[photopress:Australia.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Nothing wizard here
Always a worrying sign, when a studio places an embargo on critics at the world’s first screening of a film, as happened with Australia (2008) – the inevitable question is: ‘So, does 20th Century Fox know something really bad that we don’t?’
Unfortunately, it would appear that the answer is pretty much in the [...]
[photopress:Romeo_Juliet_1996_1200_l.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Hard on Baz’s Bard
It is with great interest that I learned the Australian soap actor-turned director Baz Luhrmann has a new film coming up this year. It’s called Australia, and the early reports indicate it might be good. (Unfortunately, it wasn’t, not really – James). That’s a relief, because since Strictly Ballroom (1992), his movies [...]
