Anthony LaPaglia

Series Review: Netflix’s adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe is an extravagantly intimate experience

There comes a point in Boy Swallows Universe – Netflix’s splashy adaptation of Trent Dalton‘s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name – where you beg for the creators to let the show’s lead feature, 13-year-old Eli Bell (a standout Felix Cameron), earn a moment to catch his breath.  Sure, it’d let us as viewers do…

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Film Review: Nitram is a chilling, infuriating, yet respectful drama detailing one of Australia’s most horrific events

The Port Arthur Massacre of 1996 was horrific.  Perpetrated by a violently disturbed young man who shot and killed 35 people at a Tasmanian tourist site, with a legally purchased semi-automatic rifle, it, to this day, remains Australia’s worst massacre committed by a single person in the country’s history, as well as serving as the…

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Win a copy of Big Stone Gap on DVD

Based on the best selling book series, Big Stone Gap follows self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan, who at the age of 40 has decided happiness is for other people. That is, until a long-buried family secret throws her quiet life spectacularly off course. With an all-star cast featuring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony…

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