Wednesdays with Woody: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
byWoody Allen’s offbeat comedy Deconstructing Harry opened to 1997 Venice Film Festival. After failing to get Elliot Gould, Albert Brooks, Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Hopper…
TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E3
byAs the opening title sequence appears for last night’s third episode of The Newsroom, I was struck by two things. The first was that…
Film Review: Hit & Run (2012)
byHit & Run is classic B-grade, run-of-the-mill Hollywood comedy. For 100 minutes, you get all the archetype ingredients: fast car chases, gratuitous nudity and…
Film Review: Damsels in Distress (2011)
byNo matter how many ways I look at it, there is just something that isn’t right about Damsels in Distress, the new comedy written and directed by Whit Stillman. It’s just…
Festival Review: August Eighth (2012)
byYoung mother Kseniya (Svetlana Ivanova) sends her young boy Tyoma (Arytom Fadeev) to stay with his father (Egor Bereov), a peacekeeper stationed in South Ossetia, so…
CLOSED: Your Sister’s Sister Giveaway
byCourtesy of Madman Films, Film Blerg is giving away 5 double passes to YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, in cinemas from Thurs 6 September. Film Synopsis: One year…
CLOSED: Beasts of the Southern Wild Giveaway
byCourtesy of Icon Films, Film Blerg is giving away 5 double passes to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, in cinemas from Thurs 13 September. Film Synopsis:…
TV Recap: Conspiracy 365, September
byIf we have learnt anything from Australian Drama Conspiracy 365 it’s that we never know what will happen next. Cal’s (Harrison Gilbertson) twin Ryan…
Film Review: The Expendables 2 (2012)
byFrom the moment the thunderous musical score comes into full swing with the entry of the titular characters into the first of many ridiculously…
Wednesdays With Woody: Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
byIn the introduction to his collection of reviews Francois Truffaut famously made the demand “…that a film express either the joy of making cinema…