Michael Calle reviews this claustrophobic thriller starring Ryan Reynolds as an American truck driver who discovers he’s been buried alive in Iraq.
Braving the cold for yet another midnight opening session of The Twilight Saga, Michael Calle wonders how the latest installment, Eclipse, only managed to get worse.
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Michael Calle reviews this claustrophobic thriller starring Ryan Reynolds as an American truck driver who discovers he’s been buried alive in Iraq.
Braving the cold for yet another midnight opening session of The Twilight Saga, Michael Calle wonders how the latest installment, Eclipse, only managed to get worse.
If you have a blog, upstart wants to hear from you. Get in touch with us at contact@upstart.net.au.
The UFC has arrived with style in the Canadian province of Ontario with the UFC 129. Michael Calle previews the event.
Michael Calle reviews this claustrophobic thriller starring Ryan Reynolds as an American truck driver who discovers he’s been buried alive in Iraq.
Braving the cold for yet another midnight opening session of The Twilight Saga, Michael Calle wonders how the latest installment, Eclipse, only managed to get worse.
If you have a blog, upstart wants to hear from you. Get in touch with us at contact@upstart.net.au.
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have teamed up again. Michael Calle discusses Green Zone, the latest in a string of contemporary war films.
upstart has learnt to speak! In episode one of upcast we talk sport with Ben Waterworth, learn about Chatroulette with Laura Carroll and talk Green Zone with Michael Calle.
So what’s so special about Jeff Bridges? Dude, you can’t be serious, says James Madden in his review of the Oscar-nominated Crazy Heart.
The 82nd Academy Awards are looming. The conspicuously underacknowledged Michael Calle previews what is shaping up to be a done-and-dusted Oscar night.
It’s been a long hard road for Australian director John Hillcoat’s adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy classic post-apocalyptic novel ‘The Road’. Faced with multiple production setbacks and numerous release switch-ups, Hillcoat overcomes them all, turning in a refreshingly new take on the disaster film. Minus the disaster.
The noughties was a memorable decade for film. Just think of such gems as Battlefield Earth, Glitter starring Mariah Carey, and Catwoman — none of which made Michael Calle’s list of the ten best films of the decade.
Avatar has literally added a new dimension to the cinema experience, according to upstart’s film critic Michael Calle.
Zombies, roller coasters, a gun-toting Woody Harrelson and slow motion. Lots of slow motion. Our resident zombie expert Michael Calle takes a look at Ruben Fleischer’s directorial debut ‘Zombieland’ and considers the current state of the modern zombie film.
It’s just broken Australia’s box office record for its opening weekend earnings. Michael Calle recounts his experience of attending a midnight screening of the new Twilight movie.
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It was panned by the critics when first published, but 38 years later Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” remains a highly influential book, especially for journalists. Michael Calle considers its legacy.
