Deciding what to watch during the New Zealand International Film Festival can be a daunting task. With so many great movies to choose from, browsing the Festival program can take as long as watching a standard Hollywwod film. But after spending days salivating over the program, we’ve come up with ten movies we’d like to see during this years festival. Today we’ll show you the first five, with the remaining five coming tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for July, 2009
NZFF: Pick Ten
On July - 7 - 2009
New District 9 Poster
On July - 6 - 2009
Sony have released a new poster for District 9, their Neill Blomkamp directed Sci-Fi movie about an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth who suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology. Full poster after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sicilian Girl
On July - 6 - 2009
The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) is a French/Italian drama, based on the true story of 17-year-old Rita, a Sicilian girl who had the courage to testify against the Mafia. It’s the second Italian Mafia movie in recent months, Gomorrah, which takes a gritty, hard hitting look at the modern day mafia being the first. Unlike Gomorrah however, which held no glimmer of hope or redemption, The Sicilian Girl is based on a real story and shows the power that each of us has, to stand up for what we believe. Read the rest of this entry »
