“Did you ever see the movie, The Sentinel, Mr. Peterson?” asked Corey Feldman’s character in The ‘Burbs, Joe Dante’s classic dark comedy. Upon hearing that question I had neither seen nor heard of the obscure horror film, but I vowed one day to seek it out. Nineteen years later I finally did and thanks to […]
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Outside of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my phase of watching movies centred around the traditional Japanese art of Ninjutsu was relatively short lived, with only a couple of titles leaving an impression. Due to the continuing wave of celebration towards the now-defunct Cannon Films, I was recently able to re-experience one of those (said)
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This may come as a shock being an avid film buff, but I’ve never seen Shrek, not in it’s entirely anyway. However, I am very much aware of the film’s immense popularity which ultimately lead to a full-fledged Broadway musical in 2008. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy for myself this past Friday night thanks
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Since 2012’s highly ambiguous Prometheus, speculation has been mounting over the inevitable sequel and what it means for the expanding Alien universe. Here we are five years later fresh off the release of Alien: Covenant, which follows the crew aboard a colony ship who discover an uncharted planet harbouring not only a fertile world, but a threat no one could
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I feel very fortunate for having been too distracted to read up on what appears to be a much talked about title among horror fans. To give you a basic rundown and to steer clear of any spoilers, a mystery body is found with no evidence of injury or foul play at grisly crime scenes. Later
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There was growing buzz within the walls of Traralgon’s VRI Hall last night, as creative types from all over the Latrobe Valley gathered with much enthusiasm and excitement to view the end result of the first and hopefully not the last 48 Hour Film Festival organised by community-based initiative Alt_Art and creative production company Nanoo
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Last week an unexpected short day at work left me with some free time, so I sat down to watch a little horror film by the name of Bite, via Umbrella Entertainment’s On Demand streaming service. This fifth feature by Canadian director Chad Archibald is a cautionary tale about bride-to-be, Casey, who is bitten by
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I vaguely remember the poster for Serial Mom hanging inside my local video store upon its release to video cassette as my attention was likely more focused on D2: The Mighty Ducks. Over twenty years later the dark comedy has only now managed to pique my interest thanks to a radio program I regularly listen
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There’s no denying that movies are an effective way of making a statement, be it political, social, environmental etc. It’s an approach that’s being utilized more than ever in this increasingly connected world; so it’s rare when I watch a film that caters to the fundamental aim of simply entertaining the viewer by telling a
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Never has there been a history lesson in film so wildly entertaining thanks to Australian film-maker Mark Hartley, who in recent years has put together two exceptional documentary features that explore the goings-on behind two distinctive and ethically questionable eras of cinema. Together for the first time and presented in high-definition, Umbrella Entertainment have packaged
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