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Interview: IRON SKY director Timo Vuorensola | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:06:01 +0000

When someone asks whether you’d be interested in interviewing the chap who made a movie about moon Nazis, you’d be mad to say “nein”.

His name is Timo Vuorensola and his movie is Iron Sky, a wonderfully absurd sci-fi comedy that ponders what might have happened had the Nazis retreated to the dark side of the moon to regroup. It also ponders what might happen [...]

Dark Shadows (Video Review) | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:26:24 +0000

Every few years on Halloween’s eve, somewhere between a sharp crack of thunder and a wolf’s longing howl, Tim Burton phones Johnny Depp to ominously announce:

“It is time.”

“Right,” Depp sombrely replies, “I’ll start applying the makeup.”

This is the unofficial story of how Burton and Depp’s eight collaborations have come to pass, the first being the broodingly brilliant Edward Scissorhands, and the latest being the broodingly not-so-brilliant-but-still-entertaining Dark Shadows.

Based on a [...]

Funny: DARK SHADOWS bloopers with Johnny Depp | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:20:03 +0000

When you're Johnny Depp, remembering which eccentric, creepy character you're playing this week can be a little confusing. (This is a parody video, just in case you thought these were actual bloopers.)

Win GET THE GRINGO Tickets & DVD Action Pack! | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:31:47 +0000

To celebrate the May 31^st release of GET THE GRINGO, the new action/thriller starring Mel Gibson, Icon Films are giving Moviedex readers the chance to win an in-season double pass to the film as well as a DVD Action pack valued at over $135! Five runners-up will also receive an double pass to see Get the Gringo in cinemas.

To be in the draw, simply fill out the entry form below.

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The Five-Year Engagement (Review) | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:24:41 +0000

Super-producer Judd Apatow and his creative minions have given the romantic comedy a much needed shakeup in recent years, embracing humour of a more raunchy and irreverent variety while also pasteurising the classic formula with a welcome degree of sincerity. Still, if last year’s Bridesmaids is any indication, Apatow’s rom-com recipe has yet to be perfected, the film’s serious and silly elements struggling to meld into [...]

Win tickets to see the Jason Statham thriller SAFE! | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:34:19 +0000

To celebrate the May 10 release of SAFE, the new action/thriller staring Jason Statham, Icon Films have 10 in-season double passes to give away to Moviedex readers!

To be in the draw, simply fill out the entry form below.

Synopsis:
Jason Statham plays Luke Wright, an ex-special forces operative who saves a young Chinese girl. The girl, Mei, is a mathematical genius who has memorised the combination to a safe that contains [...]

The Lucky One (Review) | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:20:42 +0000

There’s scarcely enough substance to Scott Hicks’ cloying romantic drama The Lucky One to pad out a short poem, let alone a feature film. As a stock-standard story of love and loss, it’s of little surprise that the film is a product of the fluff factory known as Nicholas Sparks, the prolific yet formulaic novelist of swoon-fiction hits like The Notebook and A Walk To Remember. Technically, The Lucky One [...]

Win tickets to the AUDI Festival of German Films in Adelaide! | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:32:30 +0000

To celebrate the arrival of the 11th annual Audi Festival of German Films in Adelaide, which runs from April 26^th to May 1^st, Moviedex has 5 double passes to give away to a festival session of your choice!

To be in the draw to win, simply fill out the entry form below!

The festival will screen 37 of the most compelling features and documentaries to emerge from [...]

Battleship (Video Review) | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:30:48 +0000

If you can look past the fact that Peter Berg’s Battleship is based on a board game, well, you’re doing better than me. It’s just so ridiculous! I mean, at what point when playing with a bunch of white and red pegs do you stop and think: “Wait a minute, there’s a bazillion-dollar movie in this! Quick, get Liam Neeson on the line!”

But instead of trying to look past the [...]

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Review) | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:42:08 +0000

Forget the rum; it’s the fun that’s running dry in Aardman Animation’s The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

While it’s pleasing to see the British animation studio return to their stop-motion roots after dabbling with CG in Flushed Away and Arthur Christmas, it would have been even more pleasing had this high-seas adventure been more memorable than middling. Aardman’s clay craftsmanship is still second-to-none, but the colourful array [...]