There’s a lot one must ignore and or forgive to allow this film to work its (eventual) magic. For a start, have any of the filmmakers associated with this film ever been to Australia? Apparently not, because their recreation of early 20th century Queensland bears no resemblance to the place…

            400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) Francois Truffaut’s very first feature film after being a rather brutal film critic for a number of years. Partly, even perhaps largely based on his troubled childhood experiences of growing up with indifferent parents, ‘400 Blows’ is Truffaut’s…

What starts off as a reunion to finally undertake and complete a pub crawl ends up being a fight for survival against an invasion of alien robots. Lots of laughs, lots of fun and certainly lots of violence, I can’t help but feel though that this is slightly derivative of…

Ensemble comedy at its (almost) best. Lies, scams, cons and double dealing in 1970’s New Jersey. (Nerd observation: the opening company logos are shot as if they were produced in the 70’s). Jennifer Lawrence steals every scene she’s in and I think Director David O. Russell allowed her more leeway…

Hadn’t seen this in many many years and was really quite impressed with how good an episode it is. Not only is the set design eerie in a surrealist way but there is also genuine tension and a real sense of danger facing the landing party from the Enterprise. The…