Video: Animal Kingdom - Official Full Length Trailer

A smattering of reviews appeared in July but on the album front, we had two particularly impressive efforts - one from Oneida and another from The Horrors . The month in cinema was a little more barren in terms of supreme releases although 'Bridesmaids' and the new 'Transformers' film provided sufficient entertainment. Read those reviews and more, after the jump. ALBUM REVIEWS: Oneida - 'Absolute II' // Simon Opie // 9.5 [...]

Director: David Michôd Cast: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Luke Ford Rating: 15A Duration: 112 minutes. The opening credits of Animal Kingdom , depicting CCTV photographs of real bank robberies, expertly sets the tone for the rest of this film. Haunting, desperate and menacing. Director David Michôd’s stunning and moody feature debut is set in '80s Melbourne during the decline of what was once a thriving criminal scene of armed robberies. Like Ben Affleck’s film, The Town , Melbourne was Australia’s Charlestown. Seventeen-year-old Joshua J Cody (James Frecheville), has [...]

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Animal Kingdom I originally saw Animal Kingdom a few months ago but it recently popped back into my mind at last week’s Toronto Film Bloggers pub night. I was in conversation with another blogger who was discussing how the ending of Incendies nearly ruined the film, which she had loved up to that point. While I still have to see Incendies , I could relate. I experienced a similar reaction with David Michôd’s debut film Animal Kingdom . Focusing on [...]

Animal Kingdom is the latest Australian film to create a buzz. Earlier this year it won the World Cinema Jury Prize at Sundance , winning widespread acclaim for its depth of quality. Now this trailer gives a little more to be excited about. This film comes to cinemas in June and is the feature length debut for director David Michod. It stars Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton and is sure to be one of 2010's most talked about films.