Geek of Oz

When I first moved to Australia, I was not – as Dave Chappelle would say – having a great go at it. An ethnically ambiguous kid with a weird accent, in a weird city, with just one friend who was also all of those things and from the same country I’d just left, I felt pretty alone. I didn’t have anyone to hang out with, so my granddad would pick me after school on his bike and dink me to the local library. For a suburban Gold Coast joint, it had an impressively dense comic book section with a row of multicoloured beanbags guarding it like a protective fence from the other texts. The first thing I saw on the shelf of that hallowed ground was two collected volumes positioned side-by-side. The first was Batgirl: A Knight Alone , which featured the defining image of Cassandra Cain’s Batgirl: arms flexed gripping a Batarang and poised on a Gotham rooftop as the Bat signal was illuminated in the night sky behind her. The cover by Damian Scott was mostly all black - with the exception of a...

I , Tonya has that elusive energy that more biopics should go searching for. An interesting examination of the cycle of violence which haunts so many victims of domestic violence. Margot Robbie delivers another fine performance. High energy, lots of laughs and a killer soundtrack. Decent night at the movies. Tick in every box. I , Tonya is in theatres everywhere. If you see the film and want to discuss it further, feel free to drop a line in the comments below or come over to our Facebook page to have a chat. 8/10 - Stu  - Stu

The latest film in the DC Extended Universe is available on DVD and Blu-ray from December 7th! It feels good to be bad. Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realise they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself? To win a copy of Suicide Squad on Blu-Ray simply Like, Share or Comment on our Facebook post to win The series stars: Viola Davis, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne...

Action films are famous for their large-scale stunts and some actors are more than happy to cast off a stunt double for a slice of the glory. To celebrate the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back on October 20 , we have curated the top 12 actors who have risked life and limb to do their own stunts. Tom Cruise Cruise has starred in a lot action flicks in his time and has gained major street cred by completing all of his own stunts. The Mission: Impossible series is his most well-known chain of stunts where Cruise not only climbed, but ran down the mirrored glass exterior of the Burj Khalifa, the 181-story skyscraper in Dubai that holds the record for the highest structure ever built. He has also put his life at risk doing his own stunt driving in the fast-paced car chase scenes of Jack Reacher, the sequel of which, titled Jack Reacher: Never Go Back , is in cinemas from October 20! Margot Robbie Proud Aussie moment, Gold Coast beauty Margot Robbie did a trem...

Episode 14! Stu and Billy delve back into the DC Cinematic Universe this week to watch Suicide Squad! Written & Directed by David Ayer ( Training Day, Harsh Times, Street Kings, Fury ), Suicide Squad has intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) deciding to assemble a team of dangerous, incarcerated supervillains for a top-secret task force, Task Force X.  The team is who's who of rogues from the DC Universe including the likes of Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), and many other despicable inmates. The Team is also led in field by Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman). Dubbed the Suicide Squad, the united criminals must defeat a mysterious and powerful entity while contending with the antics of the diabolical Clown Prince Crime, The Joker (Jared Leto). We also review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ultimate Edition, which was just recently releas...

Margot Robbie and Tina Fey as they give us a glimpse of their characters who are reporting from the front line in WHISKEY TANGO FOXTRO T When reporter Kim Barker’s (Tina Fey) life needs something more, she decides to 'shake it all up’ by taking an assignment in a war zone. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had. Sometimes it takes saying ‘WTF’ to find the life you were always destined to have. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa ( Crazy, Stupid, Love ) screenplay by Robert Carlock ( Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock ) WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT will hit Australian cinemas 12 May 2016 - Stu

For his latest film, The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese adheres to the old adage: ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. The diminutive maestro has been cranking out epic crime films for the past forty years. The Wolf of Wall Street is draped in debauchery and proudly indulges in oodles of sex, drugs and naughtiness whilst still acting as a searing indictment of what damage Wall Street traders were able to do throughout the late 80s and into the 90s. This is the kind of film which will either make you hate corporate corruption or go out and buy some shares. Based upon Jordan Belfort’s autobiography of the same name, the film tracks his rise to prominence off the back of some ingenious yet shady loopholes within the stock market. On the way up the corporate food chain, Belfort brings along his closest friends Donnie (Jonah Hill), Brad (Jon Bernthal), Chester (Kenneth Choi) and Nicky (P. J Byrne), all good New Jersey boys who blindly follow the charismatic Belfort through thick...