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Thoughts on a ground-breaking Oscars ceremony (82nd Academy Awards)
It used to be that I’d have to endure a media blockout through an entire Monday so I could enjoy the Oscars telecast. As it happens live on a Sunday night in the States, it’s actually around 10AM Monday morning in Australia, and in the past the TV network screening the event wouldn’t do so...
Posted by JonBoy on Feb 23rd, 2010 in Featured, Reel Thoughts, Uncategorized | Comments

A personal reflection on M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN...

Remember the first time you watched The Sixth Sense? Perhaps you were lucky enough to not know the ending upon your first viewing – making the twist all the more powerful. I remember hearing about the film...
Posted by froley on Feb 20th, 2010 in Featured, Reel Reviews | Comments

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE review: return to sender...

From Paris With Love reeks of squandered potential. Charlie Wax could have been an iconic, entertaining character in his own right, and John Travolta’s performance is desperately trying to push the...
Posted by froley on Feb 19th, 2010 in Featured, Reel Reviews | Comments

SHUTTER ISLAND review: let me off the island...

Shutter Island is a strange movie, but not in the way it intends to be: it’s strange because it’s bad. Martin Scorsese isn’t the critical and commercial king he is today because he...
Posted by Captain Howdy on Feb 17th, 2010 in Featured, Reel Reviews | Comments

THE HURT LOCKER review: Universal themes cloaked in the American flag...

I can appreciate the extra-exhilaration an American citizen might experience when watching The Hurt Locker. While the film speaks for any human soul with a will to live, it remains incredibly patriotic and...
Posted by froley on Feb 14th, 2010 in Reel Reviews, Reel Thoughts | Comments

DISTRICT 9 review: brains, brawn and prawns...

The teaser trailer for District 9 is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen. You know the one, where the totally weird and alien thing sits in an interview room, with its face blurred, and clicks and...
Posted by JonBoy on Feb 13th, 2010 in First Impressions, Reel Thoughts | Comments

The new TOY STORY 3 trailer is loaded with nostalgia and looks amazing...

I was lucky enough to be near a cinema last weekend that was screening the Toy Story Double Feature (none of the theatres near my apartment are showing it for some reason).  It was great to see a couple of...
Posted by Captain Howdy on Feb 12th, 2010 in First Impressions, Reel Thoughts | Comments

GET HIM TO THE GREEK trailer aims to get you to the cinema...

I’m having one of those days where I’m tired of being overly critical. I try to remain in an objective frame of mind as often as possible, especially when tackling film thoughts, but on this...
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