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Thoughts on… All This Mayhem (2014)
An Australian documentary slash Greek tragedy, All This Mayhem (2014, dir. Eddie Martin) is a story about the rise and downfall of professional skateboarding brothers Tas and Ben Pappas. Its synopsis is as follows: All This Mayhem is a searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen […]
Shitfest 2015: Australia (2008)
Shitfest is here! My favourite celebration of terrible, horrible, no good films is finally here for everyone to enjoy. I chose to review a little film called Australia (2008), which was really not very good at all. Viva la Shitfest!
The Rocket (2013): “One is blessed, one carries a curse.”
One of the very first commercially released films to be set and shot in Laos, The Rocket (2013, dir. Kim Mordaunt) is a charming story about family, tradition, and the quest to construct the perfect home-made rocket. Here’s a summary of the film, from IMDb: A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to […]
The Screenkicker Olympics: Representing Melbourne, Australia – On The Beach (1959)
The Sochi Winter Olympics may be over, and it may be a while until the next Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the competition between nations has not finished. The amazing Mikey at Screenkicker! is hosting a special blogathon called the Screenkicker Olympics, to showcase cinematic talent from all over the world. There’s going […]
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