Category: Film
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Monkey Shines – Film Review Friday
n 1963, Alfred Hitchcock sought to villainise the beasts of the air in his film The Birds, showing the aerial demons can be more predatory than we give credit. In 1975, Steven Spielberg terrified us of the hammerheads, bulls and great white sharks in Jaws, and for a while the idea of swimming at the…
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The Boy and The Heron – Film Review Friday
Imagine a tower not too far away from your home, the endless hours wondering what purpose it served. There was always some building in our childhood that enchanted us like that. For me, it was the iron, alien spire that would later be renamed to “telephone tower”. But what purpose did it actually serve? Was…
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Drag Me to Hell – Film Review Friday
Perhaps one of the most dangerous possessions are grudges. The past can be held in the hands of people you would never guess. Think you’re the nicest person you know? Think again. Even the best people are not immune to being taken down by an enemy for a slight against them. So when Christine Brown…
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‘Lolita’ – Film Review Friday
This week, I dedicated my time to experiencing, what I was told to be, one of the most disturbing film adaptations to be filmed, boasting inappropriate relationships to make you squirm and wither like a dried apricot. What I found, however, was an examination into the mind of a sexual deviant, which I ultimately found…
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‘Thanksgiving’ – Film Review Friday
The table is set, the cutlery’s shining, everybody’s gathered around the glazed, fatted turkey, you can just smell the sweet meat as the knife slices like butter. One slice, two slices, each making their way to everyone’s plates. Before we eat, we clasp our hands and declare what we’re thankful for this year. Uncle Dan…
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‘Into the Wind’ – Film Review Friday
As we approach the new year, we yearn for more freedom and independence, we’re another year older and wiser. We want to explore the world, fight for ourselves, get amongst nature. We want to become human beings. We might want to start fresh, eliminate any previous version of ourselves and become who we learn, not…
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Merrigong X presented Landed by Frumpus at the IPAC
Merrigong X presented Landed by Frumpus at the IPAC All-women performance group, Frumpus, returned to IPAC with their new show, Landed. Their nonsensical performance left audiences with a wonderful but strange feeling of confusion. The group, made up of Cheryle Moore, Lenny Ann Low and Stephanie Hart, formed in the 90s and after…
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Champions – Film Review Friday
First, Woody Harrelson starred alongside Wesley Snipes in ‘White Men Can’t Jump’, a comedy film in which Harrelson is a conman, teaming up with Snipes in order to bet on himself in a basketball game and win big. Next, Harrelson starred alongside Will Ferrell in ‘Semi-Pro’ where he plays a backup point guard who gets…
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‘Clerks’ – Film Review Friday
You wake up to your ringtone, eyes blurry, you reach out and grab it to see it’s work. Your manager or your co-worker whose guts you hate is ringing you up for a shift. Either one of two things are going to happen, you’ll tell them you have plans today or they’ll successfully guilt you…