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First Viewing Viewing Date: May 17th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.

Viewed: All six episodes

Wolf Creek is disappointing, plain and simple, and that's hard to state. I cannot be bothered expressing everything in the form of a review/essay, so dot points will suffice - Mick Taylor's mythological status is ruined. He has become a gratuitous character much like Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger, whereas the first film in particular never made it clear whether or not he actually existed. This mystery is gone, replaced with a horror movie cipher who has a backstory now, further destroying a great character. - The Feminazi angle is sickening. We have a young girl who becomes a hardened warrior, tracking down Mick to kill him. The American nationality is bad enough since this is an Aussie series, but having a badass female never sits right. That's not sexist, by the way - there were female characters in the first film, and that was fine, but this is too forced/unrealistic/pandering. - The first 10 minutes of the first episode feature a really fake crocodile attack and some woeful CGI blood, in slow motion, no less. Not a great way to start out. - The narrative is seriously misjudged and overcomplicated, throwing in a police angle that becomes increasingly ludicrous, as well as other pointless ancillary characters that make the whole thing feel meandering and unfocused. A subplot involving bikies winds up going nowhere and comes off as a cheap distraction. To balance out the ledger, here are the positives: - Directing and cinematography are consistently good, with wonderful outback scenery and an evocative sense of place. Production values are strong for a TV show, especially one from a budding streaming service, so it never looks cheap or nasty - it's closer to cinema quality, in terms of technical specs. - Jarratt remains a standout as Mick, dispersing oodles of colourful dialogue, and we get to see a bit more of Mick operating around his territory, which is good fun. - It is compelling viewing for the most part. Bottom line? Stick with the movies. They really fucked this one up.

First Viewing Viewing Date: May 5th Via: Cinema Plot: After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask for help from their former enemy, Teddy.

It's Kill Or Be Killed Plot: After the murder of her brother, federal agent Ashlynn Brindle travels to a small town to look into the matter herself. Uncovering evidence that an unsavoury drug cartel are operating in the town unabated and may have been responsible for her brother's killing, Ash teams up with the mysterious Jimmy Ross to dig into the mystery and seek revenge. Behind the Scenes https://vimeo.com/164057183 Teaser Trailer https://vimeo.com/176273504 Full Movie Available To Watch On Vimeo! https://vimeo.com/expendablefilm/nightfall

Production Notes & Trivia - Originally written in late 2013. Four complete drafts were written by April 2014. After the completion of Betrayals & Bullets: The Dame, the project was eventually revived, rewritten, and put into production. - Inspired by Only God Forgives, Drive and Bullet to the Head, while Sicario served as an influence for all 2016 drafts. - In excess of AUD $2,000 was spent on the production, for petrol, catering, footage storage, graphic design, poster printing, and other things. The budget figure does not include the cost of film equipment or props. - Shot in April and May 2016, but not released until October to allow for maximum post-production time. This allowed a third-party colorist to work on the movie, and the composer to create a full original soundtrack. - Betrayals & Bullets: The Dame director of photography James Huynh was recruited for additional photography & reshoots in June 2016. He also assisted in the editing process and digital effects compositing.

First Viewing Viewing Date: May 2nd Via: Netflix Plot: A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 28th Via: Blu-ray Plot: In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape from an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 28th Via: Cinema Plot: Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.

Viewed: Season 6

Game of Thrones has now progressed beyond the books that George R.R. Martin has written to date, yet Season 6 shows no sign of fatigue, and it always feels totally confident in itself. This is a spectacular season of this remarkable show, retaining the utterly cinematic production values whilst expanding the various narrative threads in engaging and satisfying ways. There are underwhelming arcs or episodes, of course, and it's a bit odd that episodes this season were comparatively short, but the final two episodes were simply perfection. Seriously, "The Battle of the Bastards" is the most amazing hour of television in history. It's a hard life being a Game of Thrones fan. Gotta wait till next year to see more.

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 18th Via: Blu-ray Plot: The unburied dead return to life and seek human victims.

First Viewing Viewing Date: March 29th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A group of eccentric aliens confer a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.