While the sleepy town of Briagolong is only one hour and ten minutes away, it feels much further once you arrive, especially on a cold winter’s night. For the third time my girlfriend and I stepped inside it’s rustic Mechanics Institute Hall for a night of short films as part of the St Kilda Film […]
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Usually when it comes to American summer blockbusters, they arrive on screens ‘Down Under’ around the same time, if not earlier. However, Australia’s Planet of the Apes fans had two wait an additional two weeks before we could enjoy War for the Planet of the Apes, although anticipation was greatly heightened. We’re now fifteen years
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Found-footage films often come with a degree of controversy, especially among horror fans, but I’ve been an advocate for the divisive sub-genre even since I saw The Blair Witch Project in theatres. While I admit to seeing more bad titles than good, I’m a sucker for the feeling of realism they invoke. Thanks to a
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Having been two months since my last trip to the cinema, I decided to finally venture out to see Baby Driver, one of the few films which strives to break the dreaded mid-year lull of sub-par pictures. From celebrated English director and pop culture nut Edgar Wright, comes his latest big screen sensation, which follows
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I’m of the opinion that nothing is too good when it comes to Planet of the Apes, so the luxury of Village Gold Class inside Melbourne’s famous Jam Factory was the venue of choice for my girlfriend and I to watch Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Set ten years after the events of
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I wasn’t holding my breath when news broke of a new Planet of the Apes film almost eight years ago, but I was nonetheless curious. Fast forward to August 9th, 2011, discount Tuesday at my local cinema. I figured the cheaper price of admission would ease the blow if the film went south. As usual,
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Caesar’s impassioned proclamation, which concluded the previous film put mankind firmly on notice and I couldn’t have been more excited to see how the final chapter, Battle for the Planet of the Apes was going to end the story, so I pressed play for the last time. Opening early into the 21st century, nuclear war
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After some much needed sleep from a night of going ape, my mission during the daylight hours of New Year’s Day, 2000 was to watch the last two chapters of Planet of the Apes. I walked with my best friend Michael to our local video shop, among streets that were eerily quiet, except for one
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Umbrella Entertainment are developing quite the knack for selecting cult titles to join their ever expanding catalogue of obscure cinema. One of the latest is Terminal Island; an action thriller in which convicted murders are dumped on an off shore island, established after abolition of the death penalty. When the newest inmate arrives, a hot-tempered
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Minutes into the new millennium I prepared to press play on Escape from the Planet of the Apes, after having just enjoyed the previous instalment. However, my planned double-feature was suddenly interrupted as my mother entered the room, telling me that I needed to go outside and “be social.” So after around 45 minutes of
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