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Parallax Podcast: debating Tim Burton and Dark Shadows, Wish You Were Here & more

Click here to listen to the latest episode of The Parallax Podcast In this episode of Crikey’s fortnightly movie podcast, myself and co-host and Rich Hardy discuss two new cinema releases (Dark Shadows and Wish You Were Here), two new DVDs (Hugo and Young Adult) then invite cult film guru Zak Hepburn to pluck a [...]

The Parallax Podcast: exploring The Avengers, debating Act of Valor, praising Burning Man & more

Click here to listen to the latest episode of The Parallax Podcast Is The Avengers a spectacular all-star superhero success? Is the latest Hollywood war film Act of Valor disgusting propaganda? Plus, reviews of Wasteland, Burning Man and a surprise cult film in this fortnight’s episode of The Parallax Podcast. 

Parallax Podcast: Sean Penn’s reinvention, the bombast of Battleship, Tintin on DVD and more

Click here to listen to The Parallax Podcast  Has Sean Penn reinvented himself? Is Penn’s performance in his new film This Must be the Place his weirdest yet? And is the big budget bombast of Battleship — based on a board game — as dumb as it looks? These questions and more are debated in [...]

The Parallax Podcast (episode three) — discussing The Hunger Games, A Dangerous Method, The Ides of March and more

It’s time for the latest episode of The Parallax Podcast, a fortnightly film debate podcast featuring myself, co-host Rich Haridy and cult film aficionado Zak Hepburn. Every episode Rich and I debate two new flicks from the cinema and two new release DVDs then welcome Zak — our resident cult film expert — onto the couch to chin wag [...]

The Parallax Podcast (episode two) — discussing The Raid, John Carter, We Need to Talk about Kevin and more

The Parallax Podcast – Ep 2 (15-3-12) by The Parallax Podcast Presenting the second episode of The Parallax Podcast, a fortnightly film debate podcast featuring myself, co-host Rich Haridy and cult film aficionado Zak Hepburn. Every episode Rich and I debate two new flicks from the cinema and two new release DVDs then welcome Zak — our resident cult [...]

The Parallax Podcast (episode one) — discussing Killer Elite, Carnage, Contagion, Midnight in Paris & more

The Parallax Podcast – Ep 1 (1-3-12) by The Parallax Podcast Here it is, ladies and gentlemen! Presenting the first official episode of The Parallax Podcast, featuring myself, co-host Rich Haridy and cult film guru Zak Hepburn. Every fortnight Rich and I debate two new flicks from the cinema and two new release DVDs then welcome Zak [...]

The Parallax Podcast (pilot episode) — discussing The Grey, The Artist, Human Centipede 2 & more

It seems every bona fide film blog these days has its own podcast. I figured it was time for Cinetology to join the fold. Teaming up with fellow film obsessive Rich Haridy — a man with whom I have shared many a spirited discussion — we present for your listening pleasure the pilot episode of [...]

Podcast: reviewing Final Destination 5 on MTR

This week, during my usual Thursday night spot on Melbourne Talk Radio, I reviewed Final Destination 5 with the station’s inimitable evening host Luke Grant. Our conversation, as it often does, took some twists and turns and in addition to the film we discussed horror movie dates, Alan Jones, and Grant’s invitation for me to [...]

Podcast: interview with Mark Lewis, director of Cane Toads: The Conquest

Part documentary, part invasion movie, part comedy and part creature feature, director Mark Lewis’s Cane Toads: The Conquest is a roaring nonfiction feature about the devastating effects the introduction of cane toads have had on Australia. An uproariously entertaining hybrid feature, available to watch to 3D in some venues across Australia, it is a sequel [...]

Podcast: discussing The Hangover 2 and The Tunnel with Luke Grant

Last night on Melbourne Talk Radio I discussed The Hangover 2 and the new Australian film The Tunnel with the always entertaining Luke Grant. I kicked my spot off with a ramble about the safe injecting rooms debate, one of the issues Luke previously discussed, but rest assured we do get around to yaking about films. Listen [...]

Podcast: talking about gout, uric acid, Justin Bieber and Bob Dylan

During my weekly Thursday night spot on MTR with host Luke Grant, we discussed an odd combination of subjects including gout, uric arthritis, Easter festivities, Justin Bieber and his movie Never Say Never and, finally, one of Bob Dylan’s recent concerts in Melbourne. Before my spot Luke talked about some of the things we can [...]

Podcast: discussing Limitless and The Reef with Glenn Ridge

This week on my usual spot on MTR I discussed the new pill popping SCI-FI drama Limitless and the Aussie creature feature The Reef with Glenn “Sale of the Century” Ridge. It was quite an entertaining discussion. Check out the podcast, below: MTR – March 17: Limitless and The Reef.

MTR podcast: discussing Black Swan and a bunch of others

After filling in for Steve Price over the last few weeks Melbourne Talk Radio host and all round nice guy Luke Grant has returned to his usual Monday to Friday evenings slot, bringing back our weekly movie discussion segment. In his absence I’ve been yacking with the minor media personalities MTR trundled in to fill [...]

MTR podcast: discussing Tron: Legacy, The Tourist, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and more…

This evening I had an entertaining discussion with Melbourne Talk Radio (and ex Sale of the Century) host Glenn Ridge during my weekly MTR film reviewing segment. It was a freewheeling yack that started off with my thoughts on cricket (and why there’s been no major cricket-themed movie) and culminated with a fishy discussion about [...]