Vinnie Patterson!!!!

I hear that Cinema Nova have another Meet the Filmmaker Event on the way. This time it is the one and only Vinnie from Home & Away fame, promoting his new film Red Hill.

Will definitely be there for this one.

For Information on these events follow the link:
http://www.cinemanova.com.au/events.html#redh

Vinnie also goes by the name Ryan Kwanten, and some people may know him from True Blood.

Stealing Coda

Summer Coda tells the story of Heidi (Rachel Taylor) who returns to Australia after being raised stateside to attend the funeral of the father she never really knew. On the way she meets a friendly orange farmer Michael (Alex Dimitriades) and his joyful employees where love and laughter brings welcome relief. 


The film was set and shot in Mildura, where the landscapes and sunsets were used to great effect to compliment the romanticised life of orange picking. I get the impression that Writer and Director Richard Gray had seen and enjoyed Bertoluccis Stealing Beauty a few times. There were lovely moments in this film mainly around the orange picking crew, the humorous banter was wonderful, however I didn't really believe the love between the two leads and this caused the film to drag.


I was saw this film at one of Cinema Nova's Meet the Filmmaker events, where after the film, Richard Gray, Alex Dimitriades and actor Angus Sampson where on hand to answer questions. These events are always great as it allows for a closer look into film making process.


Overall this film is enjoyable, nothing special, but enjoyable. It also made me want to summer in Mildura and maybe that was the point.


Also one last thing, the name Heidi was a mistake as it makes me think of another independent Australian film, Somersault. And Summer Coda is not as good as that.

2011 Luke Perry Calendar

                                                    Image From TheVine.com.au

I was recently shown a wonderful picture gallery of Luke Perry at Dragon Con (a sci-fi/fantasy convention) posing with fans.

The look on his face is just classic.. I love these fans!!

Do yourself a favour and check these out.

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/21-best-luke-perry-portraits-at-dragoncon20101025.aspx

Easy A

Every once in a while a fabulous teen flick graces our screens, we have seen the hilarious Drop Dead Gorgeous, Mean Girls, She's the Man and recently 17 Again. Like many teen films before Easy A is a reinvention of a classic tale, in this case The Scarlett Letter, it centres around teenage Olive (Emma Stone), who concocts a lie and then embraces it once spreading through the school like wildfire.

The reason this film is so enjoyable is due to the wonderful cast and fresh and witty script. Not only is Emma Stone a wonderful comedic leading lady but the presence of a who's who supporting cast including Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Brooklyn Dan and the amazing Amanda Bynes leave it a cut above the rest. The script is clever and makes for laugh out loud cinema fun.

I don't have any other way to convince you to see this film except if you have enjoyed any of the films I mentioned earlier you must see this film. You wont regret it!

Although I have been singing I've got a pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine for a few weeks now and I kind of regret that...

Eat, Pray, Bored

I must admit to the dismay of my sister I loved the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. The idea of escaping a mundane life and taking an around the world trip of self discovery is a very inviting idea to me. So you can imagine my delight when hearing this book was to be adapter into a film, starring rom-com queen Julia Roberts and spanish heart throb Javier Bardem.

The premise of the story (for those who live under a house of rocks) is 30 something Liz leaves two unhappy relationships behind to travel abroad to find food, faith, love and herself. This story had box office gold slapped across it, however somehow I was left utterly disappointed.

The Italian food sequences had my interest however after Italy then came India, Indonesia and I I I just didn't care for the selfish and irrational behaviour of the leading lady. This film in my opinion faltered due to its desire to please the fans of the novel, everything was touch on which didn't really allow for scene or even character development. One minute she was in love and the next inexplicably out of it, having read the book i could fill in the gaps but my cinema companion had not and was left confused and uninterested by a simple subject matter.

So in my views, don't waste the $15 dollars instead by the book and let your imagination play out the story for you. Sorry Julia.