To be honest I wasn’t expecting much from this film; and that’s exactly what I received. Not much. Unfortunately I found the film in want of a story. It was allegedly to be an exploration of the Lost Generation, Aboriginal children who had been taken off to mission schools (sound like Canada?) where they suffered degradation, assimilation and abuse. What Australia delivered was an overly-long almost farce, almost Australian Western, almost war film, almost serious…

Not since Tom Hanks’ s Academy Award winning role in Philadelphia has such a remarkable film been made. A stunning, sensitive, subtle and gutsy performance by Sean Penn, who carries this film almost single-handedly. The story of Harvy Milk, what he stood for, what he advocated, is one that will resonate throughout society for decades to come. Definitely one of the ‘must-see’ films for anyone with a social conscience.

With a subject like the controversial George W. Bush, and the directorial pedigree of Oliver Stone, W captured my attention right from the first trailers. Watching the film was capivating. Without descending to stand-up comedy punches, or perpetuating cliches, Oliver Stone presents a frank, spell-binding film, with remarkable performances by Josh Brolin (George W. Bush), Richard Dreyfuss portraying a convincingly spider-like Dick Cheney, and Scott Glenn the cool trough-guzzler Donald Rumsfeld. The film is packed…