Beneath Hill 60 (M)

In 1918, led by Queensland mining engineer turned reluctant captain Oliver Woodward (played by Brendan Cowell), the soldiers of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company dug under enemy lines to plant explosives beneath the German army on the Western Front.

 

 

The Blind Side (PG)

Sandra Bullock’s Academy Award-winning performance as Leigh Anne Tuohy is the centrepiece of this film. While not as heartbreaking as the recent Precious, the film follows the real-life exploits of homeless boy Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), his relationship with the Tuohy family and his eventual rise to become an NFL football player.

The Book of Eli (MA)

As Eli (Denzel Washington) drifts across the USA three decades after it has been reduced to rubble by cataclysmic warfare and human stupidity, he guards a book which may hold the key to the world’s rebirth.

Clash of the Titans (M)

Paying no mind to the first commandment decreed by the Almighty, this lame remake of a fondly remembered (but undeniably dodgy) 1980s fantasy schlocker suggests Greek gods exist and, led by Mount Olympus bossman Zeus, they played games with mere mortals back in ye olde times.

Date Night (M)

Far too many mainstream movies are loaded with unbelievable, irritating or shallow couples you have to force yourself to give two hoots about. But the Fosters’ battle with waning passion and habitual discontent has substance, highlighted when Phil and Claire put the handbrake on during a high-speed chase — so they can have it out.

Kick Ass (MA)

Based on a brash comic book which parodies and celebrates superheroes, Kick-Ass is chockers with the kind of controversial content smugly created so that the viewers who get off on it can sneer at those who don’t.

The Last Song (PG)

The template for a Nicolas Sparks’ adaptation is now set in stone: two people meet from vastly different backgrounds, fall in love and learn to deal with that love in the real world of compromise before a tragedy befalls one or both, leaving lots of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (G)

The simplicity of the Nanny McPhee films has always been their strong point. McPhee, a sort of turn-of-the-century super nanny, helps a family in need and then when her work is done a physical and emotional transformation is complete.

The Last Station (M)

This biopic explores the final chapter in the life of famed Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
At this point, Tolstoy was a fierce critic of the Russian government, branded a heretic by his church for his radical, anarcho-pacifist Christian philosophy and yet much vaunted for his novels.

 

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