ROCK AND ROLL NERD  (MA)

What do you do with a going-nowhere comedy show and a craving for affirmation?

Australia is old-school filmmaking, an epic spectacular that strives for a little of something for everyone: romance, action, cattle, sunsets and a touch of social commentary all wrapped in a chocolate box of retina-threatening colour saturation.

Nanette Burstein’s attempt to turn the college movie on its head by exploring the reality of college stereotypes is an interesting idea.

Roman de Gare is nerve-jangling edge-of-the-seat stuff with enough energy, suspense and plot twists for two features yet never looses track of its ideas, or its audience.