Blu-ray Review: The Triple Echo
The art of disguise is one of the elements which has made cinema so popular. This doesn’t just stop with film-makers keeping their cards close to their chest and throwing…
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Rob Aldam
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Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.
Blu-Ray Review: Next of Kin
During the 1970s and 1980s the Australian new wave led to a number of actors and directors forging a career within Hollywood. A small, but important, element of this was…
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Blu-ray Review: Swamp Thing
Comic book movies are big business now. Each release is accompanied by a huge fanfare and an extensive marketing campaign. DC dominated last century with Batman and Superman films but…
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Human Right Watch Film Festival Review: Saf
There’s a worrying modern phenomenon which is sweeping through cities around the world. In generations past, the rich had moved to the suburbs leaving the poor to live in fairly…
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Incoming: The White Crow
Rudolf Nureyev, a remarkable young dancer of 22, is a member of the world-renowned Kirov Ballet Company, travelling to Paris in 1961 for his first trip outside the Soviet Union.…
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Film Review: Sharkwater Extinction
In 2006, Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart made Sharkwater. In doing so he exposed the barbaric practice of shark finning. His film contributed to a ban of this horrific practice in…
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Blu-ray Review: Wheels on Meals
Sammo Hung, like Jackie Chan, starred in, choreographed and directed him own films. Both men have had impressive careers and were pivotal in opening up Hong Kong martial arts films-making…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: The Feeling of Being Watched
America, the land of the free, has been a racist and intolerant country from its very inception. One which has thrived and prospered from spilling the blood of others. One…
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Blu-Ray Review: Irma La Douce
Last month we lost one of the greatest composers of the modern era. Although André Previn had huge success working in jazz and classical music, aside from an appearance in…
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Incoming: Under the Silver Lake
When aimless slacker Sam (Andrew Garfield) wakes up one morning to find his beautiful neighbour Sarah (Riley Keough) has vanished without a trace, he embarks on a quest across the…
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