Kon Tiki has nothing to do with drunken Aussies on package overseas holiday tours. Instead, it’s a dramatisation of the amazing journey taken across the Pacific Ocean in 1947 by Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl. Thor believed that, a thousand years ago, the descendants of present day Polynesians journeyed to the pacific islands from South America rather than from Asia as was
Read moreI have to confess, I’m not normally a fan of zombie movies and that includes lauded films like 28 Days Later. I generally find the sight of people in bad make-up shuffling around and eating gizzards pretty tedious. Warm Bodies, however, is a different kind of zombie film. First of all, it’s told from a zombie’s perspective and secondly it
Read moreRobert Downey Jnr returns in another Iron Man film (the Third), or fourth if you count last years’ The Avengers. Downey has the Tony Stark – brilliant, fun, misunderstood inventor – shtick down pat and twitches and quips his way through Iron Man 3 (IM3) without raising a sweat. If you get confused whether Downey is Sherlock Holmes or Tony
Read moreWith a name like Oblivion, you cannot help but question whether this refers to the success of the film, a plot device or the career trajectory of the film’s star. Oblivion is an interesting but ultimately dull and confusing sci-fi drama that the more cynical will assume is a massive vanity project for its supernova star Tom Cruise. Directed by
Read moreIt’s time once again for a Built For Speed’s classic album and this month it’s the perennial critics fave, London Calling by The Clash. There’s also plenty of new release music including the latest for The Mohawk Lodge and a soulful new offering from Lucy Durack. We also take a look at the latest cinema releases including outrageous action flick Olympus Has Fallen
Read moreRobert Redford’s latest film The Company You Keep explores the aftermath of 60’s radicalism in the present day. What initially seems like an intense political drama ends up as a well-made but tepid meditation on ageing, community, adult responsibility and the dimming fire of youthful idealism. Redford plays respected upstate New York lawyer and single father Jim Grant. Unknown to
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