films and cinemas

HOT OR NOT? Another giveaway for The Boys are Back

November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Getting ready for the weekend? I have a couple more double passes to give away for preview screenings of the new Clive Owen film The Boys are Back. The passes are valid for all major cinemas this Friday 6th, Saturday 7th or Sunday 8th November. I reviewed the film recently and gave it a NOT, [...]

HOT: Moon, Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

November 4, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I thought that Moon might end up being an unreviewable film. Thanks to an errant alarm clock and coding-induced insomnia, I found myself dozing during key moments of the film, leaving me in a fog of confusion for most of it. That’s not to say that the film was sleep inducing, as everybody else in [...]

NOT: The Boys are Back

October 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The Boys are Back is director Scott Hick’s (Shine) latest film about family, fatherhood and boys. The movie is based on ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ the 2001 memoir of The Independent columnist Simon Carr, and it was shot on location in South Australia, turned into an almost unrecognisable romantic landscape of swaying golden [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 26 October 2009

October 25, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Can you believe it’s the end of October and they’re erecting the Christmas tree at City Square already? Events this week: preview of The Brothers Bloom with Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz; preview of Jane Campion’s latest film Bright Star, starring the gorgeous Abbie Cornish; glamming it up for homeless shelter charity Many Rooms [...]

HOT OR NOT? The Boys Are Back Giveaway

October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Happy Friday morning! Here’s a Friday giveaway for you today. I have a couple of double passes to give away for an exclusive advance film screening of The Boys are Back at 6:45pm on Thursday 29 October at Palace Cinema Como, 299 Toorak Rd, South Yarra. “Academy Award nominated Scott Hicks (Shine) returns to Australia [...]

HOT: Julie & Julia, Hoyts Melbourne Central, Cnr Swanston and Latrobe Sts, Melbourne

October 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Of course I enjoyed Julie & Julia. I love to eat, I love to cook, I love to blog. I have a very understanding partner. I work in an office and I’m a Francophile. The only difference is that I’ve never lived in Paris or New York City and I’ve never deboned a duck. Julie [...]

HOT: An Education, Classic Cinema, 9 Gordon St, Elsternwick

October 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[Spoiler alert] On paper, the storyline to An Education sounds very trite. A pretty and smart 16 year old girl from the suburbs ditches school and the possibility of attending Oxford in order to marry an older, richer man who shows her the ways of the world…but who’s hiding a mysterious past. That’s until you [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 19 October 2009

October 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Phew. After the crazy-mad eat fest last week, this week I’m taking a (relative) break with the following events: previewing the new film An Education written by Nick Hornsby on Monday 19 October; Eco Fashionista’s first fashion trunk show at The Aviary on Tuesday 20 October; previewing the new film The Boys are Back starring Clive Owen [...]

HOT: Mao’s Last Dancer Page to Picture, Cinema Nova, 350 Lygon St, Carlton

October 12, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I have no idea why Mao’s Last Dancer has only received middle-of-the-road reviews. I was on the brink of tears for most of the film, until the end when the dam burst into an ugly-screwed-up-face fit of uncontrolled bawling. RM admitted even he was getting teary. So, five stars for emotional effect. The rich, lush [...]

NOT: La Boheme, Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melbourne

September 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It really seems like every time I head to the cinemas for my dose of opera and ballet it is raining. Which just makes it a perfect match. This rainy Saturday afternoon it was the production of La Boheme from Teatro Real Madrid. As much as I love the Puccini opera I have to admit [...]