Show-biz Cautionary Tales
Five films. Five tales of opportunism, faded glory, delusions of grandeur, selling your wife’s womb to the devil, and punishing a child with wardrobe…
By The Sea
Film Review: Red Dog (2011)
Red Dog surrounds the travels of a Kelpie named Red Dog. Set in the early 1970’s, Red Dog settled in the mining town of Dampier…
MIFF Wrap Up
17 days of film goodness is now over. Despite seeing 7 films this year, which is more than I have seen before at MIFF,…
MIFF Review: The Hollywood Complex (2011)
Every January to April, thousands of actors from across the world come to Hollywood for what is known as pilot season. The Hollywood Complex…
MIFF Review: Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010)
It seemed quite appropriate that I attended the short awards just before I attended the session of Jan Svankmajer’s film Surviving Life. Having only…
Film Review: The Tree of Life (2011)
By James Madden. Remember the days where Terrence Malick had only made three films in twenty-five years? Yeah, me too. Since The Thin Red…
Film Review: Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Oranges and Sunshine is based on a true story that details the discovery of a child migration scheme by a Nottingham social worker in…
Film Review: Black Swan (2010)
The concept of good and evil can sometimes be seen as very black and white. In most cases, however, the line is much more…
WEAVER FEVER!
Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve made a post here at Film Blerg. It’s been a busy time. But I thought I’d…
James’ Portfolio
Welcome to my online portfolio! I started contributing freelance articles and reviews in 2009 to various print and online publications. In 2009, I…