Tag Archives: australia

Shine

IMDB Rating: 7.50
17016 votes

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Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.
Actors
David Helfgott - AdultGeoffrey Rush
TonyJustin Braine
SylviaSonia Todd
Also posted in 1996, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

IMDB Rating: 5.80
14495 votes

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Mad Max is a former cop who finds himself in a post-apocolyptic desert town called Bartertown. He is hired by the leader of the city to fight in a gladiator like arena called Thunderdome, so he can kill Auntie's rival master blaster. He is later banished and finds a group of children that survived a plane crash during the war. They believe he is their former pilot Captain Walker. Some of the children leave to find their fabled tomorrow morrow land. So Mad Max has to save them from the desert and from Auntie's Bartertown.
Actors
'Mad' Max RockatanskyMel Gibson
Aunty EntityTina Turner
Jedediah the PilotBruce Spence
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

December Boys

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It's the 1960s, Australia. 4 orphaned boys, who are best friends, escape their orphanage and go to a beach resort. At the resort is a couple that's keen on adopting a boy, which causes tension & competition between the boys. One of the boys also has his first romance with a girl that's there.
Actors
MapsDaniel Radcliffe
LucyTeresa Palmer
SparkChristian Byers
Also posted in 2007, Drama, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

Jindabyne

IMDB Rating: 7.10
752 votes

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Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. Stewart's wife Claire is the last to find out. Deeply disturbed by her husband's action, her faith in her relationship with Stewart is shaken to the core. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination to help the victim's family Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance. The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.
Actors
Claire KaneLaura Linney
Stewart KaneGabriel Byrne
GregoryChris Haywood
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Aquamarine

IMDB Rating: 3.90
3558 votes

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After a vicious storm , half the ocean washes into the beach club swimming pool. Two teenagers, Haley and Claire, discover a mermaid in the pool. She tells them that she needs to find love in three days, and they agree to help her because helping a mermaid means you get a wish, and they decide that they can use their wish to try and stop Haley from moving to Australia.
Actors
ClaireEmma Roberts
HaileyJoanna 'JoJo' Levesque
AquamarineSara Paxton
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comments (0)

The Proposition

IMDB Rating: 7.50
7378 votes

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Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.
Actors
Samuel StoteTom Budge
Charlie BurnsGuy Pearce
Martha StanleyEmily Watson
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

IMDB Rating: 8.10
88281 votes

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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise...
Actors
The BrideUma Thurman
BillDavid Carradine
O-Ren IshiiLucy Liu
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kangaroo Jack

IMDB Rating: 4.00
5459 votes

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A comedy that follows the misadventures of two friends from Brooklyn who are forced to deliver mob money to Australia. While taking pictures of a kangaroo, one of them places his red jacket on it. When the wild kangaroo bounces off, they realize the mob money is in the jacket and are forced to give chase through the Outback.
Actors
Charlie CarboneJerry O'Connell
Louis BookerAnthony Anderson
JessieEstella Warren
Also posted in 2003, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Comments (3)

The Hard Word

IMDB Rating: 6.00
1255 votes

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Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
Actors
DaleGuy Pearce
CarolRachel Griffiths
FrankRobert Taylor
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Cats & Dogs

IMDB Rating: 5.20
9515 votes

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There's a secret war being waged in the homes and neighborhoods of Earth that the humans don't even know about; an eternal struggle between two great armies: the Cats and the Dogs. The film follows a Cat's plan to destroy a new vaccine, that if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats. Specifically, it's the story of a young pup (Tobey Maguire) whose job it is to guard the vaccine. Other dogs include a wise older dog who watches out for him (Susan Sarandon), a large friendly dog (Michael Clarke Duncan), and a small dog who serves as an electronics expert (Joe Pantoliano). Jeff Goldblum is the human scientist that invented the vaccine.
Actors
Professor BrodyJeff Goldblum
Mrs. BrodyElizabeth Perkins
Scotty BrodyAlexander Pollock
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)