Geek of Oz

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...

The awesome folks at Dendy Newtown Cinemas are bringing back some of the biggest, baddest and all-round kickass-est (yep it's a thing) films for a very special season of cult classics. You know that you're in safe hands when the opening films are Predator, Clueless and Alien. Take your time to peruse the line up and just marvel at all that 80s and 90s goodness. No matter what your particular brand of nostalgia is, they've got you covered. Click here for their full line up ; including ticket prices, session times and other helpful tidbits. I know I'll be catching a fair few of these gems while I can. - Stu

Guillaume Vincent's directorial debut Land of the Bears is an impressive documentary set in the pristine wilderness of the Kamchatka, Russia. An almost magical land; unaltered by mankind and ruled by 20,000 brown bears. The region endures winters which last up to eight months, which the bears hibernate through. But once summer rolls around, man these bears spring to life and descend upon a nearby network of rivers to gorge on thousands of salmon which swarm to the region to lay their eggs and ultimately perish. Perhaps a touch circle-of-life esque, but easily forgiven since the visuals are so jaw dropping gorgeous. The film follows the escapades of five brown bears of various ages as they emerge from their slumber and seek out their salmon buffet. We meet a three year male who's experiencing his first summer without his mother, a 600kg twelve year old male and a mother with her two adorable cubs. Through a series of montages we observe the different approaches to maki...