Watch the trailer for the action-packed WWII drama – 3 Days in Malay!
In the early days of war in the Pacific, a small group of U.S. Marines find themselves defending a strategically important airfield in the Solomon Islands. What followed in October of 1942 was a harrowing, three-day battle, where outnumbered and under-supplied soldiers fought against all odds to hold back the advancing forces of the Japanese Empire.
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From the producer of Defiant’s recent release Battle For Saipan, war movies, like westerns, are still extremely ...
Watch the trailer for I’ll Find You – launching digitally September 27!
Driven by wonderful performances from this exceptional cast, I’LL FIND YOU tells the story of childhood friends Robert, a catholic opera singer and Rachel, a Jewish violin virtuoso, who dream of spending their lives together and of one day performing at the legendary Carnegie Hall. When war erupts in Europe and Germany invades Poland, the young lovers are separated…and it seems their dreams are over. But Robert vows to be reunited with the woman that he loves, and he begins a dangerous ...
British Film Festival – The War Below Movie Review
The story is built around the actions of William Hawkin (Sam Hazeldine) a family man and miner rejected for active duty due to the early onset of miner’s lung. His shame at not being able to serve drives him and his men to extraordinary lengths in the undertaking. There is also a critical look at the military’s penchant for staid and possessive thought in disregarding these non enlisted men's heroics.
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Retro Movie Review – Mr. Pip
The film based on a novel by Lloyd Jones is set in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea during the civil war there during the early nineties. The story revolves around Matilda (Xzannjah Matsi) and the relationship she has with her mother Dolores (Xzannjah’s real life mother Healsville Joel), Mr. Watts (Hugh Laurie) the only white man in their small village and the novel Great Expectation by Charles Dickens.
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Matilda’s somewhat idyllic life is brought to a crashing ...
Watch the trailer for Shadow in the Cloud – in Aussie cinemas January 14!
But this crew has more to fear…lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane. Trapped between an oncoming air ambush and an evil lurking within, Maude must push beyond her limits to save the hapless crew and protect her mysterious cargo.
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Shadow in the Cloud stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith and will be released in Australian cinemas January 14.
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Watch the trailer for Summerland – in Aussie cinemas January 7!
When spirited young Frank (Lucas Bond), an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and curiosity awaken Alice’s deeply buried emotions. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, second chances do occur, and that, just perhaps - magic really does exist.
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Summerland will be released in Austraian cinemas January 7.
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Retro Movie Review – Zero Dark Thirty
The claim that the film glorifies torture is interesting as well as the torture scenes in question in the film yield very little useful information and actually show the futility of certain kinds of forced confessions. The film is about the global hunt for Osama bin Laden after 9-11 and he as a person is given very little exposure and as such almost becomes this mythical boogieman.
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The politics behind his actions are given little screen time and bin Laden becomes ...
Watch the trailer for Ghosts of War!
Five battle-hardened American soldiers are assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. Formerly occupied by the Nazi high command, this unexpected respite quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy far more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield.
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Ghosts of War is now available on DVD and Digital on Demand across Australia!
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Watch the trailer for The Eight Hundred – in Aussie cinemas August 27!
There are around 400 soldiers(so-called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west.
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The Eight Hundred will be released in Australian cinemas August 27!
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Retro Movie Review – Dunkirk
In this context, he build tension in a masterful way. The film features very little dialogue and Hans Zimmer’s score is a major player in the film’s tone and emotional impact. The tension is fierce and relentless and never loosens its grip throughout the 106 minute running time.
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The horror of war is never far from view but it isn’t presented in an overly graphic or bloody way. This approach adds even more to the film’s impact because it doesn’t distance ...
