These boys have a hide
Buffalo Soldiers
Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn.
Rated M.
Reviewer: PTE Simone Heyer

This movie was first due out about the time of September 11, 2001, but because of the way the US Army was depicted, its distributors thought it best to hold it over for a few years until the world – in particular the Americans – could handle it.

Rex tells his tale
Rex, My Life
By Rex Hunt. Pan Macmillan Australia. 297pp. $30.
Reviewer: LS Rachel Irving

There would be few people in Australia who haven’t heard of Rex Hunt.

Known by many as the voice of football and the face of fishing, Rex is a colourful character who has entered the lounge rooms of most of us at some stage, entertaining us with his uniquely Rex expressions.

Rugged job behind bars
The Experiment
Stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Woton Wilke Mohring.
The AV Channel. Rated MA.
Reviewer: PTE Simone Heyer

Being a winner in the Berlin film festival doesn’t guarantee a good film. But this film is unforgettable.

The Experiment is about Tarek Fahd (Bleibtreu), who wants to earn a bit of extra cash and replies to a newspaper ad looking for people to take part in a simulated prison-style experiment.

The job pays well for two weeks in solitary confinement.

Tarek was a print journalist until it became too stressful, so he began driving taxis. He goes into the experiment with a view to write a winning story with photos acquired from Bond-style glasses.

Dam brilliant doco
The Dambusters
Screens on The Big Picture on the ABC on Wednesday, September 17, at 8.30pm.
Reviewer: Paul Cross

It is now 60 years since a squadron of Lancaster bombers took off from England to strike at Germany’s industrial heartland in a daring and unprecedented raid for its time.

Spring 1943 was to be the time of the Dambusters – Wing Commander Guy Gibson and the men of No. 617 Squadron – and of an English engineer, inventor and aircraft designer, Barnes Wallis.