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The Keeper Movie Review

admin — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:10:26 +0000

Loosely based on a true story, The Keeper is one of those rare sports films that is involving even if you have no interest in the sport featured. Bert Trautmann (David Kross) was a Nazi paratrooper who was captured on the Western Front by British soldiers near the end of the World War II. He was held captive at a prisoner-of-war camp in Lancashire.

In the film, an English grocer who is supplying the camp with goods sees Trautmann playing football and recognises his skill as a goalie. He coaches a local team and works out a deal with the camp’s commander to have him leave the camp for the day and play for his team.

Trautmann has to overcome the prejudice and hatred post war for the Germans and so begins his odyssey. One that ultimately ends with him marrying the grocer’s daughter, playing for Manchester United and becoming the receipting of an OBE and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The reality of the period right after the end of war is often overlooked in the joy of the conflict finally being over but it left millions without a home and without immediate family. This tale highlights one soldier’s journey that became a happy one. The film, while being a bit predictable at times still provides a good number of moments that are inspiring.

Rob Hudson
www.facebook.com/IconFilmDistribution.Au

Win tickets to a special family screening of Back of the Net!

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:38:50 +0000

Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we have five family passes (admit four) to give away to Back of the Net!

For American teenager Cory Bailey (Sofia Wiley) star of The Disney Channel’s top rating show, Andi Mack, attending the Harold Science Academy Semester at Sea in Australia is a dream come true, but when she accidentally boards the wrong bus at the airport, Cory finds herself at school’s Soccer Academy instead.

With her science ship well and truly sailed and her parents volunteering in remote India, Cory has no option but to stay and complete the semester.

Back of the Net is in Australian cinemas April 11!
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To enter this great competition simply fallout the form below. Please note – these tickets are for a specific event only and can not be exchanged or refunded. The winners will need to be available on Sunday March 31 at 10:30am in Brisbane to be able to attend this event at Event Cinemas Indooroopilly. The tickets for this screening are a family pass (admit four).

Competition will be drawn 28 March 2019, winners will be notified by email.

Grimsby Movie Review

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 07:44:07 +0000

If it takes a lot to shock the modern day audience, then Sacha Baron Cohen’s track record shows he is certainly up to the task. The architect of previous fare such as Borat, Brüno and The Dictator has substantially upped the ante with Grimsby (AKA The Brothers Grimsby) and few films in cinema history are as over the top as this tale of two brothers.

The very British story revolves around spies, long lost brothers, council flats, soccer, drinking with your mates and saving the world. It also features movie star types like Mark Strong, Penélope Cruz, Mrs. Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher and that worldwide embarrassment Donald Trump.

One of the best ways to put the proceedings in perspective is to make a list of some of the props needed to bring Cohen’s ideas to fruition. Half metre long fake phallus, check. 100 litres of ejaculate, check. Stage prop scrotum, check. Enough stage blood to fix all the peeling Jackson Pollock paintings worldwide, check, and this is just a partial list.

Critics have lambasted Grimsby for being rude, crude, juvenile and exploitative and it more than excels at all those traits. It also excels at making you laugh and no matter how prim and proper you think you are, it will get through your PC amour. It’s that or basically at heart we’re all just the kind of children who still laugh at fart jokes.

Rob Hudson
www.sonypictures.com