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Eureka Stockade [Massacre Hill] *** (1949, Chips Rafferty, Ralph Truman, Jane Barrett, Gordon Jackson, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing, Peter Finch) – Classic Movie Review 4670

Britain’s Ealing Studios went Down Under to Australia again (following its success with The Overlanders) for co-writer/ director Harry Watt’s 1949 pseudo-Western about four Victorian period Aussie gold miners, led by Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty), grouping […]

Nov, 20

Australia *** (2008, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Arthur Dignam, Bill Hunter, David Gulpilil, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 4526

Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman had to learn not only her lines but also how to be a feisty cowgirl and perform the most gruelling stunts for co-writer/ director Baz Luhrmann’s enjoyable old-style Outback romantic epic, the […]

Oct, 24

Goldstone *** (2016, Alex Russell, Aaron Pedersen, David Wenham, Jacki Weaver) – Movie Review

Alex Russell stars as Josh, a young eager-beaver cop, laidback in the Outback, who arrests a drunken driver and takes him to jail. He turns out to be Aboriginal Detective Jay Swan, played by the film’s other […]

Oct, 10

The Boys Are Back **** (2009, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Nicholas McAnulty, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, Julia Blake, Chris Haywood) – Classic Movie Review 4420

Clive Owen does a lovely job of acting as Joe Warr, a real-life top British sports writer dad working in Australia. He wins you over just as he wins over his two sons – teen George […]

Sep, 26

A Few Best Men **½ (2011, Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Tim Draxl, Laura Brent, Olivia Newton-John, Rebel Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 4384

Xavier Samuel stars as David who meets Oz gal Mia (Laura Brent) and they enjoy a vacation romance. After a week, David proposes marriage to Mia, returns to England and then travels to Australia with his three best men Tom, Graham and […]

Sep, 19

The Daughter *** (2015, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Anna Torv, Miranda Otto, Paul Schneider, Kate Box, Odessa Young, Ewen Leslie) – Movie Review

In his directorial debut feature, Simon Stone writes and directs an interesting riff on Henrik Ibsen’s 1884 Norwegian classic play The Wild Duck, moving it to a modern setting and Australia, filming in Sydney. It is all about […]

May, 29

On the Beach **** (1959, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 3501

Stanley Kramer’s sombre 1959 drama film On the Beach is based on Nevil Shute’s novel depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war, and stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Anthony Perkins. Producer-director Stanley Kramer’s sombre 1959 nuclear […]

Mar, 25

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