Category Archives: Review

In which PJK reviews and films, TV and the occasional plate of bacon and eggs.

Content Sponge #5

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Phil

Get ready to rise, people of Paris! Hail Zeitgeisters, here are some foreshortened, compressed and encapsulated reviews of films that I have glommed and ingested in the last two weeks. SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED Darius (Aubrey Plaza) is an intern at … Continue reading →

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Content Sponge #4

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Phil

So Zeitgeisters, I finally got some time to catch up with a number of shows that have been consuming memory on my Korean Teevo.  Here are my reviews.   Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War (Nine Network) Despite its naff title this … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Prometheus (2012)

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Phil

Prometheus (2012), US, 124 mins Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba Rating: 2/5 A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey … Continue reading →

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Content Sponge #2

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Phil

Welcome to the second of my semi-regular Content Sponge! posts where I write about the telly, films and books I have ingested lately. HOMELAND (2012) I have seen the first couple of episodes and feel perhaps this was overly hyped … Continue reading →

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Content Sponge #1

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Phil

Isn’t the last day of the year a fine time for beginning things? Content Sponge! with its superfluous exclamation mark will be an ambiguously titled semi-regular feature on this ‘blog. It will be less about the happiness of sea sponges … Continue reading →

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Film Review: DIRTY DEEDS

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Phil

Going through my archives I discovered a clutch of movie reviews I had written for Geoffrey.com.au. The site is run by my friend Objectman with occasional posts from me, however a number of the reviews were lost in a catastrophic database … Continue reading →

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Film Review: GLITTER

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Phil

Going through my archives I discovered a clutch of movie reviews I had written for Geoffrey.com.au. The site is still run by my friend Objectman with occasional posts from me , however a number of the reviews were lost in a … Continue reading →

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Coffee Review #002

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Phil

Been shopping at Melville Plaza and thinking – must have a coffee and sit down? Suss out the Bean Scene. They’re better than your average supermarket cafe. The range of food is good. A giant Afghan biscuit was $3.50. The … Continue reading →

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Film Review: RED

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Phil

RED (2010) USA, 111mins Director: Robert Schwentke Cast: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich Rating: 3.5/5 When his idyllic life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last … Continue reading →

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TV Review: Zumbo

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Phil

I caught up with the second episode of the SBS show ZUMBO last night. A docu-reality-lifestyle melange of six episodes ostensibly about the working life of famed Sydney patissier Adriano Zumbo, but it was nothing of the kind. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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