Director:  Drew Goddard Writers:  Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon Cast:  Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Kristen Connolly Horror-comedies, when done effectively, are some of the most entertaining and physically draining cinematic experiences one can have.  When it comes together the way Sam Raimi nails it with Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn and Drag Me To Hell, you can be flicking ...

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Japanese Hunger Games

I only recently got around to watching all of the Universal Horror films of the 1930s and 40s and although I have a soft spot for the entire collection, far and away my favourite film of the lot is James Whale’s The Invisible Man starring Claude Rains.  The Invisible Man is actually Rains’ first feature role and although he is ...

Love is dead

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There are only a handful of movies that I ever really watch more than once.  Most of them would be comedies.  However, I can always pop on John Carpenter’s Halloween when this time of year rolls around.  To my mind, it is the perfect slasher flick. Made on a shoe-string budget of $300,000 and starring Jamie Lee Curtis in her ...

ADELAIDE UNITED 2 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2 BRISBANE ROAR 4 SYDNEY FC 0 MELBOURNE HEART 2 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 PERTH GLORY 0 NEWCASTLE JETS 0 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 It’s a very even competition Round 2 of the 2013/14 was a net gain for Brisbane Roar.  Every other game ended in a draw and we won.  Top ...

A well-oiled machine

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