Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Goonies (Review)

I guess if Evil Dead gets 37 different DVD releases and practically every film released in the last decade has three or four versions on sale,  it’s only fair that The Goonies gets a special 25th anniversary edition DVD release. … Continue reading

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Night of the Stoners – Half Baked & How High (Review)

A few days ago a mate named Fat was at a loose end so he brought over his Secret Santa presso, a double DVD featuring the above pair of pot related flicks. Whether his Secret Santa viewed Fat as a … Continue reading

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Season of the Witch (Review)

Here’s how I see it: Two years back a Hollywood powerhouse had a brainstorming session and some guy with a title like “Head of creative development” or similar said “Well we’ve done werewolves, vampires and zombies to death… killer animals … Continue reading

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30 Days of Night (Review)

Last month I pointed out that while in theory Vampires are perhaps the coolest movie monsters on paper their cinematic output and depiction in recent times has been awful. Pretty monsters with gorgeous hair, impeccable manners and immaculate enunciation of … Continue reading

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Bottle Rocket (Review)

This film is what Napoleon Dynamite must dream about as he polishes his glasses and irons his T shirt for the next day. Imagine being quirky, hip, exciting and fresh at one point, then a decade later still being all … Continue reading

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Demolition Man (Review)

Sly Stallone is John Spartan, a tough cop known as the Demolition Man due to the chaos and destruction that inevitably comes with him getting results. Early in the film Spartan finally manages to do what no-one could manage, he … Continue reading

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Due Date (Review)

I was always going to hate Due Date, after all the sequel is rarely as good as the original and this film will be more a sequel than this year’s cash in The Hangover 2 (apparently set in Bangkok). Chuckles … Continue reading

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Winter’s Bone (Review)

Even countries that are referred to as “Developed” and “First World” have areas where times always seem tough. In Winter’s Bone this place is the state of Missouri in America. The action takes us to various homes and it would … Continue reading

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Brick (Review)

It isn’t really the plot that makes Brick such a good and unnecessarily overlooked film – the film deals with a young man’s search to uncover the real reasons behind the death of his ex-girlfriend – it is how they … Continue reading

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Tricky Gig Review – The Capitol – Perth 14/02/2011

It boils down to this: last night I paid around $150 to watch Tricky to stand around on stage and occasionally smoke. Hope he spends my money wisely… I didn’t know what to expect as I and three mates rocked … Continue reading

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