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Red Dog cracks top 10 Aussie films of all time

Proving that you can’t keep a good dog down, Film Ink reports that Aussie family flick Red Dog has become the 10th highest grossing Australian film of all time. Directed by Kriv Stenders and starring the ultra talented Koko as Red Dog, the film sits comfortably next to the likes of Crocodile Dundee and Babe. Red […]

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Trailer Debut: Happy Feet Two

A new trailer for Happy Feet Two has arrived online. Although it recycles much of the footage seen in the original teaser, it offers us a slightly better look at the film’s plot. Slightly. Happy Feet Two focuses on the son of Mumble (Elijah Wood), a teensy penguin named Erik. According to the official plot synopsis… […]

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Owl wars – Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole review

Legend of the Guardians – The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Starring Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten and Geoffrey Rush. Directed by Zack Snyder. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Any kids’ film that features owl zombies, Hitler Youth-esque adversaries and an opening fifteen minutes that evokes Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo deserves credit for being ballsy. So allow me […]

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Interview: John Collee, screenwriter of Creation, Happy Feet and Master and Commander

Interview: John Collee, screenwriter of Creation, Happy Feet and Master and Commander. By Simon Miraudo. You may not recognise the name, but it’s likely that you’ve seen at least one of his movies. Scottish-born screenwriter John Collee has worked on numerous screenplays, including Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet and […]

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not – The film that could have been.

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to have a chat with screenwriter John Collee, who penned the scripts for Happy Feet, Master and Commander and the upcoming Charles Darwin biopic Creation. This is not a picture of him below. It is a picture of Mr. Robert Ripley, oddball fact-finder, amateur anthropologist and creator of […]

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