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'Audrey' Movie Review: A Darkly Comic Tale of Fame, Family, and Borrowed Dreams

By Nick Janks
05/11/24
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'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' is a Wild Ride Through the Wasteland

By Oscar Jack
24/05/24

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a visually stunning yet narratively turbulent prequel, a vivid exploration of a world where mythic chaos reigns supreme.

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'Before Dawn' Review: ANZAC Story Straight from a Biscuit Tin Lid

By Oscar Jack
06/04/24

The ANZAC story is an intrinsic part of Australia’s filmic DNA and, for the 20th century, was a high-water mark for its cultural identity.

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'You'll Never Find Me' Crafts Tension in Confined Spaces

By Nick Janks
17/03/24

The Australian horror-thriller You’ll Never Find Me emerges as a thrilling testament to the power of atmospheric storytelling.

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'Friends and Strangers' Review - All Bark with No Bite

By Jessica Seychell
17/03/22

As ever-changing Australian Iconography is scattered across every wall, Friends and Strangers poses the question, what if it begins to stare back?

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'Burning' Review - A Revealing Look at one of Australia's Darkest Moments

By Shannon Meilak
22/12/21

If not for the interviews in Burning, you could quite honestly mistake this documentary for some type of horror movie. The film opens with “The greatest tragedy of this terrible Black Summer bushfire season, was that we saw it coming”.

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'Disclosure' Review - A Tense and Confronting Australian Drama

By Patrick Scott
30/08/21

Disclosure is a confronting tale about two close couples whose friendships implode through the allegation that one of their children was sexually abused by the other.

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Impactful Trailer for 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson'

By Nick Janks
18/06/21

The new Australian period drama The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson promises to deliver a deep look at a woman that will stop at nothing to protect her family.

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Aussie Indie Horror 'The Slaughterhouse Killer' is a Tough but Good Watch

By James WF Roberts
20/04/21

Writer/Director Sam Curtain pulls no punches in the unsettling, terrifying and intense horror feature, The Slaughterhouse Killer.

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'Escape and Evasion' Highlights the Effects of PTSD in Veterans - Review

By Núria Falcó
15/04/21

A soldier is always at war, even after his mission is finished. That’s the idea behind Escape and Evasion, a film written and directed by Storm Ashwood.

Trailers

'Great White' Trailer Teases a Terrifying Australian Killer Shark Movie

By Nick Janks
23/03/21

Great White is an upcoming Australian horror-thriller film that features one of the country’s most devastating killer sharks.

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'Long Story Short' Review - An Inconsistent RomCom Charmer

By Ross Carroll
10/02/21

Brisbane native Josh Lawson directs Long Story Short, a romantic drama with a ​Twilight Zone-like twist centered around a man (Rafe Spall) who mysteriously jumps forward one year in time every few minutes after his wedding day.

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'The Dry' Review - A Compelling Australian Murder-Mystery

By Caspar Moxham
03/02/21

Robert Connolly’s latest venture, The Dry, is a quintessentially Australian film with a compelling storyline that survives patchy acting and the leaps of faith demanded by the plot.

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'Penguin Bloom' is an Emotionally Charged True Story of Perseverance

By Nick Janks
25/01/21

Based on a remarkable true story, Penguin Bloom follows a family’s journey coping with the disability of a loved one.

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'Long Story Short' Trailer Promises a Humorous a Time-Hopping Rom-Com

By Nick Janks
11/01/21

Rafe Spall plays a man who jumps forward a year in time each day as he learns the true value of enjoying life in the new romcom, Long Story Short.

Features

Janks Interviews 'Sweet River' Horror Movie Director Justin McMillan

By Nick Janks
09/12/20

Janks chats with Justin McMillan, the Australian director of the psychological horror movie Sweet River, streaming now on Netflix.

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Riveting 2nd Trailer for 'The Dry' Adaptation Features More Plot Details

By Nick Janks
03/12/20

The second trailer for Jane Harper’s ‘The Dry’ adaptation has been released featuring more Eric Bana and more plot details.

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