By Chloë Brett I’m going to be honest, I watched this movie over two weeks ago and then promptly forgot just about everything that happened in it, which meant that I had the ever fun task of re-watching it! That probably doesn't do much in the way of saying that this...
By Chloë Brett Allow me a brief/probably long preamble here because without a hint of sarcasm or irony, William Crain’s 1972 film Blacula changed my life. Back about 10 or so years ago I wandered into my local BMV, looking for some fresh new movies to watch. As I...
By Chloë Brett And so our journey through the wastes of Australia comes to a close with Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr’s film “Ten Canoes”. I knew absolutely nothing about this going in but luckily it turned out to be exactly the type of film that I’d want to end a...
by Chloe Brett The very brief lookup I did of Warwick Thornton’s film “Samson and Delilah” had me thinking I was in for a love story of the romantic variety, especially since the poster has “true love” literally written right under the title. Well I was wrong, oh so...
By Chloe Brett Still feeling the dull sting of yet another Valentine’s Day spent alone? Want to revel in you pain while also having some laughs? Did you just love all of that ABBA that Pricilla Queen of the Desert had? If you answered yes to one or more of these...
by Chloe Brett Come with me if you will on a journey to 1997 Australia, also known as everywhere else’s 1985. The only precursor I got to Rob Sitch’s film The Castle was that it’s “very Australian and some jokes may not translate”, which sounded more like a challenge...
By Chloe Brett A few days ago I posted an plea to my Facebook friends, every now and then we all hit a wall where we suddenly have no clue what movies to watch, even those of us who watch between 500-800 movies a year can sometimes come up blank. I beseeched my...
