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Nathan-Kaye
He has performed on some of the world's most prominent stages, including Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK), Glastonbury Festival (UK), The Cavern Bar (Liverpool, UK), The Viper Room (LA), Splendour in the Grass (Aus), Woodford Folk Festival (Aus), and many more.
Reviews
Shantaram (2022)
Faithful to the novel in all the best ways
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Having read the book and rate it as one of my all time favourite novels, it's rare for me to commend a dramatised adaptation of a book, but this series is faithful to the novel in all the best ways. The casting is amazing. In fact, Charlie Hunnam is the first non-Australian actor to ever nail the Australian accent on camera.
The writing, directing and editing are all stellar.
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YOU MUST WATCH THIS SERIES.
It's a fantastic series that should continue to be made by Apple TV in order to honour the entire book's journey. Apple TV? You can't attempt to dramatise a modern classic without committing to see it all the way through.
A+++ for this series.
I shall be reviewing it on my 99.9 Bay FM radio show, Living Your Arts Off.
Physical (2021)
Rose Byrne & the whole cast are outstanding!
This series grabbed my partner and I from the first episode.
It's funny, witty, with the realism of the intensity of negative self-talk, the subsequent stultified social interactions and actions of someone suffering from an eating disorder, yet punctuated by moments of how to overcome such things showing glimpses of hope and dark humour..
Rose Byrne really embodies this character beautifully.
Very much Looking forward to the next episode...
Cargo (2017)
A human twist to the zombie genre
This was such a refreshing take on what has become the hebetudinous zombie genre.
(Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the zombie genre, despite the fact that it's become a droll exercise in how not to surprise the viewer)
In fact, zombies were just a background frame for a beautifully told story of a father's mission, against the odds, to save his child.
Clever concept and I loved the honouring of Aboriginal culture within it.
Awake (2021)
An apocalyptic thriller for intelligent people
Great premise. Executed very well indeed. Those that are giving it bad reviews probably just wanted action-type titillation, but the way this was crafted really put you in the mindset of what it would be like to be in such a situation and trying to save your child whilst knowing that you aren't likely to survive yourself.
Bliss (2021)
Touching and beautiful
It's been a very long time since I saw a film that made me cry. This is a brilliant piece of art that deals with the themes of sanity, loss and drug addiction in such a creative way. The performances are beautifully touching. Something akin to The Fisher King.
High Fidelity (2020)
At first, I was skeptical, but this is brilliant!
At first, I was skeptical, because of the switcharoo and I'm a huge fan of the original film, but it was executed brilliantly!
Loved the whole season!
The First (2018)
Compelling & refreshing drama
What I loved about this first and foremost is that it focussed on the drama of human relationships, which were written and performed with mastery and which is what made it so refreshing as a narrative based around space exploration.
Yesterday (2019)
Fantastic premise.
The premise is a fantastic one. In fact, it is often debated in the music industry as to whether The Beatles would attain the success they received in the current oversaturated music climate amidst an era of people with smaller attention spans that are less 'innocent' and vastly harder to please than their 60's counterparts.
So a world where only one musician knows that the Beatles and their incredible catalogue existed is a notion really worth exploring to it's fullest.
However, it seemed to play second fiddle to the romance plot.
If you're to make a film about the music of one of the most influential and innovative bands in history, then there's an expectation for the film to also be somewhat innovative.
Sadly, it isn't.
Instead it is a repetitive formulaic cliché caused by a hebetudinous script.
So let's not mistake this for what it could have been to what it actually is: it's a straight forward RomCom.
It's saving grace was that, due to the awesome premise, the brilliant music of the Fab Four could be relived as if you're introducing someone to the Beatles songs for the first time.
The acting performances from all the cast were outstanding, which also helped hold the audience attention and lead Hamish Patel did an absolute sterling job of performing the songs we all know and love.
Kate McKinnon never fails to garner a chuckle with her delivery, Lily James steals every scene she is in with her magnetism and Joel Fry was on point with his character.
There were enough funny scenes throughout (mostly in the first half) and enough chemistry between Hamish & Lily to keep us happy to see the film to it's obvious conclusion.
Why do romcom's feel the need to make the protagonists such pure beings that they feel compelled to do public confessions of their own wrongdoings?
I really wanted to love this film more, so it's unfortunate to witness all the hard work put in by all the cast and crew be downgraded due to Richard Curtis' script.
Black Summer (2019)
Refreshing take on the zombie genre
I found this take on the genre to be refreshing and realistic. The zombies in this are actually scary, the protagonist characters are diverse and interesting and the way they weaved the narrative was original.
Lost in Space (2018)
This is fantastic sci-fi
I loved that it has an ensemble cast type vibe. Very strong female protagonists and strong female antagonist make for a compelling storyline.
Each character is very watchable and the actors bring them to life magnetically.
I can't wait for the second season. Hopefully it gets renewed for a few more seasons.