Director David Jacobson Staring Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan and Willem Dafoe Rated M Score 1.5/6 Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William “The Buddha” Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and…
Australian Music Legends honoured
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Ten legends of Australian music have been honoured as recipients of the 2013 Australia Post Legends award. This year’s Australia Post Australian Legends are Cold Chisel, Men At Work, INXS, The Seekers and AC/DC; individual artists Kylie Minogue, John Farnham AO, Olivia Newton-John AO and Paul Kelly; and the one and only Ian “Molly” Meldrum.…
The Courier
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Director Hany Abu-Assad Staring Mickey Rourke, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Til Schweiger Rated MA Score 1/6 A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld’s most dangerous hitman. I am not familiar with Israeli director Hany Abu-Assad’s work and to be honest I really was not that impressed with this straight…
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
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Director Robert Connolly Staring Rachel Griffiths, Anthony LaPaglia and Alex Williams Rated M Score 3.5/6 A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. Okay, I deliberately missed watching this one when it was first run on Australian television. Part of me was expecting that The Julian Assange Story would have been done…
Guide released to help gardeners help honeybees
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A new guide ‘Bee Friendly – A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators’ has recently been released by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. The guide highlights pollen and nectar planting choices from the backyard to the bush, which will provide food for honeybees. “65 per cent of agricultural production is…
The River Murders
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Director Rich Cowan Staring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater and Ving Rhames Rated MA Score 2.5/6 A homicide detective, while investigating a series of murders becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims. In its own way The River Murders did come across as being a brutal movie.…
Hit & Run
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Directors David Palmer & Dax Shepard Starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper Rated MA Score 5/6 A former getaway driver abandons his Witness Protection Program identity in order to help his girlfriend get a job interview in Los Angeles. His former crew, his ex-girlfriend and the inept United States Marshal assigned to him…
Editor’s Note 120
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As discussed in the previous Editor’s Note at the beginning of every week I will be making a list of DVDs that I intend to review this week. Of course other DVDs and movies will be reviewed. Also News articles will be posted when they are written. The River Murders Spartacus Detective Dee The Debt…
The Baytown Outlaws
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Director Barry Battles Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria and Thomas Brodie-Sangster Rated MA Score 5/6 When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters. It was a shame that 1970’s feel of the original trailer…
Gangster Squad
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Director Ruben Fleischer Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie and Emma Stone Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A chronicle of the LAPD’s fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s. Guys considering that Ryan Gosling has been cast in…