Life Itself documents the life and career of possibly the world’s best known film critic, Roger Ebert. This candid documentary explores his early journalistic career, student activism, his film reviewing for the Chicago Sun Times, his ground-breaking film review TV show with Gene Siskell and his battle with cancer. The film is composed of readings from Ebert’s biography – also titled
Read moreAustralian cinema audiences embrace films that explore the Australian identity. This is evident in the success of films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock which examined Australian culture as the 20th century dawned and the nation began to define itself from mother England, The Castle, which affectionately satirised the Australian suburban identity and Peter Weir’s Gallipoli, which both celebrated and
Read moreBefore it descended into torture porn and the mass slaughter of appallingly stereotyped swarthy Eastern Europeans, the first Taken film was a tense and exciting action/drama with convincingly visceral fight scenes, a darkly menacing Paris setting and a memorable lead performance from Liam Neeson who, as former CIA spook Brian Mills, beat up half of Europe to recover his kidnapped daughter
Read moreThe first two Night At The Museum films were noisy, juvenile but generally fun attempts at Spielberg-style special effects adventure comedies. There was little to distinguish the first instalment from the second and with number three, subtitled Secret of the Tomb, director Shawn Levey, who has helmed every film in the franchise, has stuck to the formula. Ben Stiller returns
Read moreAs part of the Classic series of The Purple Haze Archive, from the vaults we proudly present “Rock n Roll Heaven” Episodes 4 & 5. A Tribute to all the Dead Rock Stars we know, remember & love, not to mention the ones we don’t know: the obscure, the influential, the good, the bad, & the hitless. The “Rock n Roll
Read moreSouth East Cricket Association round 8 was completed with important results for many teams. The panel were all over it like a seagull on a hot chip with eyes everywhere and discuss the days play in the podcast of this weeks show.
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