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Drive Hard (2014)

Drive Hard (2014)

Thomas Jane and John Cusack drive each other hard in Brian Trenchard-Smith’s latest action-comedy Drive Hard.
A bonkers babysitter

A bonkers babysitter

Adventures in babysitting and baby-snatching from the 1975 Australian telemovie Mama's Gone A-Hunting.
Still Flowin The Movie (2013)

Still Flowin The Movie (2013)

Celebrate Australia Day or any other day by watching Australia's best rap man in his breathtaking biopic Still Flowin The Movie.
Y2K Family Survival Guide (1998)

Y2K Family Survival Guide (1998)

Leonard Nimoy presents the ultimate guide on surviving the Y2K apocalypse for you and your family.
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (1988)

Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em (1988)

From Stanley Kramer’s melodrama On the Beach, George Miller’s masterful Mad Max, to the stupefying Sons of Steel (to name a few), Australia has featured in a spattering of post-apocalyptic films. But none are as upbeat and pumping as Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em.
Screaming Mark "Jacko" Jackson and his magic smashing chair

Screaming Mark “Jacko” Jackson and his magic smashing chair

King of Australia, Mark "Jacko" Jackson, screams at the world's shittest tough guys and then magically pulls a chair out of thin air. From Trojan Warrior and your nightmares.
Wet and Wild Summer! (1992)

Wet and Wild Summer! (1992)

Why would you waste 10 minutes of your life reading a post about Wet and Wild Summer!? Most importantly, why would you waste 95 minutes of your life watching it, like I did? There is one special reason: Christopher Atkins. Or to be exact: Christopher Atkins’ magical face.
Massive Bruce Spence does a massive stinker

Massive Bruce Spence does a massive stinker

Bruce Spence and David Argue stink it up in Midnite Spares.
Hurricane Smith (1992)

Hurricane Smith (1992)

When Hurricane steps off the plane in Brisbane, Australia, he announces, “I’m Carl Weathers and I’m here to smash up the Gold Coast.” I’m not sure why he refers to himself by his real name, but he does.
Richard Norton's flaming feet

Richard Norton’s flaming feet

Richard Norton's amazingly pointless kick trick. From his 1995 Aussie tough guy flick, Under the Gun.
Under the Gun (1995)

Under the Gun (1995)

The early to mid 90s was a ripe time for action films made in Australia. A period where a plethora of beefcakes smashed their way through the Great Southern Land. From Tom Selleck in Quigley Down Under, Christopher Lambert in Fortress, to Carl Weathers in Hurricane Smith.
An interview with Karl Schiffman

An interview with Karl Schiffman

Fascinated by Mark "Jacko" Jackson's cop film Bullet Down Under, I decided to track down its screenwriter, Karl Schiffman, for an interview. We discuss the film, the script he wrote for Roddy Piper/Billy Blanks' Back in Action and of course Billy Blanks' chest.