Geek of Oz

Beneath Zootopia’s furry facade, lurks some compelling social commentary. Sure it’s a kids film about an adorable bunny cop solving a missing persons case; but for adults, the filmmakers have laced this story with the perils of stereotyping and the manipulation of citizens via fear. A lot to squeeze into a animated feature, but the Mouse House just keeps delivering the goods film after film. After a run in with the local bully, Judy Hopps vows to defy the odds and become Zootopia’s first bunny police officer. Moving from her parents’ carrot farm to the big smoke is an eye-opening experience, as Judy learns life isn't quite what she thought. When she's given her first real case, Judy is forced to team up with some unlikely partners to get to the bottom of it. There's enough mystery to keep adults engaged without it going too far over the heads of younger viewers. I hate saying this, cause I feel like I'm repeating it with every new film, but this is some t...

I watch hundreds of hours of cinema each year in order to find films like Son of Saul . Simply put, it’s remarkable; maybe even the best film I’ll see all year. It’s an unrelenting look at the holocaust from a its most disturbing perspective: exposing us to the inner machinations of a Nazi death camp. Truly disturbing and fascinating (in its depiction of human capacity for brutality) in equal measure. I’m still processing the effect this film has had on me. The film follows Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig), who is a Sonderkommando - an Hungarian Jew forced to work within the gas chambers at a death camp. His duties entail herding unsuspecting victims into processing rooms, where they strip naked on the promise of hot food and a ‘shower’. From there they are led to the gas chambers and Saul is forced to witness the fate of the victims time and time again as they are massacred with ruthless efficiency. All this changes when Saul identifies a body of an individual with whom he had a ...

Friends, geeks, cinephiles lend me your eyes? Pretty sure that's how that goes. Anyway, moving on, we'd like to try something we've never done before, but it'll need some help from you guys. We're looking at establishing a Geek of Oz film club; one that either meets up in person for a film or we all watch it on our Pat Malone and then come together to discuss things here on the site. Hopefully you're like me and just love discussing cinema with like-minded folk. At this stage all I'd really like to know is if people are at all interested in a film club of sorts. We'd be aiming at catching one film a month at first to see how that goes and maybe increase depending on schedules and what not. I'd like to see this as an opportunity for people to see films they may not otherwise get a chance to see. If we're meeting up in person I'd be aiming to do so at either Dendy Cinemas in Newtown or one of the Palace Cinemas in Sydney, given they...