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Cold Fact by Rodriguez

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Cold Fact is the debut album from American singer-songwriter Rodriguez. It was released in the...

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The Most Beautiful Gardens Ever Written

Jane Gillette

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Are gardens anything more than collections of plants? Spaces for leisure activities? Extensions that...

The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems

Peter Porter

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Satirist, philosopher, elegist, aphorist, cultural historian -- Peter Porter is perhaps too singular...

Charlie's Farm (2014)

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Set in Australia, this newer slasher stars (Ugh) Tara Tied, Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley and a beast of...

Horror Slasher Charlie Farm Gore

The Art of Pasta

Lucio Galletto and David Dale

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Lucio's Italian Restaurant in Sydney Australia was established in 1983 and enjoys a remarkable...

Guy Pearce recommended Gallipoli (1981) in Movies (curated)

Gallipoli (1981)

1981 | International, Drama

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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"One of my favorite directors is Peter Weir, and a film that I watched recently of his is Gallipoli — Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, as well as a bunch of other great Australian actors. I think that film for me is this incredible combination of the brutality of war and yet the sensitivity of the human spirit, and I think Mel Gibson is absolutely electric and fantastic in that film, but I think Mark Lee is utterly heartbreaking. His almost non-sexual personality and spirit is so engaging and sensitive that the film, and the combination with his performance, the energy of the film, and then the music in that film really — I think music is a really important aspect in film, and, as you know, you can play Yakety Sax over a scene, or you can play something from Morricone over a scene, and the scene will then have a completely different meaning and feel. That’s an extreme example, but if music is done well in a movie, it can turn anything, even a three dimensional performance — it can make it turn more three dimensional because it enhances what is meant to be there. I think that the music used in Gallipoli is just utterly heartbreaking. Really, really heartbreaking and beautiful."

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Darren Fisher (2447 KP) rated Shark's Paradise (1986) in Movies

Dec 12, 2020 (Updated Dec 12, 2020)

Shark's Paradise (1986)

1986 | Action, Mystery

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Get your damn hands off me or I'll give you a social disease you wouldn't believe...!"

This is a pretty crazy Australian made for TV film. Throw in every film cliché you can mention, some extremely bad 80's fashion, hilariously bad dialogue, speed boats, car chases and you get the Aussie equivalent of Miami Vice with sharks... well almost. It's great fun and there's never a dull moment. Don't expect much shark action though. Apart from a couple of brief scenes at the beginning and the end the sharks are barely in it. Not that it really matters. The idea that a mad genius(?) is holding a city to ransom with the threat of sending 100's of sharks to their coastlines to decimate the public is fun but the loop hole is massive (erm... just stay out the bloody water!). When our leading lady is hanging off the feet of a helicopter it is so glaringly obvious it's a stunt double (twice the size of the actress and more 'blokey' looking). I laughed my ass off all the way through. An added bonus is the soundtrack, featuring the likes of Split Enz, INXS and The Hoodoo Gurus and The Church among others. Trashy fun. Neat!