Alias is one of the most watchable television series to come out of the United States in the last few years. There are too many police/court-room dramas on television at the moment and it seems as though commercial Australian television stations think that nobody wants to watch anything else. It?s obvious that these shows […]

It helps to be a fan of the many guises of Barry Humphries when watching this series, given that it?s performed and co-written by him. It?s a one-man show. I like Humphries, so I found these four episodes (at 45 minutes each) to be very entertaining. With characteristic dryness (tinged with affection) his satirical […]

I did hear bad things about this movie but didn?t believe it was as bad as I had heard. Well for the first time ever watching a movie I thought I?ll just fast forward 5 or 10 minutes. I didn?t though. Four best mates save a mentally challenged boy from three tough boys. To thank […]

I did hear bad things about this movie but didn?t believe it was as bad as I had heard. Well for the first time ever watching a movie I thought I?ll just fast forward 5 or 10 minutes. I didn?t though. Four best mates save a mentally challenged boy from three tough boys. To thank […]

Alexandra (Buday) and Steve (Sweet) live in quiet suburban bliss with their two children, Emma and Sam ? or do they? Steve?s birthday party turns into a bizarre trial by video as Alexandra exposes her marital reality to him. There?s no need to go into further detail. It?s a strange film, and well worth watching. […]

This is a watchable film, despite the ?creative? pairing of Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway. I was attracted to this film only because I wanted to see what kind of role Sinatra was playing in his twilight years. Now I know. He?s a tough, New York homicide detective (Edward X. Delaney) nearing retirement. He?s seen […]

This is a classic film noir thriller from the pen of Graham Greene, which has been likened to Hitchcock by many critics. The film, made in 1949, is superbly cast, filmed and directed by Carol Reed (the director of such films as The Stars Look Down, Night train to Munich, The Way Ahead and […]

Nature of Australia was originally aired on the ABC back in 1991. Now it?s back and available on DVD digitally re-mastered. Twelve years have elapsed and it is still one of the best documentaries I have seen on our great island continent. The series is narrated by Robyn Williams (not Mork, another one). There are […]

Two disc set four episodes on each disc and bonus features
The television series of Monarch of the Glen was extremely popular so I would guess that this will be a much prized DVD. Set in the Scottish Highlands, this series was based on a modern day laird and his family. Archie Macdonald is the Laird […]

Rating PGDirected by Christopher Guest
A Mighty Wind comes from the team that brought us ?Best In Show? and follows a similar style, that of a mock documentary (a mockumentary) with plenty of interviews from the main players in this tale. I must admit that I am about the only person I know that did not […]