The Chauvet Cave in southern France is a site of extraordinary natural and cultural value, holding fossilised remains of long extinct animals and 32,000-years-old cave
Year: 2011
DVD review – The Hole (2009), Region 4, Pinnacle Films
Having once again reluctantly moved house with their mother Susan (Teri Polo), teenager Dane (Chris Massoglia) and younger brother Lucas (Nathan Gamble) relieve their boredom
Film review – The Lion King (1994)
Revisiting The Lion King seventeen years after its original release, it is easy to see why it captured the imagination of audiences at the time.
DVD review – Mrs Carey’s Concert (2011), Region 4, Madman
Two popular genres come together in this Australian documentary – the backstage musical and the inspirational-teacher-saves-troubled-students drama. Karen Carey is the music director at the
Aliens: Mothers, monsters and marines
James Cameron’s 1986 film Aliens contains a fascinating exploration of the way Western culture has traditionally aligned feminine characteristics onto nature while masculine characteristics have
Making stupidity a virtue in Hollywood is dumb
Hollywood has a lot to answer for in its demonisation of experts. In a Hollywood film there’s a good chance that if somebody knows what