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Bourne Identity
Identity and Action
Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper and Clive
Owen. Rated M.
Reviewer
:: The Big Irish Git
More
than 20 years after Robert Ludlum penned the classic spy thriller
with a twist, Universal Pictures digs it up, dusts it off
and gives it the big-budget, seat-of-the-pants treatment it
deserves.
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 Panic
Room
If you’re claustrophobic, don’t watch this
Panic Room. Stars Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker
and Jared Leto. Columbia TriStar. Rated MA. 107 minutes
Reviewer :: Sue Caddaye
Certain
movies make people stand up and take notice – this is
one such movie.
Panic
Room is a fast-paced thriller that cleverly relies on just
six main characters and one location.
Crossroads
Only if there's nothing else on
Stars
Britney Spears, Justin Long. Roadshow. Rated M. 93 minutes.
Reviewer :: Mark
Eaton
If
you’re a big fan of Britney Spears and you’d like
to understand the teenager in your family a little better
then Crossroads is the film to watch.
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The
Brotherhoods
An
insight into an outlaw culture.
Inside
the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. Arthur Veno, 2002. $29.95, 277
pages.
Reviewer :: Brian Hickey
Hells
Angels, Gypsy Jokers, Bandidos and Comancheros. Most people
have pretty strong views on what a bikie is, what they look
like and, more importantly, why you should stay away from
them.
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Meet
the greatest gladiator
As
It Happened: The Real Spartacus. Saturday, October 12, at
7.30pm on SBS.
Reviewer: Ben Caddaye
I have a confession to make – I hated the movie Gladiator.
I thought it was superficial, clichéd and grossly inaccurate.
That’s probably why I couldn’t take my eyes off
the hour-long SBS documentary The Real Spartacus.
This is the real story of ancient Rome’s greatest gladiator.
Spartacus, the documentary explains, was one of history’s
greatest commanders of men.
Sold into slavery and forced to fight in front of Rome’s
masses, Spartacus ended up escaping with 70 fellow gladiators,
taking on the world’s finest army and holding it at bay
for two years.
The Real Spartacus takes us inside the colosseums of ancient
Rome and into the lives of its gladiators – considered
the lowest forms of life at the time.
It also puts the spotlight on one of the greatest warriors
the world has ever seen, and highlights how he fought right
up to his very grim demise.
Forget Russell Crowe – this bloke’s the real Gladiator.
Reuniting
refugee families
About
Us: In Limbo. Friday, October 11, at 8.30pm on SBS.
Reviewer: Ben Caddaye
Given the recent immigration debate, In Limbo is a timely
piece of television which will screen during national Refugee
Week.
It reveals the harsh reality of immigration as one man, Hoi
Trinh, struggles to reunite refugees with family members in
Australia, Europe and the United States.
“Getting the Minister to agree on reuniting the families
– that’s the hardest bit. The rest is easy,”
Hoi, a Vietnamese-Australian lawyer concedes.
The easy part of Hoi’s work is a mammoth task involving
complex negotiations with immigration departments around the
world.
In Limbo follows Hoi from Parliament House in Canberra, where
he meets Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock, to Oxford University
in England, where he studies on a scholarship, using the opportunity
to lobby EU countries on the issue of immigration.
One thing viewers will discover as they follow Hoi is that
many immigrants hoping to make a home in Australia with their
families are truly waiting in limbo.
A thought-provoking documentary, In Limbo is worth an hour
of your time.
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