Nick's Favourites
Through the musty halls of the old Harbour Light Picture theatre Lyttelton and where the old merchant crusty sea captains checked their hand held compasses with the metallic 'star' inbuilt in the foyer floor I knew i had a passion till life's end. Contained therein is my retina's wink of approval with no one genre favoured. Ladies and Gentleman "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war'
Used Cars (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
Outrageous comedy about used car dealer rivalry. 'A classic screwball fantasy - a neglected modern comedy that's like a more restless and visually hig... Read more
Van Diemen's Land (2009)
6/10
Director: Jonathan auf der Heide
Starring: Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft
The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his escape into the beautiful but brutal Tasmanian wilderness. 1822: Van Di... Read more
Victoria (2015)
7.7/10
Director: Sebastian Schipper
Starring: Frederick Lau, Laia Costa, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
An after-midnight flirtation on the streets of Berlin gets thrillingly side-tracked by another chase entirely. Filmed in a single real-time take, its... Read more
Vigil / The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey / A State of Siege (1984)
Director: Vincent Ward
Starring: Bruce Lyons, Hamish McFarlane, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona...
A Vincent Ward double feature. 'Vigil' (1984, 86 mins) Director Vincent Ward supplies a striking visual atmosphere in this rural melodrama about life... Read more
Wag the Dog (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Anne Heche, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, William...
After a presidential scandal erupts two weeks before election day, Robert De Niro is the spin doctor called to the White House to deflect press attent... Read more
Wake in Fright (1971)
7.7/10
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Mei...
A naive young teacher finds himself in a remote outback school where the 'pupils' are more interested in killing kangaroos and sexual experimentation... Read more
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
5.8/10
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter
This outrageous black comedy tells the story of a young New York con-man whose karma catches up with him when he flees for his life into the Australia... Read more
What About Bob? (1991)
7/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Bill Murray
Hilarity abounds as neurotic Bill Murray discovers that his psychiatrist (Richard Dreyfuss) is about to go on vacation. What's a patient to do but tag... Read more
Whatever Works (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Michael McKean, Patricia Clarkson, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood,...
Meet New Yorker Boris Yellnikoff ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"'s Larry David): a sarcastic, bitter and brilliant misanthrope who almost won the Nobel Prize.... Read more
Where the Money Is (2000)
6.3/10
Director: Marek Kanievska
Starring: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney
Paul Newman is an aging bank robber who checks into a nursing home after having a stroke. Nurse Linda Fiorentino doesn't buy his claim, believing Newm... Read more