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Friday
Aug132021

PODCAST / THE PARAMOUNT+ AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH: A SCREEN WATCHING SPECIAL EPISODE

Dan & Simon cast an anlytical eye over Australia's latest streaming content provider (Click here)

Friday
Aug132021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 33

Remember the comic book adaptations that no one saw? Dan & Simon bring back the good memories. Plus reviews of The Suicide Squad, Hacks, Val and Mr Corman (Click here)

Friday
Aug132021

REVIEWS / VAL

Utilising 40 years of archive video footage, journals and artworks, Val Kilmer chronicles his career and current state-of-mind in this remarkable life-essay (Click here)

Friday
Aug132021

PODCAST / MEET THE FILMMAKERS: JONATHAN HENSLEIGH

He has always had the blockbuster touch, with scripts to his name like Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Armageddon and The Punisher. Now, Jonathan Hensleigh directs the latest Liam Neeson alpha-male action pic, The Ice Road (Click here

Wednesday
Aug042021

REVIEWS / CLASS REUNION 3: SINGLES CRUISE (LUOKKAKOKOUS 3 - SINKKURISTEILY)

Director Renny Harlin's return to Finnish filmmaking won't win him any awards, but ought to find favour with fans of the country's most successful comedy franchise (Click here) 

Sunday
Aug012021

PODCAST / THE SCREEN WATCHING INTERVIEW: RENNY HARLIN

Finland's favourite son Renny harlin has a new film in cinemas - the action/comedy, The Misfits - and he sat with Simon to talk Pierce Brosnan, '90s Hollywood hitmaking, and what he hopes the future holds (Click here)

Sunday
Aug012021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 32

Dan & Simon check out new big- and small-screen efforts from Dwayne Johnson, Lily James and Emily Blunt; chat with Renny Harlin; and, consider how the new variant virus might disrupt Hollywood releases (Click here)

Thursday
Jul292021

REVIEWS / INFERNO WITHOUT BORDERS

Could the devastating 2019-20 bushfires have been foretold, even avoided, had our government listened to indigenous community leaders and followed traditional fire-and-country lore? (Click here)

Thursday
Jul292021

REVIEWS / THE DEEP HOUSE

Can the 'enfant terrible' of France's new wave of naughties horror still deliver the goods in the underwater ghost story, The Deep House? (Click here

Sunday
Jul252021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 31

Dan & Simon review M. Night's new Old, the anxiety-cinema classic Shiva Baby and rehashed 80s favourites, Turner & Hooch and Masters of the Universe (Click here)

Sunday
Jul252021

MEDIA / FIVE FANTASTIC TRAILERS FROM FANTASIA FEST 2021

25 years of genre programming has laid the groundwork for this year's Fantasia Festival line-up. Here's five (including Philippe McKie's Dreams of Fire, pictured left) that have caught our attention (Click here)

Sunday
Jul182021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 30

For #30, Dan & Simon cast an eye over Space Jam A New Legacy, Dr Death and Ms Represented; consider the Emmy nominations; and, recall the first time they watched the adventures of Johnny Utah (Click here)

Sunday
Jul182021

FEATURES / HORROR HONOURED AMONGST CANNES 2021 WINNERS LIST


Julia Ducornau's body-horror whirlwind Titane and Justin Kurzel's mass-murderer drama Nitram featured amongst the Cannes trophy winners (Click here)

Friday
Jul162021

REVIEWS / SIR ALEX FERGUSON: NEVER GIVE IN

England's greatest manager recounts a life filled with football glory and the love of a good family in Jason Ferguson's love letter to his father (Click here) 

Saturday
Jul102021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 29

Dan & Simon review Black Widow, The Sparks Brothers, The White Lotus; recall the brilliant career of Richard Donner; and, chat with young Aussie director Christine Luby (Click here)