The opening has a quote from General Joseph W Stillwell, the US commander, who vows to return to Burma to reclaim the country, somewhat like General Douglas MacArthur did when leaving the Philippines. MacArthur must have gotten in first as I cant ever recall hearing of Stillwell despite a more than passing interest in most […]

A rollicking 1967 comedy/Western which is a star vehicle for John Wayne as Taw Jackson, an ex-con out on parole who seeks revenge on an evil cattle baron who cheated him of his fortune and good name years before. He assembles a motley bunch of four other shady characters (including his old-time arch enemy Lomax, […]

Director Stuart Gilmore
This is pretty much standard western fare  the baddie wears black, the fallible hero with a conscience, the love triangle, and the final showdown, finished off with the heroes riding off into the sunset! There are many more cliched settings I could nominate, but it is unnecessary.
Basically the story goes as […]

This is a rather impressive depiction of the Battle of Midway which occurred in June 1942 - the next major naval confrontation between the USA and Japan following the Pearl Harbour attack in December 1941. The story is told from both angles in quite some detail, and comes to the conclusion that the outcome was […]

Australia has a proud history when competing against the Mother Country in a variety of sports and it must be fairly galling to the Poms to see us succeed in so many of the games they founded. But the one where they had always had crowing rights was the World Game, Football, Soccer, call it […]

Poor Lizzie she is 13, and like every other 13 year old, she has embarrassing parents who have no clues, about anything! But for Lizzie it gets worse she also has an annoying little brother & an ex-best friend who is a total cow, and an array of problems to horrible to even mention! This […]

This movie is slapstick humour at its best. Daniel Stern is brilliant as Max Grabelski a Fed-Ex delivery man who is set up to take the wrap for a money smuggling racket. After he is found at the scene of a murder, Max is ladled Mad Max by the FBI and goes on the run. […]

For all of you who love crass toilet humour full of fart related jokes this is the movie to watch. Patrick Smash is a poor little boy who is born with two stomachs uncordially for him one of his stomachs churns out gas all day leaving Patrick with an uncontrollable and definitely socially unacceptable problem. […]

Directed by Rob Marshall
Chicago was the winner of six 2002 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound and Film Editing. So why did I find this film boring? You would think that this was something to write home to mother about and I know many people who did, but […]

Directed by Rob Marshall
Chicago was the winner of six 2002 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound and Film Editing. So why did I find this film boring? You would think that this was something to write home to mother about and I know many people who did, but […]