i wish to see this movie right now

Right.

Now.

Thanks to Elmo Keep for this.

the US military are stupid

...no seriously, watch this:



This is the latest story from Nick Hayden & myself on Series 2 of Hungry Beast on ABC1. I'd love to know what fucked up invention you'dve made if YOU were the US government...

a single man & the blind side

Yo, I got my daytime tv on with the ladies of The Circle this fine morning. We talked Oscar Bait films & wearing sassy ties, poorly tied



As you can see, I'm still a bit green at this live tv business, but lemme know what you thought of the films down below. A triple j review of A Single Man will be coming this weekend.

hitler discovers his tropfest film has been rejected...

An experience shared by many a decent filmmaker...



Thanks to Simon De Bruyn for this:)

the hurt locker

At this stage it's looking like the Oscar is either going to Avatar or this. So is Kathryn Bigelow's bomb-disposal drama all its cracked up to be? Check out the triple j review down below (it's only 2 min)

And if you've had a chance to catch it, let me know what you thought in the comments section.

And you can subscribe to the reviews at the triple j movies podcast. (No iTunes? head here)

how we made the web, and the web made us in return...

Dying to watch this...



One day, I wanna make docos like this. Only maybe a little bit more strange & fun

you can buy real estate on the moon!

The bad news is that it might not be legal...



This is from the amazing Nick Hayden, Jessicah Mendes and Dan Keogh on Hungry Beast

space travel: waste or worth it??

Is space travel really all it's cracked up to be? Check out the debate down below from this weeks episode of Hungry Beast



You can vote your thoughts on the Hungry Beast website. Also, did you ever wonder who Australia's CIA is?? Meet ASIO:



This week's ep of Hungry had tonnes of other good stuff: I highly recommend watching this piece on Asteroids: How They Will Kill You and All The Ways You Can't Stop Them (ahem... total proof that we need more space travel)

the other news

Earth is a strange, funny, sad yet beautifully animated place.

"The Other News" is a little segment that has run on Hungry Beast since episode one. I still look forward to it every week - so I decided to compile all of the 30-sec episodes here.

These stories were largely compiled by the entire Hungry Beast team and animated, at various points, by 3 amazing designers: Patrick Clair, Luke Harris and Robert Grieves. I highly recommend watching them fullscreen:)

shutter island & the hurt locker

These are my first reviews of the week on The Circle for Network Ten. I'm still mastering this business of live tv, so I probably still suck a wee bit. I had to skip through The Hurt Locker a tad, fear not - I gotta full review coming to triple j later in the week.



In case you're free next Wednesday, I'll be on live at around 11:20am talking about what's happening at the ye olde picture house.

the 3rd and the 7th

This is a 12 minute short film called "The Third and the Seventh". It was made by a filmmaker named Alex Roman using Vray and 3D Studio Max. As far as i can tell doesn't have much of a story but - FUCK ME - it's amazing to look at. Whack it in fullscreen and get absorbed.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

You can find out more about how it was made here

is this the future

Could this be what our future of Augmented reality will appear like? looks good, with an edge of creepy



Keiichi Matsuda, an architecture student, produce this short movie called Augmented (Hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop. The idea was to examine the social and architectural consequences of augmented reality technology. Read more about him here

the future of air travel

As creepy as it is cool to watch.

wolfman

I love a good werewolf movie, but this was laughably bad. Maybe a went a bit too hard. You tell me.

Hit me up in the comments section with your thoughts if you caught it.

And you can subscribe to the reviews at the triple j movies podcast. (No iTunes? head here)

precious

Sorry bout the late update on this one. Precious is a film that came out of the festival circuit to become a serious contender for a number of awards like Mr Oscar. So what's the big deal? find out below.

It's been out for a week or so, so I'd love to read your own thoughts down in the comments if/when u've seen it.

And you can subscribe to the reviews at the triple j movies podcast. (No iTunes? head here)

the circle

So, I'm gonna be moonlighting a bit & doing my slightly ADHD film reviews for the nice ladies of The Circle, the new morning show on Network Ten. I'm still doing reviews for triple j & ABC Local Radio and the general weirdness I cover for Hungry Beast). This is something a bit different, it's a different audience but I'm still overactive, wildly gesticulating me. It's live tv, every Wednesday morning. Yes, that's live and in the AM.

Expect me to mess it up:)

Here's my first run at it. Please be kind.

how to wage a titstorm

So various websites for the Australian Government were pulled down today by a group known as Anonymous. It was dubbed "Operation Titstorm" This is how they did it.



Oh, and if you want to check out my other lil' new tv gig of the week, there's this

just say no... and awesome.

Not a fan of anti-drug ads normally, but this is pretty damn good to look at.

netherland dwarf

This is one of my favourite short films from last years Flickerfest. I stumbled accross it on YouTube. It's from Blue Tongue Films the Aussie team behind The Square & upcoming drama Animal Kingdom. They also picked up an Oscar nom this morning for their excellent short film Miracle Fish