Tag Archive for Sam Neill

Apples Never Fall To Start Production in Queensland in March

Apples Never Fall is the latest screen production to call Australia home, with the limited series expected to inject more than $79 million into the Australian economy when production commences in Queensland in March. Also supported by Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy, the Australian Government’s Location Incentive is providing funding supporting the creation of 260…

NFSA Restores My Brilliant Career

Margaret Fink and Gillian Armstrong’s empowering feminist classic My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and is set to premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival on Wednesday 13 June. Director Gillian Armstrong will participate in a special Q&A following the screening. My Brilliant Career…

Attack Force Z

Director Tim Burstall Starring John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill Rated M Score 3/6 A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. For those of you who might be interested the producers of Attack Force Z went on to make another movie about Z Special Unit…

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Director Taika Waititi Staring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata Rated PG Score 5/6 A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. This is the second movie that I have watched that was directed by Taika Waititi the first being…

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Q&A

Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure. After recently…