Hancock - reviewed by Michael Clarke - There are a number of references in the film Hancock to the classic horror Frankenstein. It's a very apt reference, because in many ways, this movie is a lot like the famous creation. - reviewed on ABC North Qld
Happy-Go-Lucky - reviewed by Jonathan Dawson - At times Mike Leigh’s work in movies can seem like that of an eager to please hyperactive puppy. With films like Naked (1993), a flailing supercharged word flow, and now, the ditsy Happy-Go-Lucky, there is often a sense that he sees people through a strange distorting prism; and this is the very vision that he loves to call ‘naturalism’. - reviewed on ABC Tasmania
Into the Woods Junior - reviewed by Winsome Denyer - Townsville's Props Youth Theatre has assembled a cast of about 30 young primary and high school students to take on the challenging show Into the Woods Junior, and what a clever and funny performance!. - reviewed on ABC North Qld
The Happening - reviewed by Fiona Sewell - One random day in New York City people go crazy and start killing themselves in the most gruesome ways. Then, people up and down the north-west coast of America start doing it. - reviewed on ABC Far North Qld
Enchanted DVD review - reviewed by Dan and Alyssa Brixey - My 7 year old daughter, who is also quite the movie fan, helped to review this weeks film, 'Enchanted'. She's quite enthusiastic about this movie - it involves princesses, princes, romance, cartoon characters and singing - an absolute must for any young girl out there. - reviewed on ABC Gold & Tweed Coasts
Kung Fu Panda - reviewed by Kier Shorey - Assuming they have the bravery to admit it, fans of the late Chris Farley’s final film Beverly Hills Ninja will probably experience a sense of deja vu while watching the latest computer generated animation from Dreamworks. In Ninja, Farley played an obese yet endearing bumbler who is forced to overcome overwhelming odds to fulfil a prophecy of becoming a great martial arts warrior. - reviewed on ABC Far North Qld
Get Smart - reviewed by Michael Clarke - Would you believe that Agent 86, Maxwell Smart has returned to stop the forces of Chaos? Well, would you believe that a spruced-up, multi-million dollar but somewhat lesser version of Maxwell Smart has turned up instead. - reviewed on ABC North Qld
Unfinished Sky - reviewed by Jonathan Dawson - Any movies that come out of Queensland that are any good seem to be the ones that funding bodies or the bigger studios have had little interest in. Recently it was Alister Grierson’s fine and utterly underrated Kokoda (2006), before that Jonathan Teplitzky’s Gettin’ Square (2003) and many years before that, Danny Vendramini’s Redheads in 1992. - reviewed on ABC Tasmania
The Mist DVD review - reviewed by Daniel J. Brixey - Oh what a fragile world we live in. And in a subject that seems to interest many, 'The Mist' explores just what would happen when the fragility of civilization starts to reveal itself. - reviewed on ABC Gold & Tweed Coasts