Australian/New Zealand movies: 2007

First of a three part update for 2007. Not a lot of nudity in part 1 but there's plenty of nudity from Emma Booth in Clubland and a decent nude scene in Corroboree while there's some good brief nudity in Cracking On and December Boys.

Again there's not a lot of nudity in the second part of the 2007 update but there is some good nudity in sex trafficking drama The Jammed and shitty American co-production Lords of the Underworld.

A little bit of nudity in the final update for 2007 with a couple of decent scenes in the moody drama West, satirical comedy Rats and Cats and a few nude scenes in vampire drama A Nocturne. There's also some nudity from foreign actresses in a couple of movies: Romulus, My Father and Unfinished Sky.

2007

Acting Out

Low budget drama about a teenage girl Skye (Lara Cox, severely miscast) who is forced into seeing a psychiatrist after being suspended from high school for her overly sexual behaviour. She is frustrated at the world and having trouble dealing with her parents break up, particularly being left with her mother who is inattentive towards her. One day she meets Danny (Sam Atwell) outside a convenience store, who strikes an instant interest in her even though Skye couldn't care less. He offers her a ride home and she accepts despite not knowing him. Skye continues to meet Danny and she gives in to him but it eventually ends in him wanting more from her. She then tries to get back with her estranged father but he has moved on and this pushes her over the edge and forces her to face up to her problems. For a movie that tries to be a serious drama about a girl dealing with her issues, casting a clearly too old Lara Cox in the lead is a mistake but then they dress her in a fantasy school girl uniform and this movie is just not serious. And what's up with Danny who comes out-of-nowhere to basically infiltrate her life that's barely not stalking but is strangely considered a good influence. There could be a good movie here but it gets lost in it's own silliness.

No nudity in Acting Out but there's a couple of videos of mild sexiness available here.

 

 

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

Romantic comedy about Anthea (Charlotte Gregg) who is currently single, overworked, pining for her ex and in a weird friendship with her ex-lover Michael (Matt Zeremes). She then gets the idea to leave Brisbane just like all her friends are and has her sights set on London. Michael tries to talk her out of it because Brisbane is perfectly fine and everyone ends up back there anyway. Anthea tries to talk her friend Kath (Cindy Nelson) into going but isn't really receptive. Michael has his own issues with his own odd relationship with his ex Stephanie (Sarah Kennedy) but then he meets workmate Simone (Romany Lee) and becomes attracted to her. Just as Anthea is set to leave, her ex Jake (Gyton Grantley) arrives back in Brisbane for good and she becomes interested in getting back with him. This causes a fracture in her friendship with Michael but after a night with Jake, Anthea remembers why he was her ex and sets her sights on London again. Can Anthea mend her friendship with Michael before she leaves? Surprisingly good twentysomething story that is likeable and feels grounded in a certain reality plus it helps that the cast is fairly charming. Also at barely 70 minutes, it zips along nicely.

No nudity in All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane but there's a few sexy scenes which I've finally made videos of and they are available below. Previous collages I made are available here.

Charlotte Gregg in All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

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Cindy Nelson in All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

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Romany Lee in All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

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Black Water

Two killer crocodile movies were made in Australia and released in 2007, this extremely low budget effort and the $25 million dollar Rogue from the director of Wolf Creek which was a huge flop. Interestingly, Black Water was also the much better movie. Grace (Diana Glenn), her husband Adam (Andy Rodoreda) and Grace's sister Lee (Maeve Dermody), who has her eye on Adam, go for a tour by boat down a river with guide Jim (Ben Oxenbould). Well a big crocodile attacks the boat and kills Jim leaving the other three to fend for themselves for the rest of the movie. The thing the makes this movie better than the bigger budgeted Rogue is that this movie is far more grounded in a scary and tense reality while Rogue tries to go more the Lake Placid direction but not in a humourous way like that movie. Funnily enough both the director of this movie and the director of Rogue would both make a movie called The Jungle. Baffling.

No nudity in Black Water but there's a few sexy scenes that are available to view here.

 

 

Clubland
aka Introducing the Dwights

Comedy about a shy young adult Tim (Khan Chittenden) who starts going out with his first girlfriend Jill (Emma Booth) but there is one thing holding him back from committing to a relationship with her and it's his incredibly overbearing bawdy comedian mother Jean (Brenda Blethyn). Jean sees that her two boys, Tim and his disabled brother Mark (Richard Wilson) are drifting away from her so she begins to undermine Tim's relationship with Jill. Then things get worse when Jean's big break back into the stand-up comedy scene goes horribly. OK comedy that has a very good lead performance from Blethyn as an extremely overbearing mother but at times she's really hard-to-take and goes way too far. She is well cast and makes the movie work better than it should and is particularly good as a bawdy comedian.

Extensive nudity from Emma Booth and a few other sexy scenes plus one of the showgirls takes off her bra and exposes her breasts. I'm not entirely sure who it is but it's one of the four dancers credited.

You can find collages and HD videos from Clubland here. A preview is below.

Emma Booth in Clubland

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

 

Showgirls in Clubland

    

 

 

Corroboree

Arty drama about Conor (Conor O'Hanlon) who is summoned to a country house by a mysterious theatre director (Ian Scott) who is dying. The director asks Conor to interact with five actress in different rooms around the house where they will perform various moments of the director's life without a script. It turns out that's it's for a movie that may or may not be made. Ooof, a real bum-number watching people act out acting...

A lengthy nude scene from Jane McArthur where she shows full frontal and rear nudity.

You can find collages and videos from Corroboree here. A preview is below.

Jane McArthur in Corroboree

    
    
    
    
    
    

 

 

Cracking On

Low budget drama about a middle-aged couple who have hit a rut in their marriage so they decide to have an open relationship. Annie (Colleen Cook) and Bruce (writer/director John Meagher) have two teenage children but no spark in their marriage so Annie offers up the suggestion that they go their own way which Bruce reluctantly accepts. Annie seems to have no problem attracting attention but poor Bruce struggles, openly mocked by his friends and the dating scene which isn't accessible to fortysomething men. Meanwhile at the café Bruce frequents, a worker Tanya (Peta Johnson) is struggling with an excessively obsessive and violent ex who is constantly stalking her and anyone who goes near her. Eventually, Bruce gets involved and he and Tanya have a brief fling while her ex becomes even more violent. Interesting attempt at looking at how a married couple deals with the rut in their relationship but seeing Bruce get increasingly frustrated at not getting the attention he thinks he deserves is a real downer and bogs the movie down during the middle section not helped by the encroaching Tanya subplot which becomes the main plot before the end. No wonder Tanya self-medicates because her ex is always at 11 and is just plain ridiculous by the end. Also it cops out with it's ending too. But at least it has a go at something a little different.

Brief nudity from Colleen Cook, Peta Johnson and Andrea Leon, videos are available below. Andrea has previously done double nudity for Georgie Parker on All Saints and also had a run in America where she was nude in 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams.

Colleen Cook in Cracking On

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Peta Johnson in Cracking On

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Andrea Leon in Cracking On

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Curtin

ABC telemovie about John Curtin (William McInnes) who was Prime Minister of Australia during World War II and was/still is very influential in the make up of the Labor Party. Also died while in office. I didn't watch the movie because I have no interest in a political hagiography so I've made a quick video from the movie which you can see below.

Asher Keddie in Curtin

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December Boys

First of a number of movies Daniel Radcliffe has made in Australia/New Zealand. Four boys from a Catholic orphanage are sent on a vacation to the South Australian coast to stay at the home of Bandy (Jack Thompson) and Skipper (Kris McQuade). Misty (Lee Cormie), Maps (Daniel Radcliffe), Sparks (Christian Byers) and Spit (James Fraser) are friends called the December Boys who spend the summer enjoying the beach with Bandy and the Skipper while a young couple Teresa (Victoria Hill) and Fearless (Sullivan Stapleton) also join them and it turns out that they are looking to adopt one of the boys. During the summer, Maps finds his first love with another girl on vacation Lucy (Teresa Palmer). OK drama with a pretty solid story and a decent cast, a bit old-fashioned but not bad.

Despite being a PG movie there's some brief nudity in the movie from Victoria Hill and Kris McQuade.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from December Boys here. A preview is below.

Victoria Hill in December Boys

    
    
    

 

Kris McQuade in December Boys

    

 

 

The Devil Dared Me To (NZ)

Stuntman comedy where Randy Campbell (Chris Stapp), who comes from a long line of stuntmen, grows up in a stuntman troupe headed up by Dick Johansonson (Matt Heath), a terrible stuntman who treats his team like crap. One day, a promoter from the North Island gives Dick the chance at hitting the big time if his show excites him but Dick has lost his nerve and Randy seizes his opportunity and performs a reckless stunt that impresses the promoter and the team gets to travel to the North Island. Dick is insanely jealous of Randy's rise to fame so he rigs Randy's car to fail except it doesn't go to plan and Dick ends up losing control of his car and kills his fiancée and her lover. Dick goes to jail for 5 years and Randy becomes a movie stunt man where he bumps into an old friend 'Tragedy' Jones (Bonnie Soper) and they begin a relationship. 5 years later, Dick is released from prison still jealous of Randy and wanting revenge and he decides to tempt Randy with a bridge jump in a rocket car which he has rigged to blow. Having a character named Dick who's a dick and wears a T-shirt with Dick across the front is the level we're working at here and it doesn't get any better than that. I don't mind a good stuntman movie but there's not enough stupid stunts and not enough decent laughs.

The only nudity in the movie is from a body double for Bonnie Soper where she shows a tattoo she has on her bottom.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from The Devil Dared Me To here. A preview is below.

Bonnie Soper in The Devil Dared Me To

 

 

Eagle vs. Shark (NZ)

Feature length directorial debut from Taika Waititi. Oddball comedy where Lily (Loren Taylor) is an outcast who works at a burger joint and has a huge crush on Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), who works at a gaming store but barely knows she exists. When she hears of a party Jarrod is having, Lily invites herself and brings her brother Damon (Joel Tobeck) along where she impresses Jarrod with her gaming skills so much so that they have sex and start going together. But Jarrod only has one thing on his mind: to go back to his home town and fight his former bully. Thanks to Lily, who convinces Damon to drive them back to Jarrod's home town, he can finally achieve this. Things go badly between Lily and Jarrod as he concentrates on getting revenge on his bully so he ends up dumping her, leaving her stranded with him and his oddball family with no way to get home. After grumbling about this, Lily decides to enjoy herself for the few days she has to kill and that's when Jarrod finally notices her. Jarrod then gets in touch with his bully Eric Elisi (David Fane) for a fight but it doesn't go to plan. Probably best described as odd-on-purpose as it leads are two dorky characters who are hard to get into because of their awkwardness. Jarrod is just awful, always making things about himself despite being an outcast which leads to his abrupt break-up with Lily. Lily is a similar character but does a lot of growing up and becomes more interesting when she's left to fend for herself. The movie has this indie twee feeling throughout which gets a bit overbearing and dates the movie but the movie isn't without a number of laughs. Very much a mixed bag but not in a bad way.

The only nudity is when Loren Taylor strips off and we see her breasts briefly from a distance.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Eagle vs. Shark here. A preview is below.

Loren Taylor in Eagle vs Shark

    

 

The Ferryman (NZ)

Horror thriller where two couples and the owner of a yacht travel to Fiji when they are overwhelmed by a mist and then find a man called The Greek (John Rhys-Davies) who has stowed away then he starts acting strangely and stabs one of the travellers. The Greek gets thrown off board while the victim recovers dramatically but things aren't the same on the yacht. The victim becomes violent including to his girlfriend during sex. He then stabs another traveller and the second victim begins to act like the first victim. It seems that this special knife used for the stabbings helps someone called the Ferryman pass from body to body and the pleasant yacht journey turns into a bloodbath. Not a bad horror movie but there's plenty of overacting.

Brief nudity from Amber Sainsbury plus plenty of sexy stuff from Sally Stockwell.

You can find a synopsis with collages and videos from The Ferryman here. A preview is below.

Amber Sainsbury in The Ferryman

    
    

 

 

Gabriel

Low budget thriller about the archangel Gabriel (Andy Whitfield) who comes to Earth to defeat the evil archangels and bring light back to Earth. But the good archangels have gone to ground, too scared of the powerful bad archangels and Gabriel must give them the faith to be archangels again. Along the way he helps a mortal in Jade (Samantha Noble). OK movie that is very much influenced by The Matrix trilogy except it's made in much more muted colours.

No nudity in Gabriel but there's some HD videos from the movie available here.

 

 

Ghost Rider

First of the movies Nicolas Cage made in Melbourne. Haven't seen it since it was released but I remember it featuring quite a few recognisable Melbourne places. Plus it was directed by the guy who made Daredevil and apparently his heart wasn't in it. Hmm...

No nudity in Ghost Rider and not really much of anything but I made a collage of Jessica Napier from the movie which you can find here.

 

 

Good Luck with That

Low budget stunt-based action comedy from stuntman Igor Breakenback that is in the vein of Jackie Chan movies where a man is set a series of tasks to help save his kidnapped wife from some evil dude. Limited and amateurish but not without it's charm and a decent stunt or two plus a 70 minute run time helps.

No nudity in Good Luck with That but there's a few videos from the movie available here.

 

 

The Jammed

Sex trafficking drama about a group of young foreign women who come to Australia looking for work but are then forced into prostitution by a local gang. One such person is 'Crystal' (Emma Lung), who has escaped from her captors and is been interviewed by a customs official where she tells her story. Crystal came to Australia for cleaning work but is tricked into prostitution where she joins fellow victims Vanya (Saskia Burmeister) and Ruby (Sun Park) who are bussed around Melbourne to various illegal brothels. Meanwhile, Sunee (Amanda Ma) arrives in Australia looking for her daughter and gets the attention of small time journalist Ashley (Veronica Sywak) who is reluctant to help but is soon drawn into finding Sunee's daughter. Solid drama with an interesting story, some uneven performances but not a bad little movie that got a little bit of love locally after a self-funded cinema run was a hit.

Nudity from Emma Lung, Sun Park and some side-boob from Veronica Sywak.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from The Jammed here. A preview is below.

Emma Lung in The Jammed

    
    

 

Veronica Sywak in The Jammed

    

 

Sun Park in The Jammed

    
    
    

 

 

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (NZ)

Disney teen movie about a snowboarding champion who goes to Hawaii for a wedding and decides to check out the local extreme sports that they have to offer. Or something... Mostly made in New Zealand.

No nudity in Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board but I've made a few videos from the movie which are available below.

Rose McIver in Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

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Robyn Lively in Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

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Kissy Kissy (NZ)

Lengthy mumblecore drama about a group of people getting on with their lives after the production of a no budget movie collapses when a sex scene doesn't go to plan. Dave (Daniel Northcott) walks from the set and disappears with a friend Lee (Richard Whyte) for a trip to the South Island but there is some tension between the two of them. Director Geoff (Rob Jerram) tries to save the movie while he's 'not a relationship' with the very clingy Sally (Jean Copland) continues on unabated. Female lead Alison (Tania Nolan) is freaked out by how the sex scene played out and tries to move on with her more successful actor boyfriend Mark (James Ashcroft) but she's not coping. Cinematographer Jackie (Angela Green) is living with her sister Erin (Brooke Williams) who is starting to annoy her plus she's striking out with Craig (Luke Hawker) who seems aloof to her interest. Somehow this movie is over 130 minutes and feels every minute of it. There's some interesting moments throughout but a lot of mulling in between.

Brief nudity from Jean Copland. Videos from the movie are available below.

Tania Nolan in Kissy Kissy

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Jean Copland in Kissy Kissy

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The Last Magic Show (NZ)

Light comedy about magician/escapologist Ronny Roman (writer/director Andy Conlan) but is basically unemployable because of his general weirdness. He is on the lookout for a new assistant after finding his previous assistant having sex with his rival. He spots Celestine (Jade Collins) and attempts to get her to be his assistant. Ronny gets a gig at a hospice but it turns out it's only to give drinks to the ailing patients, set up by a nurse Sarah (Georgie Hill) who he strikes up a friendship with plus he also becomes friends with one of the patients. Celestine eventually accepts his offer to be his assistant and this leads to the biggest gig of his life on live television. Hard-to-like movie mainly because of the incredibly mannered performance of the lead which drags the movie to a crawl. Then this dope just walks around all day in his magicians gear which is just ridiculous. Sadly not even the story is interesting and it's attempts at wackiness are incredibly banal.

Brief nudity from Julia Hyde.

You can find a synopsis with videos from The Last Magic Show here. A preview is below.

Julia Hyde in The Last Magic Show

    

 

 

The Last Great Snail Chase (NZ)

Wacky drama about the people who gravitate to the house where Alice (Jocelyn Christian) lives. She's struggling at the moment with a shitty job and her mother is in hospital about to die from cancer. Her boyfriend Julian (Timb Wilton) is in a band and starting to get on her nerves not helped by him selling his soul to one of the devil's minions leaving his shadow to fend for itself. Alice's sister Petulia (Rakaia Rose) has run away from her aunt and uncle and hangs around the house much to Alice's chagrin. Zoe (Abby Marment) is a wannabe anarchist who's stolen a camera to make the next Anarchist's Cookbook while housemate Greg (Brad McCormick) has decided to build a bomb to further his anarchy but finds it hard to do with no money. Also wannabe artist Josie (Sally Martin) is about to be sacked from her temp job but isn't too worried as she has a crush on a workmate. Weird things are happening around these people including whales walking the streets. No-one seems to be bothered by much. Strange movie, hard-to-describe as not a lot happens and it meanders all over the place into very odd areas. Most of the time it just feels like people living their lives without doing much of consequence. Even the title needs a bit of explanation. I don't know about this one...

No nudity in The Last Great Snail Chase but Jocelyn Christian is seen briefly in a bra just as she did in Event 16. A video is available below.

Jocelyn Christian in The Last Great Snail Chase

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Let Me Not

Low budget romantic drama where a 16 year-old school girl Nina (Charlotte Rees) works as a stripper at night. One night an architect Alex (Rodger Corser) watches her at the strip club and then sees her once more when he is commissioned to do some work at her school. Alex becomes interested in Nina and they eventually fall for one another. But things start to dim between the two just as the school eisteddfod is about to happen, something that Nina hopes to win. Some have called it the worst Australian film ever but I tend to disagree only because there's enough in the central relationship to not be completely awful. Sure the movie is not good and very clunky despite a fairly decent cast (even the revered 'Bud' Tingwell turns up) and the central relationship is barely legal... what was I saying...

No nudity in Let Me Not but there's a number of sexy scenes featuring Charlotte Rees and you can find collages and videos from the movie here.

 

 

Lords of the Underworld

Barely Australian movie only because of the multi-hyphenate lead is Australian but the movie was made in Los Angeles. Violent drama about mob boss Rocky Basta (Dale C. Reeves) who has decided to make a move in the underworld and begins by assassinating a disloyal senator. Then he decides to bring back the gladiatorial sport of Illuma (basically basketball) to decide which gang has the power and recruits a team to win him his power who are to be overseen by the mysterious, other-worldly Slay (Bay Abbey) who also becomes his spiritual guide. Also a former fling Hari (Tanya Mayeux) comes to Rocky to help look for her missing daughter Jade (Jaimyse Haft) who also happens to be Rocky's daughter that he never knew of. Enough... Irredeemably awful movie, ugly for the sake of being ugly with one of the most ridiculous allusions to spirituality I've ever seen. Badly written and full of absolute mumbo-jumbo bullshit topped off the a ruthless mob boss going on a spiritual journey he's never earned. And just when it couldn't get any worse, the sad mime turns up and fuck this movie to the depths of hell. Ends with 20 minutes of the most boring basketball scenes you've ever scene. Just the most hateful piece of shit movie I've ever scene. Fuck this!

Nudity from Jaimyse Haft, Tanya Mayeux and Catherine Wreford. Videos from the movie are available below.

Jaimyse Haft in Lords of the Underworld

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Jaimyse Haft and Catherine Wreford in Lords of the Underworld

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Tanya Mayeux in Lords of the Underworld

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The Money Shot

1999 made, 2007 released low budget comedy about Carmen (Fiona Parker), who lives with her boyfriend Stuart (James Bridekirk) in a share house with two others, Vince (Jim Koutsoukos) and Tracy (Anna Den Hartog) and is finding it hard to get a job in the media industry. The housemates joke about making a porn movie but when Carmen hits rock bottom, she decides to give it a shot despite having no experience and no money. After going through a bunch of freaks, Carmen casts professional porn actor Garry (Peter Stefanou) who is perfect but is wary of these amateurs although he does give them advice that helps them on their way. The only woman to apply is a trans woman Cindy (Pamela), which Carmen is happy with but the others aren't but they eventually find Missy (Claudia Mitterer) and she promises to bring her friend Angel (Jo Stanley). On the day of filming, not everything goes to plan but you never know, they just might end up actually finishing it. Movie has a number of limitations but makes the most of them. The cast is likeable although most never worked again and the one working actor, Peter Stefanou, is a stand out in his role and gives it his all. The story is pretty old hat but at 75 minutes it breezes along with no fat and there's even a few laughs along the way and the ending is pretty amusing. One of the directors would go on to make the real sex movie The Band.

Sort-of nudity from Fiona Parker and Claudia Mitterer but it's mostly covered stuff.

You can find a synopsis with collages and videos from The Money Shot here. A preview is below.

Fiona Parker in The Money Shot

    
    
    

 

Claudia Mitterer in The Money Shot

    
    
    

 

 

Moonlight & Magic

Timothy Spanos strikes again with this campy comedy drama. Two misfits Rocky (Tim Burns) and Frank (Maxine Klibingaitis) (aka Moonlight & Magic) go on a crime spree around Belgrave doing everything from robbing cafés and op shops, stealing food, throwing eggs and attempting to pinch the nipples of women with tongs amongst many other things (one scene with a woman who had a mastectomy is absolutely baffling). They meet a bunch of characters along the way, most of them naked while an Indigenous man, also naked, looks over them. Their victims also talk incessantly about them. That's pretty much it. Plenty of attempts at campy humour definitely influenced by John Waters but nowhere near as entertaining as Waters' movies. Wanders all over the place and never all that coherent and forget the plot; it barely has one. Spanos's movies are definitely an acquired taste and I don't mind some of them but not this one. It's a rambling mess...

Brief nudity from Maxine Klibingaitis as she bathes.

You can find a synopsis with HD videos from Moonlight & Magic here. A preview is below.

Maxine Klibingaitis in Moonlight & Magic

    

 

 

Murder in the Outback
aka Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback

Telemovie based on the horrific murder of English tourist Peter Falconio in the middle-of-nowhere while his girlfriend Joanne Lees (Joanne Froggatt) barely escaped. Turns out that Lees was not the 'perfect victim' and that she seemed like a cold person so doubts were made about her story although she was vehement in her accusation of Bradley Murdoch (Richard Carter) as the murderer. Anyway, Murdoch was found guilty and Falconio has still never been found despite that dodgy documentary's attempt a few years back. The movie feels hollow and underwritten as if there was still a legal case being played out so they can only go with the certain verified facts. Murdoch barely speaks at all. Tom Long and Asher Keddie have barely anything to do. I will say Froggatt is well cast as Lees. Very much feels like they went too early with this telemovie.

No nudity in Murder in the Outback but there's a bikini scene from Joanne Froggatt which you can find below.

Joanne Froggatt in Murder in the Outback

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A Nocturne

Probably Melbourne indie auteur Bill Mousoulis's most well-known movie thanks to an international release from an unlikely distributor, Troma. Philosophical vampire drama about two vampires only known as X (Vanessa de Largie) and Z (Alex Spears) who roam the streets of Melbourne looking for their next victim. After they trap one, they bring her back to their abandoned warehouse and feast on her with a cannibal who recites arcane poetry Seers (Patrick Boyle) and Vee (HaiHa Le), who they turned into a vampire. For the most part, X and Z live boring, miserable lives but they have a meeting with their French mentor Rola (Jennifer Levy) who tells them that the path they are leading is not the one to the 'transcendence' they are looking for. Dismayed by this, X and Z wander the streets until a tragedy occurs. I know Troma can be esoteric at times with their choices but this movie must've left their fans scratching their head like I am. The film is very miserable, full of philosophical thought mostly sprouted by Seers plus it's bookended by Nietzsche quotes. There's no action or excitement, just misery and an occasional feast. I hesitate to say that this is Mousoulis's most accessible movie but have you read my synopses of his previous movies. His movies are hard to get into.

Vanessa de Largie is nude in three scenes showing full frontal nudity and her bottom. I've remade the videos from the movie in slightly better quality which you can find below.

You can find a synopsis with collages from A Nocturne here.

Vanessa de Largie in A Nocturne

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Frances Marrington in A Nocturne

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Noise

Gripping slow-burn mystery thriller where university student Lavinia (Maia Thomas) walks onto a train after a massacre and miraculously escapes and the killer is not found. A constable Graham (Brendan Cowell) is one of the first to arrive on call and after a bout of extreme tinnitus, he is dispensed out to man an information caravan about the killer in the suburb of Sunshine where he meets an assortment of local weirdos, one of which may be the killer who is taunting them. Decent thriller that has impeccable sound design and horrifying final scene with some decent performances from Cowell and debutant Thomas. It's slow-burning nature actually works to it's benefit and it's mostly suburban setting also plays a part in setting the mood.

No nudity in Noise but there's some brief sexiness from Katie Wall which you can find a video of below. A previous collages is available here.

Katie Wall in Noise

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Plum Role

Second movie from Perth director Zak Hilditch (The Actress) with pretty much the same cast and similar hateful vibe. Drama about Jacob (Matt Hardie), an actor who has snagged a role on a cop drama filming in Sydney. Turns out he's a shitty person who treats women like garbage then one day he picks up Cheryl (Laura Henderson) from a bar and has sex with her then turfs her out in the morning. Well she becomes pregnant which he is not happy with and pushes for an abortion but Cheryl wants the baby which only pisses Jacob off more and causes him to push her over and she falls and miscarries. Problem solved... well, then her brothers come around and give him an ultimatum: they beat him up and he has to get their sister pregnant again or they call the cops on him and say goodbye to his breakout role. Ooof... Incredibly hateful movie to the point where the misogyny is cartoonish and the main plot development is entirely silly. Much prefer The Actress.

Brief nudity from Laura Henderson.

You can find a synopsis with videos from Plum Role here. A preview is below.

Laura Henderson in Plum Role

    

 

 

Rats and Cats

Satirical comedy about a writer for a trendy magazine Ben (Adam Zwar) who pitches the idea to do a 'where are they now?' story on troubled former actor Darren McWarren (Jason Gann). Ben finds Darren living in the country, lording it up in small town notoriety with his offsider Bruce (Paul Denny) and on-off girlfriend Cindy (Anya Beyersdorf). Darren basically does whatever he wants which impresses the women and pisses off the men and seems to have found a happy balance in his life but is it all a charade? Mildly funny movie that feels like antecedent to the TV show Wilfred which the stars and director would make soon after. Darren is such a silly character that is easy to tear down so it's minimal effort all the way but he does have an interesting relationship with Cindy which could've been explored more.

Both Alexis Porter and Jess Beazley shows their breasts during sex scenes. I've remade the videos from the movie in better quality which you can find below. You can find previous collages from Rats and Cats here.

Anya Beyersdorf in Rats and Cats

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Alexis Porter in Rats and Cats

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Jess Beazley in Rats and Cats

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Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance

Mockumentary that focuses on a dance class run by Mr. Jonathon (English actor Ben Miller) that wants to win the annual dance contest. The movie follows Mr. Jonathon and various students and their mothers/fathers. While the movie wrings everything it can from it's stereotypical characters, the movie is surprisingly funny with some good performances.

No nudity in Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance but there's a few collages and videos of Kerry Armstrong from the movie available here.

 

 

Romulus, My Father

Biographical immigrant drama based on the popular book, the one and only movie directed by actor Richard Roxburgh. Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lives on a farm with father Romulus (Eric Bana) while his mother Christina (Franka Potente) visits from time-to-time and is always teetering on the edge of depression. Christina lives in Melbourne with Mitru (Russell Dykstra) the brother of his friend Hora (Marton Csokas) where she gives birth to another child but her depression leaves her unable to perform as a mother and she makes an attempt on her life. Raimond keeps going even after his father has a motorcycle accident and lives in abject poverty watching the adults in his life struggle to get by. But things change for him when he goes to a boarding school in Melbourne, both in a good and bad way. Terribly miserable look at a young boy's life set in the not too distant past but through all the misery Raimond keeps on living the best he can and there's even a sort-of happy ending after a loved one dies. Good story but it's a tough watch.

Franka Potente briefly shows her breasts. I've remade the videos from the movie which you can find below. You can find previous collages from Romulus, My Father here.

Franka Potente in Romulus, My Father

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Storm Warning

First Australian movie from horror director/composer Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Valentine). Thriller where city couple Rob (Robert Taylor) and his French wife Pia (Nadia Farès) go on a boating holiday but get caught up in a storm and have to abandon the boat. After a while, they find an empty house that just happens to be a place where someone seems to be growing dope. When the occupants of the house return, Rob and Pia are greeted by a couple of hillbillies Jimmy (David Lyons) and Brett (Mathew Wilkinson), who treat their visitors in the typical hillbilly way. It becomes clear that Rob and Pia are not wanted then Rob's leg is broken so Pia must find a way to get them out of this hellhole. Then the hillbilly's father Poppy (John Brumpton) arrives and then Pia really needs to find a way out. Simple and surprisingly effective little thriller typical of the work of writer Everett de Roche. Farès is very good as the city artist who must do what she can to escape this madness while David Lyons revels in playing a backwater hick. And there's one scene involving a beer bottle and a steel trap that may make you think twice of taking advantage of a woman...

Nadia Fares briefly shows her bottom.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Storm Warning here. A preview is below.

Nadia Fares in Storm Warning

 

 

The Tattooist (NZ)

Thriller where American tattoo artist (Jason Behr) arrives in New Zealand to look at the local tattoo designs that he can study/steal. He comes across Samoan tattooing and he likes what he sees so he steals a haunted tattoo tool that he uses in his own tattoos. Turns out that he has unleashed an angry spirit which kills the people he is tattooing through poisoning and now he's tattooed a girl he likes in Sina (Mia Blake) and it's a race against time to save her. Silly idea that sort of gets away with it with an interesting story but it's nothing special.

Brief nudity from Mia Blake.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from The Tattooist here. A preview is below.

Mia Blake in The Tattooist

    
    

 

 

The Underdog's Tale

Comedy about Eric (Oliver Torr), a man who seems to have it all except he's hiding the fact that he has serious issues. He tries to get with Louise (Sophie Cleary) who takes a shine to him but then dumps him when he's shown to have major anger issues. Despite being broke most of the time Eric, with his down-and-out friend Dougie (Matt Zeremes) and the unlawful inhabitance of an apartment, attempts to steal back Louise from a self-obsessed rival she's currently in love with. Had the potential to be a good little comedy but completely blows it with a final act which is so ridiculous that it completely sabotages all the good work that is done earlier in the film. Shame really...

No nudity in The Underdog's Tale but there's some videos from the movie available here.

 

 

Unfinished Sky

Strangely a remake of the 1998 Dutch movie De Poolse Bruid (The Polish Bride) also starring the female lead of that movie Monic Hendrickx. John is a Queensland farmer who even after six years is struggling with the death of his wife. One day a woman, Tahmeena (Monic Hendrickx) stumbles and collapses on his farm. John nurses her back to health while a couple of locals arrive looking for her, followed by the local cop Carl (David Field). Turns out she's an Afghan immigrant who's been sold into sex slavery and she's much wanted. John keeps her hidden and then goes about trying to find her husband who might be in Brisbane. Over time, John and Tahmeena form a bond which is about to be broken when they come to the aid of a fallen motorcyclist which exposes Tahmeena's whereabouts. Solid movie with two good lead performances and a fairly decent ending. Still can't get over how strange the existence of this movie is.

Brief nudity from Monic Hendrickx in three separate scenes, all while in the shower. There's also a deleted scene off the DVD with further brief nudity. I've remade the videos in better quality which are available below. You can find previous collages from Unfinished Sky here.

Monic Hendrickx in Unfinished Sky

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We're Here To Help (NZ)

Underdog comedy/drama based on a true story about a man David (Erik Thomson) who takes on the tax department after they overcharge him and he risks losing everything to right a wrong. Don't remember much about this one.

No nudity in We're Here To Help but there's a few videos of Miriama Smith from the movie available here.

 

 

West

Aggro drama set in suburban Sydney where two cousins, Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips), live in each other's pockets and do everything together. Jerry falls in love with Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) but Pete has a thing for her too and she knows it. Jerry's so into Cheryl he's given up being a drug dealer with Pete and gets a real job at a fast food joint. Then Pete falls foul of the police and local interests so he decides to join Jerry until the heat dies down but then he gets a chance with Cheryl and it sets off a series of events which will bring their friendship to the brink. OK movie, nothing you haven't seen before from an Australian movie particularly around this time but it does have some silly moments including a scene where Michael Dorman's character just walks straight onto the street and gets hit by a car.

Nudity from Gillian Alexy and Blazey Best. There's also a decent scene where Gillian is standing in the rain in a very soaked and clingy T-shirt.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from West here. A preview is below.

Gillian Alexy in West

    
    
    
    

 

Blazey Best in West

    
    
    
    

 

As always there's a bunch of movies that had nothing to cap, quite a lot in this year including Houdini-based drama Death Defying Acts, 80s rugby league drama The Final Winter, prolific director Rolf de Heer's silent comedy Dr. Plonk, immigrant drama Lucky Miles, comedy about a radio contest to win a car Two Door Mansion, Afghan drama Son of a Lion, big croc movie Rogue, mumblecore drama Boxing Day, rural dramas September and Twin Rivers, violent thrillers Nailed, Severance Pay and Stolen Life, political comedy The Independent, telemovie The King, strange drama Streetsweeper, cop thriller Without Warrant and tech spy thriller Insecurity. Also the BoyTown companion piece BoyTown Confidential was never released and the drama This Kiss has a brief lesbian kiss but it's not worth capping.

There's also a bunch of New Zealand movies with nothing to cap including co-productions 30 Days of Night and Bridge to Terabithia, decent horror comedy Black Sheep, musical Men Shouldn't Sing, thrillers Five and When Night Falls and mumblecore drama .ON..

There's also a whole bunch of movies I haven't been able to find including Academy, Alma Mater High, Almost, Battle Therapy, Battle Therapy Too, Beautiful, The Course, Cross Life, Devil's Gateway, Flesh, Forgotten Memories, Hammer Bay, Lights Out, Liminal, On the Edge of Eden, Redemption 101, The Roaring Whispers, Taber Corn, Thursday's Fictions, To Speak, A Touch of Courage: The Enlightenment, The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark and Virtuous. I thought I had a copy of The Home Song Stories but I seem to have misplaced it so I'm looking for a new one. I've seen the portmanteau movie Little Deaths when it played for a week in cinemas in about 2010 but it's never been released on DVD. There was nudity in the movie, a couple of brief scenes but I only remember some reflected nudity from Natalie Carr who also has a decent nude scene in Bad Boy Bubby. I doubt that movie will see the light of day again sadly; it was lucky to get the release it did. But I will say that's strange it hasn't been released as it stars a number of notable local actors.

There's also the following New Zealand movies I was unable to find: Down By The Riverside, Pictures of You, Sophie's Joy and You Move You Die.

From now on in it's a safe bet that every year will probably end up having at least 3 updates. The first of the 2008 updates should be up on Sunday.

 

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