Trailer: Apocalyptic

Released late 2014 on DVD and VOD by Monster Pictures, Apocalyptic is another addition to the found footage genre made famous by The Blair Witch Project and more recently Paranormal Activity. The film has a great website where you can find a heap of production videos from director, Glenn Triggs. Click here for more.

The Reckoning website launched

A brand new website was launched today for WA filmed, The Reckoning. Written and directed by John V. Soto and staring Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Johnathan LaPaglia, The Reckoning is the story of a detective who is trying to track down two teenage runaways whose video footage contains the identity of his…

Focus on 2014: The Mule

The Mule STARRING Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson DIRECTED BY Angus Sampson, Tony Mahony WRITTEN BY Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson CINEMATOGRAPHY Stefan Duscio RELEASE DATE 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY We’ve made it quite clear from previous features on this website that we love a debut. This is the first feature film for both co-directors, Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony. Angus is one of…

John Doe: Vigilante Oz release date announced

JOHN DOE: VIGILANTE STARRING Jamie Bamber, Lachy Hulme and Bryce Hardy DIRECTED BY Kelly Dolen WRITTEN BY Stephen M. Coates CINEMATOGRAPHY David Parker RELEASE DATE May 1, 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY We’re not sure what to make of either of the 2 trailers for Kelly Dolen’s new film, or the publicity behind it. The filmmakers seem keen to let us know that…

Review: Safe Tracks not gritty enough

39 years after her trek from the red dust of Alice Springs to the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean, with just her dog Diggity and four camels as company, Robyn Davidson’s Tracks has finally reached the big screen. In her book of the same name, and of which this film is based, Robyn…

Australia’s southern delights

Four Australian films have been selected to screen at the 2014 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. Writer/directors Michael and Peter Spierig’s Predestination, directors Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s The Mule, and writer/director Hugh Sullivan’s The Infinite Man will have their world premiere screenings. Kitty Green’s feature documentary Ukraine Is…

A truly terrifying trailer

Finally, the trailer for The Babadook has lunged out of it’s dark closet and onto our computer screens. Jennifer Kent’s extension of her short film Monster looks truly terrifying and of the highest quality. It’s already making some noise at Sundance and is sure to provide a lot of scares when it hits Australian cinemas sometime this…

New Wolf Creek 2 Poster

Greg Mclean tweeted a new poster for his much anticipated Wolf Creek 2 this afternoon with the message “Official poster is out folks! Nice one Village Roadshow design boys n girls!.” While there’s no update to the Wolf Creek 2 website, we’re sure the poster will be available in a higher resolution soon enough. Wolf…