Blu-ray Review: ‘Jack Irish’
Not very long ago it was quite rare to see a movie actor appearing in television shows. In the early days of television part of the reason was geography as most shows were shot in New York City, where...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Jack Irish, Series 1′
Guy Pearce (Memento, L.A. Confidential) plays a down-and-out private investigator in Acorn Media’s Blu-ray release Jack Irish, Series 1. The Blu-ray/DVD combo set includes two feature-length television...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Jack Irish, Set 2′
While some countries are known for exporting raw materials and others for manufactured goods, Australia is rapidly becoming known for the fine crop of actors it produces. With amazing numbers of...
View ArticleMovie Preview: August 2011
With summer finally starting to wind down, it’s always around August we have to prep ourselves for the oncoming genre films. It’s now all just a matter of biding our time waiting for the year’s Oscar...
View ArticleMovie Review: Prometheus (2012)
Just when we thought Hollywood was beginning to look more bankrupt of ideas than ever, leave it to the man who launched the Alien franchise to return and make the world safe for not only that...
View ArticleDVD Review: Lawless
I always had a suspicion Nick Cave was a grim guy. And after watching Lawless, which he wrote based on a historical novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant, I have the official proof...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Lawless
The third collaboration between director John Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave (singer-songwriter and frontman of The Bad Seeds), Lawless is one of the biggest surprises of 2012. The...
View ArticleMovie Review: Iron Man 3
Being the follow up film to something as grandiose as Joss Whedon’s Avengers triumph has to be as daunting a task for any film. With the closing of “Phase One” complete, where do you go from there?...
View ArticleMovie Review: Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is a movie packed with action, loud sounds, and ugly villains. But Tony Stark is most tortured by the incessant panic attacks, his inability to deal with the trauma of the events that...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Jack Irish Season 2’– Guy Pearce
Premiering in North America on Acorn TV September 10 2018 Jack Irish, Season 2 is one of those rare detective shows which just seems to get better and better as more episodes are produced. Staring Guy...
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