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Film reviews and content for LSJ.com.au
It’s a low bar but at least I foun The Running Man better than Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho, but the surprise of the week is Oz Perkins’ Keeper

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Film reviews: The Running Man, Keeper - Law Society Journal
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man remake stars Glen Powell, mixing high-energy action and nostalgic flair while missing modern political relevance.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I'm still baffled that Chris Minns made a bigger deal about protests against genocide, than neo-nazis protesting in front of Parliament
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Reading every positive review I can find of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to see if I missed something because that shit gave me anxiety and not in a good idea.

Americans find catharsis in narcissism, and it’s very weird.
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ready to judge the fuck out of every Australian if Tones and I is anywhere in the triple J #hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Labor has a big problem with muslim women but they won't admit it.
They are expected to toe the line, do not disrupt. While everyone else can show disagreement in any way they want, the moment a muslim woman does it they are condemned in public.
July 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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“If the free-traders cannot understand how one nation can grow rich at the expense of another, we need not wonder, since these same gentlemen also refuse to understand how within one country one class can enrich itself at the expense of another.”

—Karl Marx
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I hope Brian Wilson died knowing that Pet Sounds is better than Sgt Pepper’s.

Farewell, sir. One of the best to walk our planet.
June 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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It is said that she was taking care of the little ones in a shabby tent! What’s the accusation in that? It’s midnight now! They choose their moments carefully to burn our hearts.
June 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Zionists: If you like Palestine so much, why don't you go visit Gaza?

Greta Thunberg: Ok, I'm on my way

Zionists: What? No! The IDF needs to do something about this.
June 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My Twitter feed is weirdly packed with zionists saying variations of “Hamas is forcing us to kill all these children”. It’s so fuckin’ dystopian
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Universal language: Whimsical orientalism is still orientalism

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Film review: Universal Language - Law Society Journal
A series of vignettes set in a Canadian Manitoba where Farsi is the main language, with an homage to Abbas Kiarostami via a whimsical Wes Anderson's aesthetic.
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May 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Relistening to an episode of This American Life about how the uncommitted were ignored by the DNC because of their support for Palestine. This may have one of the reasons she lost but at the time they really believed this was the way to go, ignore the genocide.
May 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Garland will write a long, dark brooding script that will be as unforgiving to watch as it is to play the video game. It won't be made, but man oh man I so wish to watch this.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · May 22
A24 confirms rumors that Alex Garland will write and direct a live-action Elden Ring film.
May 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I know that eventually this Australian government will condemn Israel for committing genocide but will be too late. They’ll say “before it wasn’t the right time” but I’ll never let them forget which side of history they stood.
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Zionism is not the belief the Jewish should have their homeland, it's the belief Palestinians shouldn't.
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Horrible scenes on Twitter with many users from Gaza tweeting their last words as Israel intensifies their attack in Beit Lahia during Naqba day. I feel it's mostly silence here in bsky so just want to remind you all that Israel is committing genocide and our governments are complicit.
May 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
In a "careful of what you wish for" moment for Australian politics, the Prime Minister replaces an Attorney-General that flew to Israel and shook hands with its president, for one who accepts donations from betting companies.
Cool.
Cool cool cool.
May 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"The people who need healthcare, the people who need our better and fairer schools funding agreement … The people who need access to free TAFE. The people who need the NDIS to function properly and to fully participate in our society and contribute"

Ok Albo, put your money where your mouth is.
May 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Booking my Sydney Film Festival screening like a kid in a candy shop. Oooooh a film from Zambia. I’ve never seen a film from Zambia.
May 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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"A Nobel peace prize nominee and one of the West Bank’s most prominent activists, Amro is best known for his work for Youth Against Settlements, which aims to end the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank."
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Palestinian activist says home raided ‘in revenge’ for appearing in Louis Theroux documentary
Issa Amro shares videos of confrontations with balaclava-clad military who he claims ‘want revenge’ after the BBC film The Settlers
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May 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Australia's movie industry betrayed homegrown projects to pander to American productions, and are not surprised that pandering to another country's whims doesn't pay out in the long run.
May 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I think it’s grossly inappropriate that ANZAC celebrations do not include Turkish people like Remembrance Day in Europe brings together both sides. The Anzacs invaded a new country for the colonial interests of another power, and don’t even acknowledge them
April 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates
April 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Ended. Up.

Ended.

Up.

endedup
April 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Canadian who made the most Australian film ever made, and the best film about war trauma and destructive institutions that profit from armed conflict.

Rest in peace, Ted Kotcheff. You were one of the best.
RIP Ted Kotcheff, who managed to make two of the best films ever made by two different national cinemas, Canada’s THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ and Australia’s WAKE IN FRIGHT (which just so happens to be an upcoming @junkfilterpod.bsky.social subject) youtu.be/0mh7qZq0f_w
Wake in Fright - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Madman Films
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April 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM