On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back Read More »
Tag Archives: New Zealand
Next of Kin (1982) Tony Williams, Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother’s diary. Read More »
Smash Palace (1981) Roger Donaldson, Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson-Kirk, Drama
Al Shaw’s life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the “Smash Palace”. His French wife, Jacqui, doesn’t appreciate the lack of attention due to Al’s obsession with cars. Read More »
Blutige Schreie / Strange Behavior (1981) Michael Laughlin, Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Widowed John Brady is the Chief of Police in small town Galesburg, Illinois, where he has lived most of his life. Read More »
The Bounty (1984) Roger Donaldson, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) struggles to restore discipline among the crew of the HMS Bounty after the ship has an extended furlough in Tahiti. Read More »
Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Drama
Vincent Ward (director of What Dreams May Come, River Queen, The Navigator) tells the genre-defying, deeply personal Read More »
Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Drama
Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss’s father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job by her grandfather. Toss’s fairly innocent relationship with Ethan is severed when he forms a relationship with her mother.
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