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WATCH is SixThousand's guide to movies in Perth. While we focus on art-house and independent releases, we never shun our secret pop-culture pleasures. WATCH also has its fingers on the pulse of film-festivals and specially programmed events and we give tickets away every week. We have also been known to organise special preview screenings, which we always chicken out of introducing on the microphone before the previews start playing.
'The Pride'
A dinner party with someone else is stressful as it is, let alone renovating the kitchen with them. My reno-mate and I turned into exaggerated caricatures of our insecurities and it was only a matter of time before the accusations of laziness surfaced. We've all been there and that's why we can all identify with Bruce and Linda, who are under pressure to make space for their relatives to help bring up their cubs.
Tomorrow When The War Began
A bunch of unfeasibly attractive teenagers go bush. Laughing, flirting, frolicking beside creeks and campfires... Something bad's definitely about to happen. Luckily, this isn't yet another of those shitty horror flicks Australian filmmakers insist on continuing to make. This all-Aussie action blockbuster is based on John Marsden's beloved young-adult novels set in an Australia invaded by an unspecified foreign power.
CinefestOz 2010
CinefestOz may not match Southbound in a ‘Busso-off', but this French/Oz film festival draws equivalent star power. Steve Bisley (Mad Max, Water Rats) opened the festival last night. He was due to receive the first ever Legend Of Australian Film Award. But in a slight hiccup he accidentally thanked archrival Bunbury and not Busso.
Boy
Everyone's had the moment when they realise their dad's not all that. For Luke Skywalker, it was shortly after having his hand cut off on Cloud City, for me it was the day I watched Dad, resplendent in a pair of red Speedos, challenge my cousin to a race across the backyard pool at a barbecue in Wodonga circa 1987.
The Killer Inside Me
Since I don't enjoy films whose gaze lingers on sadistic violence, I was a little worried about Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Jim Thompson's brutal pulp novel. For god's sake, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson have stunt doubles for their bashings, and someone appears in the credits as Alba's "prosthetic makeup artist".
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Filmmakers often struggle to incorporate the comic-book form into comic-book adaptations. Dick Tracy tried deep-focus lens tricks and limited colour scheme; Ang Lee's ill-fated Hulk used split-screen ‘panel' effects; Sin City and 300 cut-and-pasted Frank Miller's artwork. But Edgar Wright sets a new standard with Scott Pilgrim's clever framing, frenetic pace, split-screens, gaming imagery and onomatopoeic textual sound effects.
Gasp
Ever felt like your body was giving up on you? The doctor looks at you glibly, "Sorry, all in your mind!" Hey, it felt like a heart attack, buddy! Gasp is a play that deals with a more serious case of the mind fucking the body over.
Grace (acting spitfire Natalie Holmwood), a girl in her early 20s, starts having trouble breathing.
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