Known for slacker comedies such as Clerks, Dogma, and Zack & Miri Make A Porno, director Kevin Smith has forayed into the horror genre with Red State in a big way. Dealing with the very controversial subject matter that is fundamental Christianity in America in the form of a horror film will surely turn heads and will offend plenty of people who may find this film too confronting. Read More
TT3D: Closer To The Edge follows the 2010 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the most renowned motorcycle race in the world. This documentary follows the rigorous training that the racers go through, as well as their passion and their hopes of winning this highly dangerous sport that could very easily end their lives. Read More
Ever wondered what someone else’s life was like, or what people on the other side of the world are doing at this very moment? Filmmaker brothers Ridley and Tony Scott along with director Kevin MacDonald attempted to answer this question by getting people across 192 countries to film what they did on 24 July 2010. Read More
Having made the internationally successful Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs and its sequels (the first film later getting the Hollywood treatment by getting remade as The Departed), it is no surprise that the more successful their films became, the more money film studios were willing to give Felix Chong and Alan Mak to make bigger, more exciting films. Read More
The youth of today have grown up with the internet and social networking websites, much of their social interaction happening on these platforms. Despite this communications revolution, The Lost Girl demonstrates that young people still face the same problems they always have. Read More
We have all heard the famous fairytales of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, of how they were headed for certain doom, but were rescued by handsome princes and lived happily ever after. Everyone also knows about former First Lady Jackie Kennedy and her tumultuous marriage to John F. Kennedy. But how do these women feel about their situations? Read More
A documentary about Queensland’s cane toad problem probably sounds like dullsville to most. The idea of such a film being in 3D sounds ludicrous. But Cane Toads: The Conquest is a real laugh riot throughout while also predicting doomsday for northern Australia’s environment. Read More
Having had their big break in Hollywood with 2004’s low budget gore fest Saw, James Wan and Leigh Whannell looked to be the next big shots of the horror genre. While the Saw sequels were helmed by other directors and slaughtered their competition at the box office over the past few years, Wan and Whannell’s own future films did not do so well and went straight to DVD in Australia. Read More
It was inevitable that there was going to be a sequel to 2010’s highly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid based on the popular children’s book series. Despite having a new director, most of the first film’s cast and screenwriters have returned, well aware of what a gold mine they are sitting on. Read More
Having already won several awards, the Russian psychological drama How I Ended This Summer explores the harsh affects that isolation and grief can have on men. While being a picturesque film, it is also a drawn out Man versus Nature story with minimal plot. Read More
