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There's
not a lot of new
material out there
today, but "catch o'
the day" has some of
the all-time
classics of film
nudity to look in in
1080p!
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Yellow
asterisk:
funny (maybe).
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White
asterisk:
expanded
format.
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Blue asterisk:
not mine.
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No
asterisk: it
probably
sucks.
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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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Back
of Beyond
(1995)
Johnny's comments:
The VHS vault
has creaked open again and
I'm afraid it's leaked out
again...
Back of Beyond is a 1995
thriller about a motor
mechanic Tom (Paul
Mercurio, fresh off that
masterpiece Exit To Eden)
who lives and works in a
remote garage in the
middle of the desert. He
seems to be in some sort
of purgatory because he
may have cause the death
of his sister (Rebekah
Elmaloglou) in a
motorcycle accident and
has hidden himself away
from the world. Meanwhile,
a car has broken down in
the desert with its driver
Nick (John Polson) and
passengers Connor (Colin
Friels) and Charlie (Dee
Smart) stranded. An
Aboriginal family tells
the group that they should
head to the garage to get
help, so Charlie does and
almost dehydrates. She is
rescued by Tom and they
bond as she recovers.
Eventually, Tom gets the
other two and tows them to
the garage to fix the car.
Tom is a mysterious figure
who seems to be able to
see into the future or
something. Connor is
getting impatient with
Tom's dilly-dallying
leaving him late to get
the money for some
diamonds they have stolen.
Conner alienates everyone
and it's not long before
things to the boil. Oh
wow, I'd heard bad things
about Back of Beyond, but
this film is a pointless
shocker. Paul Mercurio's
character is so mysterious
he's completely aloof and
a complete drip and
Charlie bafflingly falls
for him in an instant.
Colin Friels' character is
bad and you know it
because he has platinum
blonde hair like all
baddies. The plot is so
utterly pointless I
wondered if anything at
all was going to happen
and when it does, who
cares? The final twist is
straight out of the Ghost
Whisperer and when you
think about, doesn't make
a whole lot of sense. Does
that mean everyone's dead
except for Charlie? Ah,
who cares?
Again this series is from
a VHS copy of the film and
actually came out alright.
Dee Smart has barely been
in anything over the last
decade, well after Water
Rats anyway, so it was
almost bizarre to see her
in Panic at Rock Island
recently. I still remember
her from Home and Away,
that's how far I go back
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