Monthly Archives: November 2011

Bad Teacher (Review)

Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is bad. She is a teacher. She is a Bad Teacher. Oo-er missus indeed. Bad Teacher is a bad film. Halsey smokes, drinks, drives recklessly, talks dirty, wears makeup and is generally anti-social. After a break … Continue reading

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Portishead Gig Review – The Belvoir Ampitheatre 15th November 2011

The mid 90s were a busy time musically. Over the decade I bought hundreds of CDs and attended dozens of concerts and festivals. So in early 1998 when trip-hop heavyweights Portishead toured Australia for the first time there were a … Continue reading

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Mimic (Review)

The initial outbreak of Strickler’s disease erupted suddenly. As a disease that preyed on young children it had a massive huge impact and fear spread quickly through the parents and grandparents of New York City. There were many casualties, with … Continue reading

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In defence of… Ashton Kutcher

I don’t like Ashton Kutcher one little bit. I say this knowing full well it is based upon precious little aside from what I have seen and read about about him over the past several years. After all; I HAVE … Continue reading

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The Distinguished Gentleman (Review)

What is the difference between a small time con-man and a politician? Trick question. They’re the same! (Unless you want to argue that the politician isn’t small time I guess.) Anyway hilarious rib-ticklers aside… When local hustler Jeff Johnson capitalizes … Continue reading

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Horrible Bosses (Review)

Nick (Jason Bateman) is an extremely hard worker who is very good at his job. He has a Horrible Boss (Kevin Spacey) who dangles a big promotion like a carrot to a mule. Dale (Charlie Day) is a loyal worker … Continue reading

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Jebediah – Metropolis Fremantle – Gig Review 10th November 2011

“Right, everyone look suitably alternative.” Many, many moons ago – I’m going to say 1996? – me and the usual boneheads attended one of Jebediah’s early shows at Murdoch uni. (I’m not going to say the very first, but it … Continue reading

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Paranormal Activity 3 (Review)

The Paranormal Activity franchise represents the first trilogy of films that have been released to theatres since this website started. More impressive though is that for three separate films all mining the same territory released so closely they are all … Continue reading

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Shark Night (Review)

Shark Night never harboured aspirations of being Jaws 2011, which is a good thing, as any film that does is doomed to failure and backlash from a film community still content with the first one. But I didn’t want Jaws … Continue reading

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The Guard (Review)

In the qoit town of Connemara there was a mordor – a murder to you and me. The local policeman Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is so excited at the prospect of investigating a real honest to goodness crime that … Continue reading

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