A biopic of legendary Beatle and 'bed-in' enthusiast John Lennon is in the works, with a high-calibre writer and director already attached to the project. Tentatively entitled Nowhere Boy (a play on the Beatles track Nowhere ...

Director Vadim Perelman has been named as the director of the upcoming Poltergeist remake. Although not a household name, Perelman was the director of the tragic House of Sand and Fog. He’s certainly not your...

Like panda bears and Irishmen, ninjas are one of those characters that have to be loved. For some reason the sight of a pajama-garbed assassin bristling with barely visible razors activates a 'joy centre' in the human brain. This strange psychological ...

Funny Games, the new thriller from German director Michael Haneke (Cache, The Piano Teacher), is scheduled for an Australian release on September 11th 2008. Starring Australia’s

Fans of the brutal Warhammer 40,000 universe have all their Christmases coming at once, with publisher THQ playing the role of the overweight red-suited home invader. Not only is the hotly anticipated Dawn of War II just around the corner f...

When Jules Verne first published his book Journey to the Center of the Earth way back in 1864, it was heralded as a masterpiece in science-fiction. Great minds such as Charles Darwin and Charles Lyell had already provoked vivid new thinking about th...

All Hat is a surprisingly watchable film about cash-strapped country folk, horse-thievery, and general chicanery at the racetrack. Country boy Ray Doakes (Luke Kirby) is released from jail after serving two years for an unspecified crime. His friend and...

The Walker, directed by Paul Schrader, is a topical film in this year of the impending US presidential elections. In Schrader's film Woody Harrelson plays Carter Page III, a "walker" who accompanies the wives of politicians to various soci...

A young man from the countryside in the south of France has long since moved to the big city, Paris. A stubborn, self-centred fellow, his aura is one of contempt for the world, especially for figures of authority. After his father has a heart attack back home, Antoine (Nico...

We’re Here To Help tells the true story of Dave Henderson (Erik Thomson), an average Joe whose dealings with the New Zealand tax department (or IRD) take a nasty turn. One fine day in 1993, Dave sends his girlfriend Kath (Miriama Smith) to ...