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Film Reviews for Film Nerds






MIFF Round-Up 2016 - Speed Review Round 1
I had an idealistic viewing schedule lined up this year for MIFF but luckily managed to see most of my picks either at the fest or around...


In Her Skin
The high-profile murder of beautiful Melbourne teen Rachel Barber by her jealous former babysitter is erratically dramatised in a lost...


Snowtown
Australia's infamous 'Bodies in the Barrels' case is given the celluloid treatment with a sobering and thought-provoking adaptation by...


The Loved Ones
This stock standard horror merges Carrie, The Last House On The Left and Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a high...


The Night The Prowler
Obscure 1978 Australian flick The Night The Prowler tries to do and say too much in a movie that doesn't seem to have much of an...


Wake In Fright
A missing Australian masterpiece from 1971, Wake In Fright, has been restored and redistributed after a quality print found in America...


Mao's Last Dancer
The Land of the Rising Sun's littlest Red Guard highkicks his way from Communist China to Houston, Texas in this adaptation of Li...




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