Hairspray by MikeY

OK – So I didn’t see Hairspray with the Tighty Arsy Tuesdays bois, but whilst in Canberra I had time out and took it in.

This movie is is a playful, kitschy, sweet but snarky tribute to the era of sky-high bouffants, TV dance parties and desegregation - Trust me I am old enough to remember this era! It is a Grease for the new millennium, just the kind of bubblegum musical that keeps your toes tapping, except this time John Travolta is wearing a fat suit and nylons. Shiver.

Hairspray arrives as a big, bundle of fun, infectious to the core and accomplishes more often than not what the best musicals are prone to do. It’s got a feel-good quality that stretches from here (Canberra) to Brisbane. It's got a heart-massaging message about white brothers and sisters learning to dance with, and love, their black brothers and sisters. It's got mother-daughter bonding at odds with the parent-child animosity that more often pops out, acne-like, during a girl's adolescent years. Plus it's got a regard for the pulchritude of the plump. The opening number ("Good Morning Baltimore") was great.

Overall, the music was fun and lively. The dancing, as you might expect from a show about teenage dancing, is terrific. I found this a delightful way to spend a little time out of the Canberra cold and enjoyed the movie immensely

Three cheers for this jubilant, funny, and phantasmagorical musical!

5 of these thingos for sure!

Hairspray - Obe Mossop

Ladies and Gentlemen of all ages welcome to the most enjoyable movie I have seen in quite some time!

The movie "Hairspray" set in the 1960's is centered around a plump teenager Tracy who has a crush on the most dreamy guy I've seen in quite some time. She also loves to shake that groove thang.

This movie.....dare I say it.....could not have been improved in any way. It was just the right length of time. It did not leave me hanging. The laughs were plentyful. There was a heart felt moment. There was a number of opportunities to oogle the beautiful Zac Eferon. And lastly John Travolta in drag was not a trainwreak I was expecting. Quite the contraty, he was pretty good.

Best part: When Blake (Zac Eferon) did his glamour shot winking into the camera and the entire panel plus the cinema audiance let out a lovestruck sigh.

Worst part: belgen dog dropping chocolates.

Overall rating: 5/5

Hairspray

6.55pm South Bank Cinema tonight. See you then.

Bowling

Black Sheep by . r o s s .

This is the funniest movie I have seen all year. Think of a cross between the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Watership Down. The SFX were awesome, and completely over the top. The cute little sheep fetus was my favourite character, closely followed by Oliver Driver. This film is almost like an homage to one of Jackson's first movies Brain Dead ( A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life).

Just before Mike (Mick Rose) is attacked by a killer sheep, he is seen reading "The Penguin History of New Zealand", a well known book written by the late Dr Michael King, the father of "Black Sheep" director Jonathan King.

The Wairarapa scenery is stunning, and I felt homesick (and somewhat horny) watching this film.

Five NZ Sexworkers from me

Black sheets?

Well, I really enjoyed this movie. One thing that I noticed about NZ films is that they dont take themselves to seriously, something that Australian films are pushing. I'm not saying we lack that humor, but I seem to miss it.

Best line in the movie. 'Fuck those sheep' .. 'Nah... no time for that bro!'

Worthy of adding to my dvd collection.

Bah Blah Blek Sheep - by Frostydog

OK, so I missed the TAT screening with the bois, so I decided to view a copy from Switzerland………Shhhhhhhhh – so here with are my thoughts:

Stunning vistas of New Zealand's rolling countryside aren't enough to carry this lame 2006 horror spoof about a lab experiment gone awry. It is never very frightening, but I can see how some my think it's clever and fun, with a memorable amount of humor and gore. Imagine if the Monty Python folks made the killer rabbit part from Holy Grail into a full-length movie!!!!

Anyone lacking a taste for red meat will likely say bah to the one-joke juiciness of Black Sheep, but ovine enthusiasts will be licking their chops I am sure!

I realise that Jonathan King's film is an intentionally moronic mash-up of horror clichés bound to delight all fans of grade-Z entertainment, it’s a cute idea with poor execution with the human characters nothing more than tired stereotypes... But the sheep are fabulous!

The picture is really a a vibrant advertisement for the scenic glories of New Zealand – more like a Triumph of the Lambs.

I give this 1 rotten apple