Michael Bodey of The Australian has filed a review of Baz Luhrmanns' "Australia" for The Australian. He says the World War II romantic epic is "intermittently brillant, largely good but ultim... (more)

Greetings. I thought I'd take a break from my temporary AICN sabbatical ("Who are you supposed to be?" asks most of the readership) to drop in a review. I've been sitting on a half-finished FROST/NIXON review for about a month -- for reasons I'll go into when I finally submit my review -- but as ...

Via an early review of Baz Luhrmann's Australia at DH : "Baz isn't afraid to play up [Hugh Jackman]'s roguish charm or physical beefcake - notably displayed in a truly gratuitous bathing scene that plays out like an ad for a gay men's body wash." Besides co-opting my word - I need to ...

Oscar season is heating up, and with two hotly-anticipated and much buzzed-about flicks currently screening for critics, early word on both Australia and Revolutionary Road is beginning to leak out. First up, Australia's Herald Son has published one of the first reviews of Baz Lurhman's ...

Michael Bodey of The Australian has filed a review of Baz Luhrmanns' "Australia" for The Australian. He says the World War II romantic epic is "intermittently brillant, largely good but ultim... (more)

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Australia Photo: 20th Century Fox Australia is a film that is a drastic miscalculation on the part of director/co-writer Baz Luhrmann. This much stalled project once starred Russell Crowe, then Heath Ledger and ultimately Hugh Jackman and has taken ...

Australia (Baz Luhrmann, Australia, 2008) I’d like to preface my review of Baz Luhrmann’s Australia with some discussion of the film’s context. I’m generally not a fan of blockbuster films nor epics, and Australia is both. I’m quite selective about the media previews I attend, as time is usually ...