No Place Like - AUSTRALIA

An instant CLASSIC, if you ask me... just like one of the classics from the Golden Years of Hollywood. Just as uber talented director, Baz Luhrmann revived the musical with Moulin Rouge, he does so the romantic-epic of yesteryear with this movie, Australia.

Broad accents, fake looking sets, really fine costuming, heightened melodrama & a bit on the cheesy side comedy - those, plus the ever luminous, and still very much underrated, Nicole Kidman (can anyone look this beautiful all dirtied up?) and the oh-s-manly (also very underrated and under used in Hollywood), Hugh Jackman (it is to say that they are both real FAVES of mine!) - I could not ask for a more entertaining film. Best seen in a BIG SCREEN! Plus look closer, and you will see familiar faces from Mr Luhrmann's other films... or better put, a who's who in the Australian cinema. I should also note that, besides the beautiful land down under, another reason to see the film is Brandon Walters - the Aboriginal boy at the center of the story. A naturally gifted actor...

Set in northern Australia during the World War II years, the film addresses the country's historical relationship with it's Aboriginal people. So go see it with an open mind - it is a beautifully captured film, with a great historical story to boot.. Rewarding in every way.