Chris P (Soylent Green Is People)

This script should have never been made into a mini-series. If anything, it would have been better as a 90 minute movie after having most of the content scrapped. It's as if it was written as a B grade, puerile thriller to appeal to American teenagers, rather than adults. I can't imagine why Toni Collette took on this turkey. The idea of a remote, culty reform school doing weird things sounds like an interesting plot, but the writers really missed the mark. You'll start off with what seems like it may be an interesting story, but after a few episodes you'll regret wasting your time.

Not made for cinema, this B grade movie wasn't too bad, since it was fast paced from beginning to end. If you suspend disbelief and can cope with the flawed science & low end SFX, like you would a Dr Who episode, you may find the story watchable. Generally good acting by the main characters, there was some hammy acting - I suppose that's to be expected by a low budget film. The script had some terrible lines which the cast had to work with. Not a bad effort for a budget film. I'm sure some of the actors went on to bigger & better projects.

Poor, cobbled together script with no cinematic value. Target audience seems to be teenagers. I'm guessing the 5 star reviews are from pothead school kids

Netflix FAIL - AGAIN. It seemed pretty good up until about episode 2 1/2, then for some reason - oddly & unnecessary to the plot - we get some teen love stuff. That's all fine, but it seemed to be drifting away from what might have been a suspensful drama. After reading some reviews before pursuing any more of this 4 part mini series, my suspicions were confirmed that this show was headed towards turkey material. I decided to pull the plug. Netflix FAIL....AGAIN.

Puerile humour. Nothing here for adults. Some promising young actors.

KID'S FILM. Not remotely enjoyable for an adult - probably would appeal to kids or early teens. The main actor (Joey King) is obviously quite talented & is certainly worthy of more challenging roles. Imagine a future world where the only thing kids aspire to is to become ultra vain Kardashian-types or Instagram models & party all day & night long with self-absorbed "beautiful people". Ugh. Everything about this movie irked me - the script, the dialogue, the plot & particularly the stupid CGI hover board scenes. Tally had never ridden a board, but within a few days she was ripping it like the world's best flying snowboarder x100. I only watched this movie as something to do while I ate my lunch, then after 40 minutes I couldn't bare any more. I should have just watched the news, or parliament.

Movies based on true stories are usually the best in my opinion, even when there's artistic licence applied for dramatic or comedic effect. This non violent, well constructed film has a light comedic bent & the story holds together really well. Thankfully, it has none of that guns a blazin', car chases, explosions & killing that Americans are so fond of. If you exclude 10 seconds of tits & arse in a stripclub scene where the crime boss runs his operations from, it would be suitable for all ages. With so much garbage on the big pay to view streaming platforms, it was nice to catch part of this enjoyable movie on free to air TV here in Australia, then watch it properly in its entirety on SBS On Demand free streaming platform. Thank goodness for SBS World Movies - they curate films that interest me more often than not. Those American streaming giants could learn a thing or two from SBS about quality choice.

Meh. Mainly boring old washed-up cookie-cutter punks, still basking in the "fame" of being in some small time, minor, insignificant hardcore band decades ago reminiscing about how cool it all was - Yeah, maaan - the politics, the cops, F the corporations, the drugs, squats, blah, blah. (Yawn - I hate nostalgia - move on already), plus some other Sid Vicious wannabes glamourising the heroin scene. I remember the way some of these pricks destroyed rental properties & squats back in the day while suckling off the state's teat for dole money to fund their smack, booze & rent. Chaos, maaan! AnARcHy! Punk rock! Ugh. And why give screentime to that sociopathic lowlife Jason Cardwell (Bastard Squad)? He murdered his sleeping girlfriend Elizabeth Woodhouse with a baseball bat, for chrisakes. That POS doesn't deserve freedom - he deserves a rope above a trapdoor. Some like to romanticise this cliquey period for some reason but most of the punks from this generation grew up & joined the rat race & got mortgages, while some tragics became antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, hippy alt-lifestylers, etc who never progressed away from their young adult heyday. And now, as they age with no means to support themselves, they'll once again suck on the teat of the evil state to dole out the tax payer funded old age pension. Yeah, so cooool, man. So DIY. So independent. So punk! Lol. However, there's some interesting photos & videos that might interest those that were in the photos or directly involved within those particular cliques, but otherwise it's a bore with nothing about the exciting music that was being churned out at the time.

Painful to watch - I only made it halfway. 12 year olds might enjoy it

Inspiring true story. When there's so much to watch on so many platforms & it seems like a sea of mediocrity, I've decided that the true stories seem to hit the mark for a very worthwhile watch. That's definitely true when it comes to Penguin Bloom. Great acting & inspiring story - you might even get a lump in your throat or a teary eye.