Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Based on a best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks adapted by Jan Sardi, with a screenplay by Jeremy Leven, and touted by various reviewers as a ?love story by formula?, and ?the best ?weepie? in years?; The Notebook is to me a fairly predictable and basic love story that owes its quality to […]

In this second series of the very popular Monarch of the Glen Series, there are heaps of minor sub plots and the story of the fortunes of the MacDonald clan continues. Archie?s relationship with Justine his lover from London is on the rocks, after deciding to settle in Glenbogle permanently Justine manages to single headedly […]

Not since ?Strictly Ballroom? the original movie responsible for bringing ballroom dancing back in from the cold in the ?80?s, has a DVD been held accountable for the popularity of this fashionable sport. ?Strictly Dancing? the TV show was the result of a partnership between of Todd Abbot and Paul Melville and became brilliantly popular […]

The DVD begins with introductions to two of our most awarded documentary makers ? David Parer and Elizabeth Cook and right from the outset you know that they are serious about filming animals as discreetly as possible in order to get an accurate feel for the creature in the wild. More than a fact-finding expedition […]

I was always curious as to what the Boohbah characters were supposed to be because to me they look like fat blobs with little heads, hands and feet but they are apparently ?atoms of power, light and fun? and I always thought that atoms weren?t visible with the naked eye and I never thought they […]

Was I disappointed in this film? Yes. I certainly don?t mind ?period? pieces, but they have to have an impact, and for me this one did not. If you?re a fan of Helena Bonham Carter then you?ll want to watch this, but I found it predictable at every turn, and the ?love triangle? theme leaves […]

The ABC has taken the opportunity to pat itself on the back for the TV coverage of Test cricket it gave us from the late 50s until the end of the 70s. This DVD shows a wide variety of footage, mainly in black and white, from those times in episodes that will no doubt make […]

The film opens with Will Bastion leaving the New Zealand Army to go home to attend the funeral of his father. Will finds himself at odds with the Maori tradition of the eldest taking up the patu, the symbol of authority, believing that he does not want the responsibility, nor the potential for violence the […]

Directed by Robert Altman
I started to watch ?The Company? and got half an hour into it and couldn?t stand it any more. The dancing was brilliant even though I am not a fan of classical ballet, but there was no evidence of any storyline whatsoever so I gave it the flick. Apparently Neve Campbell trained […]

This is a much anticipated, award-winning documentary produced, written and directed by the now very high-profile Michael Moore. Many will already be familiar with his other documentary films ?Bowling for Columbine?, ?Roger and Me? and even his TV series ?The Awful Truth?. He?s been around for a while, and has really made his mark as […]