Historical accuracy aside, classic Hollywood war pictures were always well-intended in telling stories of triumph and victory, mostly over Nazi-occupied Europe and while many decades have passed, there’s still an appetite for the heroism of World War II. In 1969, just shy of twenty-five years since the most destructive conflict had ended, it was a […]
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HP. Lovecraft died in 1937, famed “American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction” as described in Wikipedia. Over eighty years later, his name remains a major selling point for film fans, many of whom have been eagerly awaiting the release of Color Out of Space, now in cinemas across Australia through Umbrella Entertainment partnered
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Online videos go viral on a daily basis as practically everyone has the means and potential to make one; the but stories behind them can vary in comparison, often boiling down to just a moment of silliness being captured on camera. However, in 2014 an ominous video appeared on YouTube of a clown emerging from
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Many of us grew up with that Friday night tradition of heading down to the local video shop where isles of VHS tapes and DVDs would lay await, spoiling us with seemingly endless variety and choice. While some self-proclaimed movie buffs would dream of one day working behind the counter, Melanie Mcinerney went a step
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Captain Clegg was my first escape to the select group of films often referred to as ‘Hammer’s Pirate Movies’ and remains one of my favourites from the British studio. Now thanks to Twilight Time Movies I’ve recently been able to enjoy The Pirates of Blood River, which follows a tattered band of ruthless pirates who
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I’d never thought I would be confronted with the corniness of enjoyed two of my favourite actors, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, but Eddie Murphy’s incarnation of Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite, did just that. However, the point was not to lampoon a particular brand of “white comedy”, rather than to expose a gap in
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We now live in a world where Martin Scorsese has made a movie for Netflix, which feels like one of those ‘before and after’ moments, especially if you’re an avid filmgoer. Years in the making and adapted from the 2004 book, I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, The Irishman is the story of
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Watching films from the treasure-trove that was the 1970s is more or less the primary goal each year, a decade which began fifty years ago. Next Stop, Greenwich Village was a highlight of 2019’s extensive line-up, Paul Mazursky’s slice-of-life comedy/drama produced under 20th Century Fox that soon may be under lock and key. Thankfully, the
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When The Force Awakens hit theatres four years ago, the beginning of Disney’s anticipated sequel trilogy, there was so much buzz and unbridled optimism among fans. Now that we’re at the end, the mood has changed significantly as those years between gave use the best and worst of fan/internet culture. Need I say more? However,
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Bob Clark is one of the few directors whose had both ends of the holiday spectrum covered, with the nostalgic fable A Christmas Story (1983) and the morbid classic Black Christmas, released nine years prior. Despite the latter’s lack of seasonal cheer, it quickly became the beloved seasonal favourite of many, including Elvis Presley and
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