It's been a busy few weeks so here's a round up of what's been happening. The last issue of
Filmink Magazine featured my set report on Jon Hewitt's
Acolytes along with my interview and profile of one the film's young Hanna Mangan-Lawrence. The next issue will also feature my in depth chat with Ted. V. Mikels, the idiosyncratic director of
The Astro Zombies and
The Doll Squad, about his films, his bizarre life living in a castle with seven wives and how he maintains his extraordinary moustache.
Drum Media will soon be featuring my interviews with actor Garry Waddell about his debut performance in the infamous
Pure S**t, the Austr
alian feature that was banned in 1975 for it's graphic depictions of heroin abuse and Natalie Basingthwaighte, the ex lead singer of Rogue Traders and host of
So You Think You Can Dance about her own chainsaw weilding feature debut in the horror film
Prey. It will be interesting to see how the actress's family friendly image will deal with the much rumored lesbian shower scene and excessive gore. Check out
www.prey-thefilm.com for more details regarding the film's release.
I ha
ve also started writing for the new UK website
Roll Credits, the new site edited by my old Film Review editor Nikki Baughan, my first article being a preview of this years SFF. This years festival is already shaping up nicely with screenings of Henry Selick's
Coraline, John Woo's
Red Cliff, the Canadian horror flick
Pontypool and Armando Iannucci's
In the Loop. The full line up will be announed on May 13th.
Keep on checking
www.cinephilia.net.au and
www.digital-retribution.com for my DVD reviews.
This Thursday at 11:30am I'll be producing Cinemascape on Eastside 89.7FM. This weeks show includes my review of the highly acclaimed Gomorrah along with discussion on Seth Rogan's Observe & Report and Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York. Tune in if you are the Sydney area.
Here are a few photographs from the Popcorn Taxi Acolytes screening I hosted in March this year. I conducted an on stage Q&A with the films director Jon Hewitt and one of the stars of Acolytes, Michael Dorman. Anyone with an interest in cinema based in 
Tomorrow morning at 11:30 I will be appearing on Cinemascape on Eastside 89.7 FM. This week the show will feature reviews of J.J. Abram's Star Trek, Defiance starring Daniel Craig and my thoughts on Angels & Demons, the sequel to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code; once again directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. Tune in!
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It's been a busy few weeks so here's a round up of what's been happening. The last issue of Filmink Magazine featured my set report on Jon Hewitt's Acolytes along with my interview and profile of one the film's young Hanna Mangan-Lawrence. The next issue will also feature my in depth chat with Ted. V. Mikels, the idiosyncratic director of The Astro Zombies and The Doll Squad, about his films, his bizarre life living in a castle with seven wives and how he maintains his extraordinary moustache.
alian feature that was banned in 1975 for it's graphic depictions of heroin abuse and Natalie Basingthwaighte, the ex lead singer of Rogue Traders and host of So You Think You Can Dance about her own chainsaw weilding feature debut in the horror film Prey. It will be interesting to see how the actress's family friendly image will deal with the much rumored lesbian shower scene and excessive gore. Check out www.prey-thefilm.com for more details regarding the film's release.
ve also started writing for the new UK website Roll Credits, the new site edited by my old Film Review editor Nikki Baughan, my first article being a preview of this years SFF. This years festival is already shaping up nicely with screenings of Henry Selick's Coraline, John Woo's Red Cliff, the Canadian horror flick Pontypool and Armando Iannucci's In the Loop. The full line up will be announed on May 13th.
