by renée brack | Jul 13, 2016 | Archive, Blog
I was an innocent bystander to Ghostbusters. Now I am an eye witness to a crime against cinema. Who is the audience for this? Kids under 10 who love the sliming of stars at the Nickelodeon Awards? The 4 female ghostbusters played by smart comediennes were stupid in...
by renée brack | May 15, 2016 | Archive, Blog
Here is a snapshot of the Australian stats for spinal cord injury (SCI). Mostly young people, mostly car accidents and the fiscal cost is $4b but on a personal level, the true cost is too immense to measure. Recently, I was invited to a cocktail event at the Park...
by renée brack | May 14, 2016 | Archive, Blog
Festival director Nashen Moodley continues to evolve the SFF into the most intriguing and beguiling international cinematic experience. The 2016 slate of screenings is astounding with too many highlights to cram into a single blog. There’s...
by renée brack | Apr 4, 2016 | Archive, Blog
I chatted with director Jon Favreau in Sydney about his CGI 3D masterpiece The Jungle Book for Disney with the only live action from Neel Sethi – the actor playing Mowgli. Here are the trailers side by side – for Favreau’s 2016 version + Disney’s 1967 animated...
by renée brack | Apr 1, 2016 | Archive, Blog
On April Fool’s Day, private health cover premiums rose again – this time 5-6%. BUPA shafted me with my annual price gouge – this time 7.2% – with a healthy dose of ‘put up and shut up’: There are 4 industries that should not have shareholders: Health...
by renée brack | Feb 1, 2016 | Archive, Blog
A Belgian, a Persian, a Maori, an American, a Samoan and I walk into a bar… It’s called The Ugly Mermaid (yep)… At Le Vasa on Upolu Island, Samoa, the chairs, roof and all fittings are tied together with twine spun by the locals making it look and feel like Gilligan’s...
