Botany Bay (1953)
It took an Australian filmmaker, John Farrow, to recreate the events of the First Fleet carrying prisoners from England to Botany Bay in New South…
Author: Ernest Dempsey
Hit and Run (1957)
Hugo Haas continued the classic noir tradition of the ‘40s well into the next decade with Hit and Run (1957) as a signature noir film…
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Bob Hope’s nutty and witty comedic talent lights the screen in this spoofedy (a spoof comedy) of ghostly places with folk tales of treasures attached…
Lies (1983)
The riveting thriller Lies (1983) is an underrated work by the famous duo of screenwriter and director brothers Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat. The crime…
Hombre (1967)
Martin Ritt’s Hombre (for “man” in Spanish) is a quality western featuring Paul Newman as the titular Hombre, otherwise John Russell – a white man…
Sssssss (1973)
The mad scientist storyline ruled sci-fi and horror cinema for decades, and is not quite dead yet (thank you Mary Shelley). It’s only been a…
Betrayal of Trust (1994)
So many generations grew up with the advice not to judge a book by its cover. The same is true of movies; so when you…
Monolith (1993)
From the pens of Stephen Lister and Eric Poppen came this action/sci-fi story that opens with a nice hook but starts losing its grip on…
I’m Not Him (2021)
When world governments and media were asking people to hide and run from the new killer bug, a group of filmmakers were busy making a…
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
Humor in the deep south, on the world map, can be unfathomable. Australian comedies can take things too far, literally and cinematically. For a sample,…