Mad Max Anthology Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie. Starring Mel Gibson, Tom Hardy, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Bruce Spence, Mike Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, Kjell Nilsson, Virginia Hey, Tina Turner, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossito, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, Helen Buday, Charlize Theron, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max, 1979. Directed by George Miller Starring Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward SYNOPSIS: George Miller’s classic Mad Max arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Kino Lorber. The picture quality is about as good as it gets for a 41-year-old indie film, which means it’s on par […]
Modern Westerns from Down Under: Red Hill and Mystery Road
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at a couple of recent modern westerns from Australia… The Western has evolved through the decades. Period Westerns grew out of fashion by the 70’s, whilst crime thrillers would occasionally take on well known Western tropes. All those kind of tropes of lawman vs lawless, the expansive scope cinematography, […]
FrightFest Presents Review – Boar (2018)
Boar, 2018. Directed by Chris Sun. Starring Nathan Jones, Bill Moseley, John Jarratt, Christie-Lee Britten, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Simone Buchanan, and Ernie Dingo. SYNOPSIS: A giant wild pig roams the Outback killing everyone it comes across. B-movie creature features are two-a-penny these days, what with cheap CGI technology and the ability to make a […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Review – Boar (2018)
Boar, 2018 Directed by Chris Sun. Starring Chris Haywood, Bill Moseley, Steve Bisley, John Jarratt, and Simone Buchanan. SYNOPSIS: In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills […]