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Movies under ‘Drama’

The Snowtown Murders Review

The first film to cover the horrific ‘bodies in the barrels’ murders, SNOWTOWN has been eagerly awaited by many fascinated Australian’s; all assuming the movie would glorify the events which took place in South Australia.

Snowtown premiered, fittingly, at the Adelaide Bigpond Film Festival in Australia to much applause and approval from the audience. Several documentaries on the murders, majority of which took place in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, were very over the top. There was a lot of worry about the movie being just as graphic and violent.

Raw, confronting, and chilling in content, the movie did not cover all the murders. Many know that John Bunting and Robert Wagner would have the victims record messages for family before being killed, which was referred to as ‘voices from the dead’. Instead of portraying most of the murders, the movie would just echo the recordings of the victims.

Another surprise of the movie, was the lead character being Jamie Vlassakis; who would eventually accomplice Bunting and Wagner in the murders. Even myself would have thought the movie would focus more on John Bunting.

The movie began showing the raw and impoverished lifestyle Jamie shared with his younger brothers and sick mother Elizabeth Harvey in the Adelaide northern suburbs. When a neighbour ‘looks after’ Elizabeth’s sons, along comes John to watch over the family and begin his relationship with Elizabeth.

Jamie and John connect immediately, with Jamie taking a liking to John and the relationship he has with the family.

Unbeknownst to Jamie, John and his friends are on a killing spree, targeting homosexuals and pedophiles.

Until John shows Jamie the body of his friend Gavin, Jamie becomes reluctantly involved; taking part in the murder of Jamie’s half-brother Troy, who earlier in the movie raped Jamie.

One of the only flaws this movie had were the two murder scenes portrayed. Most of the violence was off-screen, but saying this, the movie was made tastefully and is respectful to the victims families and friends, not going into too much details on the murders.

Justin Kurzel did a terrific job directing the well casted unknown actors, and was able to create a very raw, unsettling and draining atmosphere without focusing too much on the murders, but focusing more on the relationship between Jamie and John.

The real highlight of the movie was Daniel Henshall’s portrayal of John Bunting. Henshall was able to bring much dark and light to the character, which made his performance as Bunting very believable and the film much more powerful.

Snowtown is definitely worth a watch, but if going to watch with little knowledge of the background of the murders, I would recommend reading up on what happened otherwise the movie may be hard to follow.


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The Wicker Tree Review

At some 38 years since its predecessor, The Wicker Tree must be one of the most belated of all notable sequels. Its also one that I suspect many have misgivings about and when it receives a wider release one that will get criticised heavily. For me though it was a qualified success, a fun and at times chilling companion piece that despite not being a patch on the original still boasts a good measure of charm.

It sees evangelist country and western singer Beth Boothby and her fiancée Steve setting off on a tour of Scotland to convert the locals, with results that I suspect will not surprise. The first thing that leaps out about the film is the humour. The Wicker Man was a film of dark comedy, true gallows humour but here the tone is a lot broader. Beth and Steve are as bright eyed and naive as can be and trip gaily to their fate, cranking the dramatic irony through the roof. There’s a fair amount of outright comedy as well, like a trashy music video from Beth’s past or scenes involving an unfortunate cat.

The humour ultimately is what sets the film back, as while intermittently amusing it is more often silly and ultimately deprives the piece of dread and suspense. In terms of horror aspects the film also suffers from a somewhat coy approach, as if trying not to upset the lighter tone. On the great plus side though, Robin Hardy directs with a wonderfully free and playful hand that comes across as remarkable for someone with only two features under his belt.

Although the erotic charm and ethereal menace of the original is lacking there’s a great visual wit to The Wicker Tree, especially in its constant contrasts. An early sequence in which an elegant castle facade gives way to a searching tracking shot down dark and twisting passages to a butchery is a good example, the beautiful face and bloody heart. Elsewhere the sacred and profane, Pagan and Christian, old and new and as it all builds we see that each opposition is no different from the one before and soon enough realise that in actuality there’s far more similarity than we think.

It’s an interesting development to the original in which the opposition was far stronger defined and a development rooted in the characters of Beth and Steve. Both Christians and sinners, they struggle with the path of righteousness and the ways of the flesh. Though neither are as ultimately sympathetic as Sgt. Howie from the original they are more rounded, though actors Brittania Nicol and Henry Garret are no match for Edward Woodward as they take too much time of the film to really settle into their characters.

On the villainous front things are stronger though, with Graham McTavish’s Lachlan Morrison a fine replacement for Christopher Lee (appearing for a moment in a gimmicky flashback). McTavish has a great good humoured superiority about him, a pleasant menace and fire and brimstone power when needed. Jacqueline Leonard carries herself. with mean elegance as Delia Morrison, Clive James makes for a good sinister handyman and voluptuous Honeysuckle Weeks a gorgeous temptress.

In general I would have preferred a more sinister approach and I don’t think even the dafter inclined will like all of the humour but for all this I thought The Wicker Tree rather fine fun. 7/10 from me, check it out to see for yourself is my advice.


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The Grey Review

A lot of people will complain about this film not having enough action or being too introspective or whatever other reason they can think of not to like the film. But the reality is, this is a fantastic movie about survival when there is little to no chance of doing so. In fact, the film speaks about a lot of things. It speaks about man versus nature, about being male, and about the human spirit’s need to persist. What this film is not is an action-adventure or one about Liam Neeson punching wolves. No, the trailer really pulled a number on anyone expecting a loud movie about wolf killing.

The film’s setup is simple: Neeson’s bodyguard-like character to a group of men drilling in Alaska finds himself and several others having survived a plane crash and facing the cold, harsh wilderness in an attempt to get back to civilization. In said wilderness, they are faced with a pack of wolves who have had their space invaded by these men and are out for blood. The cast is mostly fantastic, but obviously Neeson shines in the lead role. He is the kind of hard-edged man we’ve seen of him recently, but like the rest of the cast, he is vulnerable. The film speaks a great deal about the male ego and what it means to actually be a man. We’re told that these men Neeson is protecting are some of the worst kind of men, being criminals and just general a-holes. But when faced with such impending doom, these men show their vulnerabilities. They come across as tough and gruff. Even Neeson plays things cold and disconnected, but over the course of the film we learn about each of the men, see the things they truly care about, and even see them face fear when they would otherwise not admit to being afraid. It’s a film that shatters the image of male machismo in a slow, thought provoking way.

Now, I’ve already mentioned that the film isn’t an action-adventure in the way that people might expect, but it is nonetheless heart racing (or stopping, take your pick). Nearly every minute of screen time is taken up by some kind of tension, and this is in part thanks to pure visual and audio goodness. The darkness surrounding the men, the sounds of trees breaking, or wolves howling. It all creates a frightening, edge of your seat atmosphere. And when the attacks come, they come quickly and quietly. It’s unsettling and has you bracing for more. It’s not just wolf attacks either. Nature is as much a killer of these men as the wolves, and facing the cold and an attempt to escape prove harrowing, and sometimes even fatal. It’s a film shot beautifully, but in that beauty is true terror, the kind of which few films these days can create. Sound is as much apart of that terror as it’s look, and the two combine fantastically.

The film is also fairly depressing. There is little hope here, and as the men come to face their individual fates, the sense of dread grows greater. This coupled with an ending that many may find disappointing will probably turn other viewers off. I, for one, was not. The movie is still quite fantastic despite it’s depressing tone, and even if the ending isn’t quite what we’d anticipate, there’s enough of a sense of finality in it that it seems justified. In other words, if all you expect is a film that is shallow and about what you see, instead of what you feel and think, then you will most likely be disappointed. But if you’re looking for an exciting, edge of your seat, thought provoking film with a lot to say, then The Grey is something you will probably enjoy. It’s certainly a heck of a good way to kick off a new year of cinema.

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