Ken Porter Movies
Jeff Balsmeyer makes his writing and directing debut with the Australian romantic comedy Danny Deckchair. Rhys Ifans plays Danny Morgan, a building tradesman living in the Sydney suburbs with his upwardly mobile real-estate agent girlfriend, Trudy (Justine Clarke). When she chooses to postpone their vacation together in order to show a house to TV personality Sandy Upman (Rhys Muldoon), Danny takes matters into his own hands by fastening helium balloons to a chair and sailing over the city. Landing in the small town of Clarence, he meets and falls in love with parking cop Glenda (Miranda Otto). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, (more)
A city is in the grip of a particularly bizarre and bloodthirsty serial killer in this tale of horror and suspense starring Vanessa Sanchez, known to wrestling fans as Tygress from the old WCW franchise. A community is on the edge of panic after reports of a number of grisly murders in which unsuspecting victims found themselves decapitated. After a pair of law enforcement officers become the killer's next victims, Martin Blake (Peter Reh), a former FBI agent turned private investigator, is called in to track down the fiend. Working alongside Blake is Evangelina (Vanessa Sanchez), a woman well versed with the practices of the occult, and together they investigate the dark world of voodoo and the supernatural. Severed was the first film for writer and director Matt Green. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion directs the darkly humorous family drama Sweetie. Thin and mousy Kay (Karen Colson) works in a factory and lives a dreary existence with her well-meaning boyfriend, Louis (Tom Lycos). One day, her sister Dawn (Genevieve Lemon) arrives with her so-called manager, Bob (Michael Lake). Nicknamed Sweetie, Dawn is everything Kay is not: boisterous, impulsive, and overweight. Kay is consumed with uptight phobias, while Dawn hangs on to her unrealistic childhood dreams of show business. Meanwhile, their parents, Gordon (Jon Darling) and Flo (Dorothy Barry), are involved in a strange separation. Kay, Louis, and Gordon trick Dawn so they can visit Flo at a ranch in the Australian outback. Everyone gets together back at the family home where Dawn pulls an immature stunt, exposing the psychological realities of the situation. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, (more)
Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vies for the hand of rancher's daughter Tushika Bergen. Our hero must not only contend with his romantic rival, a dashing but dangerous cattleman (Steven Vidler), but also with a villainous creditor who craves the land left to Bergen by her late father. By nature of its plotline and setting, Wrangler can't help but invite comparisons to the popular The Man From Snowy River. Still, the stars and director Ian Barry keep up the appearances of freshness and originality. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jeff Fahey, Tushka Bergen, (more)
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