A cavalcade of big Aussie names has lined up to voice a quintessential Aussie animated adventure for the kids. Ryan Kwanten is Blinky Bill, Toni Collette voices a pair of gossipy emus called Sheryl and Beryl, David Wenham is a manic frill-necked lizard and Deborah Mailman Blinky’s kind, sensible mum. Richard Roxburgh has a vocal…
It’s taken a while, but the hit show of the just-passed US summer, Mr Robot, is now available in Australia. Mind you, if you’re hoping this intriguing and unsettling show will turn up on network TV after the next collection of cat videos, you’ll be disappointed; as it’s currently only available via on-demand provider Presto….
Debate continues regarding the issue of marriage equality and same sex marriage, particularly here in Australia where our conservative politicians are slow to react to the change in public consciousness on a global basis. And those opposed to the concept still bandy about concerns about “the welfare of the children” and the lack of either…
Robin Williams was and remains for me a legendary actor. When I was young I watched Mork and Mindy and was always looking forward to witness the hyperkinetic way of acting that this star in the making showed on the screen. When I heard the news about his death, I was speechless. The days after…
If you’re a crime fiction fan, especially of the hard-edged variety, and you haven’t read anything by Tony Cavanaugh yet, let me suggest you rectify that quick-smart. I was introduced to Cavanaugh’s writing with The Train Rider last year, and while I found it “a disturbing read” with “violent, sickening crime”, it was still a cracker. His latest…
As we filed into La Boite’s Roundhouse Theatre the stage was set as the square ring – the boxing arena. Boxers sparred and trained, skipping rope, punching the heavy bag, doing push-ups while being urged on by a thumping sound track and the bellowing voice of trainer Luke, played beautifully by the diminutive Margi Brown…
Quirky, comedic and endearing are three words to describe this charming independent film starring Jemaine Clement, from Flight of the Conchords. Clement plays Will Henry, a 40-year-old graphic novelist (he draws cartoons), a teacher at a school of visual arts and the father of twins. At the girls’ fifth birthday party, his seemingly picture-perfect Brooklyn…
This second instalment of the action science fiction thriller picks up where The Maze Runner left off. As the Gladers are unloaded from the chopper that flew them away from the maze, the helicopter doors fly open and masked soldiers whisk them into an underground bunker. The bunker is run by the duplicitous Janson (Aidan…
Fifty shades of bland? This offbeat film exploring a sadomasochistic relationship between two women in an unnamed community of women situated somewhere in Europe has hit local cinemas in the wake of more sexually explicit films like Blue is the Warmest Colour and Nymphomaniac, as well as a couple of other more risible films exploring…
As has been evident from most of his films, Adam Sandler has a fascination for nostalgia of the past, and the 80s and 90s in particular. This comes across very strongly in his soundtrack choices. Pixels dives deep into the 80s vibe with its unusual take on the alien invasion/war of the worlds scenario, and…
