TYF Contributor Shane A. Bassett was able to sit down with Star Trek star Karl Urban for a full interview; he later speaks briefly with director JJ Abrams and star Chris Pine at the Sydney premiere of Star Trek Into…
Shane’s Movie Review: Oblivion
Released in various overseas markets (including Australia) a week earlier than in the US is probably a smart movie by Universal Pictures, as love or loathe him, Tom Cruise is a true movie star who continues to impress. Off screen indiscretions aside,…
Shane’s Movie Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D
The 2009 G.I. Joe film was poor; in fact, the film has all but been wiped from my movie memory bank. Wasn’t that Brendan Fraser in quite an interesting cameo and Dennis Quaid trading quips with a raw Channing Tatum…
Shane’s Movie Review: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’
To make a prequel to the genuine American 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz is a huge risk, even for the Disney studios. They released a sequel in 1985, a major flop at the time, Return to Oz has…
Shane’s Movie Review: ‘Safe Haven’
Any new movie that has been derived from a novel by Nicholas Sparks, author of the all-time go-to romantic film of the last decade The Notebook, among other similarly themed tear jerkers, is destined to be another instant excuse for…
Interview: ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Cast at the Sydney Premiere
TYF contributor, Shane A. Bassett, interviewed the cast, director and producer of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters on the red carpet at the Australian premiere. Sydneysiders came out in droves to see the stars at the Australian premiere for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Fitting…
Shane’s Movie Review: This Is 40
I don’t really know what I was expecting, but I was expecting a better comedy film than this. Immediately after the opening scene inside a shower and a debate over taking viagra, I knew I was in for an excruciating…
