Film review – Knowing (2009)
John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) In 1959 a troubled young schoolgirl compulsively writes down a series of numbers, which is then buried in a time capsule. 50 years later, the time capsule is dug up and...
View ArticleFilm review – Beautiful Kate (2009)
Kate (Sophie Lowe) For her feature film debut as a writer/director, Rachel Ward has created a dark, gothic drama about family conflict and taboo relationships. Ben Mendelsohn plays Ned who is returning...
View ArticleAn interview with James Frecheville and Luke Ford from Animal Kingdom
Joshua 'J' Cody (James Frecheville) and Luke Ford (Darren Cody) James Frecheville makes his feature film acting debut in Animal Kingdom playing J, a teenage boy who goes to live with his grandmother...
View ArticleFilm review – Animal Kingdom (2010)
Andrew 'Pope' Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), Craig Cody (Sullivan Stapleton) and Darren Cody (Luke Ford) Very loosely inspired by the Walsh Street police murders in 1988, Animal Kingdom is an Australian crime...
View ArticleCinema Autopsy on the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Feature Film Nominees
Bright Star For me the two films eligible for the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards that really stood out over everything else were David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom (2010) and Jane Campion Bright Star...
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