Film review: ‘KING OTTO’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The rousing and often funny documentary King Otto recounts Greece’s against-all-odds win in the 2004 European Football (ie soccer) Championships and the battle for acceptance by the team’s German coach, Otto Rehhagel.  The film’s title refers to 19th century monarch, King Otto of Greece who was himself a Bavarian import. Rehhagel was a famously rugged and aggressive player and a

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Film review: SAVE YOUR LEGS, from Built For Speed

When will the Aussie film industry produce another decent comedy? Not just yet it seems as the latest Aussie comedy film, cricket odyssey Save Your Legs barely raises a chuckle.  Save Your Legs is based on an actual tour of India in 2001 by the lowly ranked Abbotsford Anglers Cricket Club. The tour was the subject of a 2005 documentary

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