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Austrialian tourism industry hopes Kidman-Jackman epic film

James Fisher Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman's "Australia" plays out amid some spectacular scenery. SYDNEY, Australia | The camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town....

Movie Review: Australia

Australia starts off well, justifying the reason for its existence by mentioning something about the Australian government's policy during WWII to kidnap half-white/half-aboriginal boys and take them... [[ This is a content...

‘SEXY’ JACKMAN MAKES HIS DAD UNEASY

HUGH JACKMAN’s Sexiest Man Alive status, bestowed on him by America’s People magazine, has created an uncomfortable tension between the Australian actor and his old-fashioned father. The X-Men star discovered the publication...

David Denby: "Frost/Nixon" and "Australia."

In 1969, just after Richard Nixon was elected President, he gave a press conference in which he addressed the question of Soviet-American relations. His remarks were an entirely cogent and candid summing up of the state of...

`Quantum of Solace` expected to be #4 at US box-office this Thanksgiving

Holiday-themed comedy is paying off nicely for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Vince Vaughn-Reese Witherspoon comedy "Four Christmases" on track to win the Thanksgiving box office - reports Variety. On Friday--a huge moviegoing...

The Oscar silly season kicks into gear

In the past two weeks the producers, actors and directors of this season's contenders have been traveling between Los Angeles and New York, holding star-studded screenings, indulging in lavish parties and all but licking the...

New movies in theaters

'Australia' go-star-lists/ HHH½ | (PG-13: 2:45): When director Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge") applies his bountiful imagination to the story of his native country, the wildly entertaining result is part Western, part war story...

The pressure's on Baz

Michael Bodey | December 01, 2008 Article from: The Australian BAZ Luhrmann has more pressing things on his mind than the state of the Australian film industry. No, Australia would be the saviour of a depressed Australian film...

Holiday cheer continues spreading the spirit at the movies

It’s only fitting that the crop of winter movie releases heats up just as the temperature descends in Kansas. All the more reason to sit inside a cozy theater while the season dishes out a frigid dystopia. The cinematic stretch...

Scenery Is Star

The film camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town. The color is brilliant, the emptiness palpable and the soundtrack soars dramatically as warplanes bomb a city.