banned on sbs
Maybe a better timeslot would of been better.

NOFX - Ten Years Of Fucking Up (Fat Wreck/Shock)

Um this is a NOFX dvd with video clips of some of the bands ongs
It has live songs,interviews,commentary by the band of the dvd.
A commentary of the commentary by The Vandals. I like this dvd.

Poor White Trash (Xenon Pictures/Stomp Visual)

I enjoyed this movie as was funny as
It was classy as it was taking the piss out of trailer park life.
The storyline was pretty good and the cast worked well together on screen.
The movie is about a couple of guys who get in trouble for burning a car and
then drunken lawyer makes things worse so they go to lennie grandfather lawyer
But have to steal to be able to pay him and get enough money for Mike to go to college.
I really enjoyed this as it was a different type of commedy not usual teen stuff.

The Last Samurai (Warner Brothers)

I am going to be honest with you I thought it was a cheesy storyline
The special effects were good. So was the scenery.
If New Plymouth I have come from wasn't in the film. I wouldn't of seen it
There was no meat to the storyline. I felt like I had seen it before.
Good for the New Zealand Film Industry tho. Not the best film I have seen.

The Intruder (New Concorde)(USA)

This is film is amazing and is a shame that it never got the exposure it should of got.
It is one of Roger Corman's finest work.
It is about a guy who turns a town of white people against black people.
It was done in 1961. It is a racist film but more of social commentary look.
William Shatner is good in this film and I think you should track it down.
The dvd comes with a few extras like a interview with corman and shatner,a few trailers.
Worth a look. It is a r1 release so a multi region dvd player is needed.

1969 (MGM Home Entertainment/Kaleidoscope)

1969 is not a bad little film.
It tells the story of 2 familys who lives who are shaped by war.
The performance are good but I felt there needed to be a little more meat in the storyline
Apart from that it not a bad film to watch. The dvd extras are trailers and a photogallery.

Pauly Shore Is Dead (Eagle Entertainment)

Pauly Shore is dead is kinda Pauly autobiography but with a fictional twist.

The movie is about how his career is not going anyway so he decides he would be more popular if dead.

It is funny and the fact that he has heaps of friends judging by the amount of cameos in the movie.

It works because he went all out there and he has no shame. I reckon this is great movie which should get heads turning.

It is going to have a small release in america

Then on dvd and video. I hope there is commentary on the dvd as I am going to purchase it.

Spun Directors Cut (MRA Entertainment)

Why wasn't this released in australia in the cinemas. As this is fantastic.

The movie is about drugs. It's about a guy who become a driver for a drug maker.

The cast are fantastic in this movie.The editing and directing is good.

I really enjoyed this movie.Beware it may offended some people

and it didn't get a R18 rating for no reason.

Eating Raoul (Force Video)

Eating Raoul is about a ordinary couple who want to
own there own restaurant in the country and to get out of there swinger infested building.
One night they by mistake they kill a man.
So they decide to lure wealthy swingers to their apartment and kill them.
What you have here is original black comedy which very funny and in beautiful bad taste.
It is a shame Paul Bartel died in the year 2000 as it would of been great to have comentary.
I highly enjoyed it and will gladly see it again.

The Cooler (UIP)

This movie was fantastic.I can see why Alex Baldwin was nominated.
The movie is about a guy who is a cooler but he meets this girl.
You kinda get the picture but so much more than that.
The casino is run old fashioned. It has old fashioned values.
The movie has a good storyline,great cast and fantasic acting.
You can't ask for more than that in these times of plenty of bad blockbusters.Recommend

Supersize Me (Dendy Films)

This doco is worth seeing.
It about a guy who eats MC Donald's for a month after seeing two girls sue the company. You see him eat and watch him go thru it. It also shows interesting facts and with good interviews.
To basically get the message across fast food is bad.
It is a winner with me

Going Down (Imagine Entertainment)

I first heard about this film as two bands interviewed on this site have songs in it
Going Down is a teen comedy flick but a little different
It's about a day after party and finding out the parents come home in 3 hours.
More people start showing up and there are two dead bodies in house and
they have to clean the house up in 3 hours.
It is funny film with plenty of great laughts.The acting is pretty good. The storyline is good.

Going Down is a good enjoyable teen movie which is a good watch.

Tully (Harp Sharp Video)(USA)

Just perfect would be the best way to describe this.
One of the most beautiful films I have seen in a long time.
It is about the events that happen in one summer.
There is Tully who is the local hearthomb and can get any woman he wants.
But is incapble of getting close to any more.
His brother Earl is the shy and sensitive type.
The only bond they have with each other is Ella Smalley who has returned home to do an intern at the local vet.
Also their is Tully Snr who carriers a sadness,a hint of past wounds who gets by with the help of his sons.
What we have is a movie which is beautifully done.it doesn't rush things it just falls into place perfectly.
With a beautiful cast and great acting plus a great storyline is a winner with me. A must see movie.
Please would some australian distrubutor release on dvd here as it is a good movie which people will enjoy.

Fahrenheit 9/11 (Hopscotch)

I maybe jumping on the bandwagon. I liked the doco.

But with reason. I don't agree with everything he says as some if it's wrong

But I agree with trying to get people to vote.

He would proberbly get more respect if his facts were true and he edits it well for his view.

See or not see it. It's up to you but I liked it.

When Strangers Appear (Imagine Entertainment/The AV Channel)

I wanted to see this because it was film in the NZ town of Foxton.

and I was suprised as this is quite a good little film.

It not your average thriller(I don't like the term but was all I could think off)

It has enough twist and turns to keep it going with beautiful scenery

and the way it looks and how it was shot adds to what is a decent film. Recommended.

Oh good use of Calling On by Weta on the start of the movie.

Twist - Melbourne Film Festival

Twist is a modern retake on the Oliver Twist story.

and it is briliant. It has good acting and a good storyline and good directing.

The theme of the film may offend some people and is not like the book.

I really liked and urge people to see it.

Check out the interview with Jacob Tierney the director on this site.

Tom White - (Palace Films)

Tom White is a Australian film.

The film about a guy who leaves his life he knew in search of something else.

He leaves his job and his family. I really liked this film. Colin Friels is brilliant.

There is some great acting. A good storyline. My only problem was the ending. Felt it need a little more.

I liked this film. Go see this film and support the Australian Film Industry.

Fat Pizza Uncensored (Roadshow Entertainment)

If your a fan of the TV series and movie. then you will love this.

Still offensive as ever with nudity,drinking,Burnout and plenty more chicks.

Plus his short films which got Pizza up and going.

I liked it and recommend to people who don't get offended as easily

No One Can Here You (Imagine Entertainment/AV Channel)

This film is set in America but filmed in Auckland New Zealand

I wanted to see it because it was filmed in NZ.

It is a thriller which doesn't need much thinking.

It's pretty enjoyable better than a lot of blockbuster thrillers which are just boring

The storyline is straightforward. The Cinematography is good also.

Not a bad little thriller which is enjoyable.

Sommersault - (Hopscotch Films)

This film has been getting praise from all over the place.

It is movie about a young girl journey through which she learns the true meaning of love

The acting was top notch the storyline was brilliant. The music by decoder ring is great.

I enjoyed it and urge people to go see this fine australian film.

Mallrats - (Universal)

This is an old film. Kevin Smith second film and I really enjoyed it.

It is funny as. The cast were great in this.

It is about a couple of guys trying to win there girlfriends back at a mall.

Kevin Smith films are always fun. He always make them enjoyable to watch and have a great laugh.

I certainly did with this film. A Funny film which can watched and watched again.

Harold And Kumar Goes To White Castle (Village Roadshow Films)

I didn't like the directors last film Dude Where Is My Car but this film I loved to bits.

The film is about two guys who have this craving for White Castle

and so they go on this mission to find White Castle.

It is a stoner movie and is very funny. I just could not stop laughing. It has some great cameos in it.

This is a very funny and enjoyable film and I recommend it for a good laugh.


A Man's Gotta Do - (Hopscotch)

A Man's Gotta Do is a loveable and funny Australian film.

The film is something quite special as it is really enjoyable

The film is about a guy named Eddie who owns a fishing trawler and moonlights as stand over man.

He has a beautiful wife and a nice house with all the mod cons.

But wants to be able to connect with his daughter Chantelle(Alyssa McCelland) better.

So he enlists his new right hand man Dominic(Gyton Grantley) to read her diary.

Buy doing this he seems to understand his family better and in the process more secrets begin to surface

John Howard is brilliant as the lovelable but sometimes angry Eddie

The characters you can relate to. The cast are top notch.

A enjoyable Australian film which defently worth seeing.

The Party's Over - (Madman)

The Party's Over is flatout brilliant.

It is a documentary hosted by Philip Seymour Hoffman

which is about the 2000 campaign process for the American election.

It has the right about balance of interviews with information.

It really makes you think and understand a lot more about campaign process in America.

It is a honest and really enjoyable documentary.One of the best I have seen.

Bad Santa (Columbia Films)

Bad Santa is a riot film.

It is very funny and also very rude and offensive which is great.

Billy Bob Thornton is brilliant in this film.

It's about two guys who basically go to new malls each christmas and rob them.

They by being santa and a elve and posing for the kids and asking them what they want.

It is very funny and flat out enjoyable. You will get a kick out of it.

If you get offended easily don't watch it. I highly enjoyed it

The Grudge - (Columbia)

The Grudge is about a girl who looks after a sick woman in a home in Tokyo.

The film for me was not really original as I felt like I had seen it before.

It was very predictable in parts but the acting and special effect were great.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is good as the staring role and no doub't we will see more of her.

I didn't quite enjoy it as I wanted too.

Hero - (Miramax/Buena Vista)

This film was a major disapoinment for me as critics and people said it was brilliant.

I felt that this film was beautiful but that it drag on too long.

Not enough action but too much dialog.

I like films with dialog but I need dialog to go on with.

I want something to go with.

I want action and I want dialog mixed well together with the right amount of imagdry

I really wanted to like this film but couldn't. I just felt dissapointed.

Club Dread - (Fox Home Entertainment)

Broken Lizard return with a slasher flick and for me it was really enjoyable.

It is a pretty easy to under stand storyline.

It about a group of staff on resort island and one by one they get killed.

It doesn't need much thinking as it flat out easy to watch.It was funny.

It has enough twist and turns to get you thinking is it him or is someone else.

Another funny film by Broken Lizard.

Sideways - (Fox Searchlight)

The hype is true for this movie to me.

It's a great romantic comedy with a great cast a wonderfull storyline

It's the story of two friends Miles & Jack who go away for a wine tasting week

to celebrate Jack last week of freedom before getting married.

A long the way they meet two girls and it goes from there.

It just touching and funny. It's one of those rare films which isn't typically hollywood romantic comedy.

You know what I mean the typical romantic comedy storyline,girl mets guy and so on.

Each of the 4 main actors/actress are brilliant.

I loved this film and I will defently be picking this up on dvd.

Festival In Cannes - (Paramount Home Entertainment)

This is a wonderfull film shot in Cannes.

It is funny,touching,joyfull and also beautiful.

It's about a series of different people all invold in the film industry

Who all come across each other at some stage.

All the actors/actress are brilliant are lovely in the film.

The script is brilliant. It is a really great idea of a film.

It's a joyfull journey worth taking and it is really special.

Fraternity Vacation (Hollywood DVD/Rainbow)

This is a 80's teen sex movie. It has the nudity and the rest.

Funny enought it has Tim Robbins in a starring role.

The movie is about two guys who go away for a weekend with a Nerd on his family expence.

How they make a bet with two guys from another Fraternity who will get a girl

It's funny in parts. It's a little bit prediticable.But it's from the 80's so you got to love it.

Water Rats Series 2 DVD - (Kalidoscope/Shock)

The only reason I watched Channel Nine was for Water Rats

I think it was a brilliant show. Something that should still be on.

Funny I hardly watch Nine now.Enought of that.

You get 13 episodes over 3 dvd's for the second series and are all good.

Quality of stories for the episodes is excellent.

They are more interesting than the american cop shows they have now.

The cast are brilliant.

Colin Friels and Catherine McClements work well together

The quality of the dvd's are good.Video looks good and sounds great.

A brilliant series and a brilliant dvd. I hope Shock will put more out soon.

Bubba Ho-Tep - (Magna Pacific)

This is one movie which well is quite unique.

It stars Bruce Campbell who plays Elvis but is an Elvis impersonator and lives in rest home.

Ossie Davis(sadly passed away recently)plays a black man who things John F Kennedy.

But people at the rest home are being killed by the mummy. You kinda get the picture.

It is a really fun film.Campbell plays Elvis great and does well a good Elvis voice.

It is a really weird Storyline which actually works. I enjoyed it.

Crime Story The Complete Works (Hollywood DVD/Rainbow)

The title is missleading what you get is the pilot for the show Crime Story.

It was produced by Michael Mann and it was ahead of it's time.

It is a pretty good movie pilot for the series.

It was set in the 1963 and set in Chicago.

It has a good storyline,good acting and it's really interesting.

Better than some of the cop stuff today. The series sadly lasted two series.

The quality of dvd is not bad. The sound is pretty good.

The video well it is from the 80's so it looks good for it's age.

Dennis Farina was a real cop and Michael Mann plucked him into this and into acting

He had no formal acting training.

If you want to watch a good cop movie than look no further than this.

The Finder DVD (Eagle Entertainment)

The Finder is a good aussie tv movie thriller which I remember seeing on tv.

The storyline revolves around a ex cop who has been hired to find a construction tycoon daughter.

It may sound prediticable but it's not. It has enought twists and turns to keep you going.

For a tv movie on DVD it looks pretty good and sounds good. The acting is pretty good.

It was produced by Avalon films (Phil Avalon).

If you like this find the Eagle Entertainment DVD as I know it's a good DVD.

Payless also released this on DVD but don't know what quality is like. Enjoyable Movie.

Dirt (Kaleidoscope/Shock)

Dirt is a great fun quirky film.

It's a comedy about two brothers who set off to find some one to cook and clean for them after their mother dies.

It's funny as they get up to all sorts of mischief.

It doesn't need to use dick and fart jokes to be funny.

It has good acting and some great perfomance by the cast.

If your after a comedy with a difference try Dirt

Paparazzi DVD (Icon Home Video/Warner Home Video)

Paparazzi is Mel Gibson Love Movie.

He has stated a number of times about his hate of the Paparazzi.

So he made a film about getting revenge at Paparazzi. He Produced It

The storyline is like this upcomming movie star gets revenge at Paparazzi

after being a target from the Paparazzi.

It is a little bit predicitable. Their is nothing really new here.

But you know it's such a guilty pleasure to like it a revenge film.

Tom Sizemore & Daniel Baldwin play the Paparazzi so good.

If your after a lightweight leave your brain at the door here movie. This It.

The Big One DVD (Magna Pacific)

The Big One Is a funny interesting movie by Michael Moore. It's basically him going on a book tour for his book Downsize This and what he gets up to on the way eg like talking to people who are loosing their job's and doing what moore does best pissing off people. But he does it in a way which is entertaining.

It is in my words one of moore best doco's. This doco came out 1997 or 1998. The dvd has no extras and it looks pretty good. It is isn't in widescreen but for 10 bucks you can't go wrong. If that pisses you off go buy the uk release which is in widescreen

If you want to see something different from moore which isn't heavly fueled with politics and a earlier film. I recommend this This film does have a little politics but not as much as bowling and 911. Recommended.

Three Dollars (Dendy Films)

What is with the press bagging aussie films at the moment. They have jumped on this one.

Well they shouldn't as this film is a excellent film. A great cast lead by David Wenham.

It revolves around the life of Eddie and has only Three Dollars.

This will face him with a choice that will change his life forever.

Eddie also investigates his life to see how got to where he is now.

The film is very interesting and acting by the cast is excellent.

At one point the film gave a chill down my spine as one scene gave the nervs.

I really enjoyed this film and recommend it. Go and see the film.

Get over your bloody fear of aussie films and

see something good instead of the brainless hollywood blockbusters/or predicitable romance comedys films.

Crash - (Icon Film Distribution)

Crash is one of my films of year.

It is one of those movies with heaps of little stories

It deals with the subject of racism in the city of LA.

It is honest in the way it deals with and each of the stories are good and they all managed to cross each other paths.

The acting is top notch. Not a dud in any of the cast. It is honest,sad and all so shocking.

This film need to be seen by all as it will make you think. It did for me. One of my films for the year

Tattoo, A Love Story (Flashback Home Entertainment)

This is one really really good romantic comedy which is not your usual predictable movie.

The movie revolves around Sara, a conserative school teacher who comes across Virgil, a tattoo artist.

Virgil was one of the kids show and tell. She didn't like him coming to scbool.

Her boyfriend leaves her as he finds her controlling and soon she starts to become attracted to Virgil.

The film doesn't have big name actors but that shouldn't be a problem as this film very good.

The script is very good,the acting is excellent. It is sweet,touching,funny and not boring.

It makes a change from the usual hollywood predicitable romantic comedy which are around.

Give this film a chance as it is very good. A good indie romantic comedy worth your time.