Category: Film Review

165 post(s) found

In God We Trust

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

As Robert stands in the middle of a street contemplating the text written on a coin, he is suddenly hit by a SUV and instantly killed. In the waiting room of the afterlife, Robert soon is told by a clerk…

Summer 04

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

15-year-old Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to spend the holidays with him and his mother and father at their summer home. One day whilst sailing, Nils returns home without Livia, much to his families shock. Silvia returns home later…

2:37

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

2:37 was the opening night film at MIFF 2006… Set in a South Australian High School, 2:37 opens with a scene of blood oozing out of a janitors closet. When the door is finally opened, although we don’t see it,…

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

One of the worst things about attending any film festival is that unfortunately, you will, at least once (although probably more often than not), be trapped in a jammed packed theatre and forced to witness some of the worst footage…

Like Minds

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

It truly is an amazingly uplifting sensation, when you leave a cinema knowing that you’ve just witnessed a cinematic masterpiece. It feels even better when the film has been produced by people from your own home country. Like Minds is…

Suburban Mayhem

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I’m sure this film is going to get a lot of mixed reviews, much like the opening night film, 2:37. It’s very, well, different, and very controversial. 19-year-old Katrina is stuck in boring suburbia, still living at home with her…

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a unique documentary that gives a detailed insight into the life of an extremely colourful and gutsy Australian design innovator and artist, Florence Broadhurst. She was found murdered in her wallpaper design studio in 1977, a crime which…

The Book of Revelation

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I honestly believe this film has really changed me as a person. I’ve learnt a lot from it. Daniel, a talented male dancer is abducted by three hooded women, raped and tortured for twelve days, then dumped in the middle…

TV Junkie

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

Despite the fact that everyone who saw this movie with me hated it, I thought it was really intriguing. It’s a feature length documentary that is made up of home video footage captured by American television personality Rick Kirkham, over…

Last Train to Freo

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I really liked this movie. It still amazes me that people can come up with such fantastic scripts, which only feature one location and a couple of actors. This is a film about two dodgy looking ex-criminals that are travelling…