Last week I was lucky enough to be involved with four other journalists in a roundtable junket interview with the director of World War Z, Marc Forster. We fired off a couple of questions each and this is what Marc had to say about the film.
Latest Articles
DVD REVIEW: Hemingway & Gellhorn (Phillip Kaufman – 2012)
REVIEW: Monsters University (Dan Scanlon – 2013)
Blake Howard’s Sydney Film Festival 2013 Diary Days 1-6
REVIEW: Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach – 2013)
REVIEW: Mud (Jeff Nichols – 2012)
REVIEW: You’re Next (Adam Wingard – 2012)
REVIEW: BYZANTIUM (Neil Jordan – 2013)
Out-There Anime: Toriko Review
DVD REVIEW: Eagleheart
REVIEW: The Purge (James DeMonaco – 2013)
REVIEW: World War Z (Marc Forster – 2013) – 2nd Opinion
REVIEW: Prince Avalanche [Sydney Film Festival]
REVIEW: For Those In Peril [Sydney Film Festival]
REVIEW: World War Z (Marc Forster – 2013)
REVIEW: The History Of Future Folk (Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Mitchell – 2013)
REVIEW: For Those In Peril [Sydney Film Festival]
REVIEW: The Way Way Back [Sydney Film Festival]
REVIEW: Upstream Color (Shane Carruth – 2013)
REVIEW: Fast & Furious 6 (Justin Lin – 2013)
Recent Posts
INTERVIEW: Marc Forster (Director of World War Z and Quantum of Solace)
TRAILER AND POSTER: THE LEGO MOVIE
Rock out with your block out. The trailer for The Lego Movie is here.
DVD REVIEW: Hemingway & Gellhorn (Phillip Kaufman – 2012)
Hemingway and Gellhorn suffers because the story of a woman not wanting to be the footnote in her partner’s career, whose message inadvertently becomes the footnote in a meandering mess of a biopic.
REVIEW: Monsters University (Dan Scanlon – 2013)
Monsters University is a very funny film. There is an abundance of visual humour, but the writing is sharp too.
Blake Howard’s Sydney Film Festival 2013 Diary Days 1-6
Here’s some very informal, experiential musings of the 60th Sydney Film Festival – my 3rd.
REVIEW: Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach – 2013)
Frances Ha arrives with a refreshing amount of buoyancy to dance and charm its way through Quarter Life Crisis territory.
Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny DVD GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Transmission Films we have 5 copies of Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny to giveaway (5 DVDs). Official Synopsis: When the Swastika flew over continental Europe only England, under Winston Churchill and with her back to the wall,…
REVIEW: Mud (Jeff Nichols – 2012)
Mud is a loose amalgamation of Stand By Me and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (but minus all the slavery).
PARANORMAN DVD GIVEAWAY and FEATURETTE
Thanks to Universal Pictures International Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment we have 10 copies of ParaNorman to giveaway (10 DVDs).
REVIEW: You’re Next (Adam Wingard – 2012)
Amongst a vocal and entertained crowd, this reviewer did not get a kick out this home invasion slasher.
REVIEW: BYZANTIUM (Neil Jordan – 2013)
Byzantium is the best feminist film you will see this year. Yes, go off and chortle into your tea. I’ll wait. You back? Good, lets continue. It’s as much of a feminist film as it…
Out-There Anime: Toriko Review
Just make sure you are not hungry when you commence viewing!
DVD REVIEW: Eagleheart
Eagleheart is great, at this stage if you are into absurd Adult swim comedy you will love it, bearing in mind that season two is almost perfect – but there is still lots to love and laugh at here.
Mrs Brown’s Boys Season 3 DVD GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Universal Pictures International Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment we have 10 copies of Mrs Brown’s Boys Season 3 to giveaway (10 DVDs). Official Synopsis: All six episodes from the third series of the Dublin-set sitcom…
REVIEW: The Purge (James DeMonaco – 2013)
Unfortunately The Purge is like that hot guy (or girl) that asks for your number but never calls: the concept is exciting and promising, the reality is a let down.
AMOUR DVD GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Transmission Films we have 3 copies of AMOUR to giveaway (3 DVDs).
REVIEW: World War Z (Marc Forster – 2013) – 2nd Opinion
For a film to be based on such an acclaimed novel and to start so strongly, the biggest disappointment stems from its ability to conjure up everything we’ve already seen before.
Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States DVD GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Roadshow Entertainment we have 5 copies of Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States to giveaway (5 DVDs).
REVIEW: Prince Avalanche [Sydney Film Festival]
[A] wonderfully executed tale of broken masculinity and unlikely friendship is strange and unforgettable.
COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES DVD GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Transmission Films we have 5 copies of Cockneys Vs Zombies to giveaway (5 DVDs).
VINTAGE ELECTRIC
SUBSCRIBE TO POD SAVE OUR SCREEN ON iTUNES
CULT CLASSICS AT DENDY CANBERRA
FIVE STAR FILMS
-
FIVE STAR FILMS #52: The Craft (1996)
t’s (arguably) the definitive movie about witches. Sure, Hocus Pocus was fun and sure, The Witches was creepy (nobody mention Practical Magic) BUT The Craft had every teenage girl in the nineties wanting to play light as a feather, stiff as a board at their next sleepover. It was cool, it was creepy and it was cult. It ceaselessly became a 90s classic. In the name of Manon, we look at why. Read more →
-
FIVE STAR FILMS #51: The Master (2012)
(Editorial note): Months ago Nick and I were in an email exchange about whether or not we wanted a FIVE STAR FILM entry for The Master. At the time I resisted, I thought that it need Read more →
-
FIVE STAR FILMS #50: The Insider (1999)
Mann’s specific cultural and historic origins are illustrated in the formal qualities and thematic philosophy of the ‘70s and this is represented directly through his characters (Bergman particularly in this film). During the 1968-1980 period American films began to speak about different hallmarks of the deconstruction of the American image, and especially the crisis of masculinity. Read more →
-
FIVE STAR FILMS #49: The Descendants (2011)
It's a rare bird of a film that can elevate itself so distinctly between a first and second viewing to make a reviewer back-flip on their original estimations. The Descendants is such a film. Read more →
-
FIVE STAR FILMS #48: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
"one of the greatest sci-fi action films ever made: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" Read more →
Latest Features
-
INTERVIEW: Marc Forster (Director of World War Z and Quantum of Solace)
Last week I was lucky enough to be involved with four other journalists in a roundtable junket interview with the director of World War Z, Marc Forster. We fired off a couple of questions each and this is what Marc had to say about the film.
-
Blake Howard’s Sydney Film Festival 2013 Diary Days 1-6
Here's some very informal, experiential musings of the 60th Sydney Film Festival - my 3rd.
-
INTERVIEW: Catriona McKenzie (Director of Satellite Boy)
Catriona McKenzie is the writer/director of Satellite Boy, her award-winning debut feature, set to have a national release through Hopscotch Films on June 20.
-
GWP Roundtable: What’s your favourite film adapted from a novel?
Baz Luhrmann’s version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been released in Australia and it’s going to be a tough sell with fans of the novel, and the same goes with all adaptations.
-
Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 10
As my alarm jolted me awake this morning, five thoughts went through my head in quick succession. One: Have they done studies on how little sleep can a person survive on? Two: Am I the case study?? Three: When I get back to LA, I’m so doing a juice cleanse. Four: Oh god, that sounded really LA. Five: I wonder how early the crepe place opens?