With The Hunger Games, Divergent and now The Maze Runner series, the dystopian post-apocalyptic teen drama is becoming as much of a fixture in our cinemas as overblown superhero films. This could start to wear thin on audiences particularly those not wedded to the novels on which these films are based but the Maze Runner movies, which have been adapted
Read moreLast Cab to Darwin was originally a stage play by author Reg Cribb who also wrote The Return which became the film Last Train to Freo. Freo was adapted to the big screen by Jeremy Sims in 2006 and stands as one of those infuriating films that is terrific most of the way through then loses it horribly in the
Read moreWith its dangerous mountain climbing scenario and all-star cast, that includes Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, Everest looked certain to be an old school, over-the-top disaster movie. Impressively, though, Everest side-steps the typical disaster movie clichés by adopting a low-key, matter-of-fact approach that provides a less sensational but more intense drama. The film is based on actual events
Read moreTonight in the Purple Haze time slot (sorry but host Mark Naumann is currently laid up after a small op) we let Bruce Hutchins loose with the inaugural episode of his new show ‘Vinyl Underground’ (now we just have to find a regular time slot for Bruce). Bruce features Neil Young, Mark Seymour and The Undertow, The Church, Mike Furbar,
Read moreThe playlist for this evening’s (12am – 2am) Midnight Mass program with host dj Daniel H: NINE INCH NAILS – Only JK FLESH – Earthmover DOWNLOAD – Base Metal PAILHEAD – I Will Refuse SOUNDGARDEN – Hands All Over MARK LANEGAN – Ode To Sad Disco EYEHATEGOD – Serving Time In The Middle Of Nowhere TRIPTYKON – My Pain
Read moreMany films have explored the idea of a person’s dark past coming back to haunt them like some monster from the Id; Sexy Beast and Cape Fear being two thrilling examples. New Australian crime drama Cut Snake, which is set in 1970’s Brisbane, revisits this theme with impressively tense and disturbing results. Alex Russell plays young factory worker Merv or
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