I didn’t realise Matt Dillon was famous prior to There’s Something About Mary for quite a few years, but I’ve gradually, and inadvertently been working my way back through his filmography while hearing his trademark New York accent become increasingly thicker. Drugstore Cowboy, the breakthrough feature from director Gus Van Sant, ranks as one of […]
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I still can’t figure out if David Arquette is a good actor or not; an assessment I’ve been struggling with since I first watched Scream as an early teen. His supporting role as the socially clumsy, Deputy Dewey Riley, in the slasher remains memorable to this day and one that was savagely lampooned in the
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Stemming from its meagre beginning as a penal colony for the British Empire, Australia has developed a colourful criminal history over the two centuries that followed. This unlawful element of the past I think has been glamorized far too often in recent years through numerous overly embellished television series. However, before this tacky trend began,
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I remember the anxiety I felt as a child during the many drives home with my parents at night. Often during backroads, we chose for convenience sake, that took us through wooded areas which were only short distances. However, to a young and active imagination, the tree line rushing past my passenger window felt like
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VCI Entertainment has been releasing various Mexican classics over the past two years, mostly titles horror titles, but among the most prominent dramas is A Family Like Many Others (originally titled, Una Familia de Tantas), currently available on Blu-ray for the very for time. Set within an affluent Mexican household, this seemingly wholesome story takes
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When I was a kid, the two most boring things on earth were cricket and classic westerns. While I still maintain my ignorant stance on cricket, I’ve since embraced the wild west genre, wholeheartedly in fact. Ulzana’s Raid is my latest watch, an early 70s entry with a graphic edge starring Burt Lancaster as an
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Many classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age haven’t aged partially well in retrospect, and for good reason, but if you can look past the creative choices, specifically casting, often, there are still good movies to enjoy. The Outsider is a modest example of this, which stars Tony Curtis as Native American, Ira Hamilton Hayes, a real-life
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I first came to learn heard of Prophecy while reading an article about the passing of actress Victoria Racimo, late last year, who many of us film fans know as Nurse St. Cloud in Ernest Goes to Camp. Coincidentally, both movies have a prominent Native American element, but unlike the aforementioned screw-ball comedy, Prophecy explores a
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I’ve been asked many times when Imprint Films plan to dip their toes into horror, due to the company releasing many big studio classics. You could argue they’ve been playing it safe, but I detect some clever strategy with the many worldwide debuts and now on their 13th month since launch, August has been dedicated
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I don’t look back on my high school experience very often, but watching Malcolm for Year 8 English remains a fond memory of lessons in character study and storytelling. Now over twenty years later I sit down once again to pen my thoughts and some observations on this charming classic from director Nadia Tass and
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