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  • DVD Review: “Gilda” (1946)

    Gilda (1946) Directed: King Vidor Featuring: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready “I’ve got some news for you, Johnny. I’m going to do exactly what I please, when I please. I was true to one man once, hmmm, and look what happened.” King Vidor’s film noir “Gilda” stands as one of the finest examples of…

  • DVD Review: Mississippi Grind (2015)

    Mississippi Grind (2015) Directed: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Featuring: Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Yvonne Landry, Alfre Woodard, Sienna Miller “Do you know how to get a sweet, little, old lady to yell “Go f— yourself?” Get another sweet, little, old lady to yell “Bingo!”” The past few years has seen the rise and rise of…

  • TV Review: Cuffs – Season 1 – Out Now

    Cuffs Series 1 BBC – 456 minutes – 8 Episodes Featuring: Ashely Walters, Jacob Ifan, Amanda Abbington, Peter Sullivan, Shaun Dooley, Paul Ready, Alex Carter and Eleanor Matsuura It is refreshing to watch an episodic TV show that at times does not take itself too seriously. After the effect that the Scandinavian police/political television series have…

  • An Animated Guy – Special Mention at Doc Edge Awards

    An Animated Guy – Special Mention at Doc Edge Awards The short films ranging from 6 minutes to 40 minutes impressed the judges too. The 2016 Academy Award® Documentary (Short Subject) winner A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, won Best International Short Documentary, judges hailing it as “an example of activist filmmaking…

  • Review: “Angry Birds” (2016)

    Angry Birds (2016)   Directed by: Clay Kaytis & Fergal Reilly Featuring the voices of: Jason Sudeikis, Danny McBride, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn, Bill Hader and many more Yes, Angry Birds the movie is based on THAT game and this should not be a reason to avoid this film. In fact as far…

  • An Animated Guy – Podcast 5.5

    This podcast is just a thank you to Wellington for putting on a great show for me and how it went for the World Premiere of An Animated Guy.

  • Goodbye Wellington & Thanks

    An Animated Guy has now world premiered and it is a relief. Thanks to those that turned up and sorry if there was a mix up with any complementary tickets. Thank you Wellington, Ernie Davis, Rorro, Zoe-Rose, Barb and Marnie. See you in Auckland. John Spry

  • Update: Arrived in Wellington

    Hi All, I have arrived in Wellington, it is a lovely morning, having a coffee, eggs and a muffin. Looking forward to the World Premiere of “An Animated Guy”, but very nervous. I had some nice words from Guy last night on the way down. He seems really amped, he always says nice things about…

  • Just getting ready to board for the road trip to Wellington for the world premiere of “An Animated Guy”.

  • Review: Captain America: Civil War (2016)

    Directed: The Russo Brothers Featuring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr., Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany At the end of the day all you have are friends and family. That’s it. Everything else just falls away. That’s what is at the center of CA:CW, a film that offers as much human…

  • Breaking News: “An Animated Guy” selected by L.A. CineFest

    An Animated Guy has been selected for the LA Cinefest Los Angeles CineFest is a online monthly international event. Each month Los Angeles film industry specialists vote for The Best of The Festival in each category. Every month, we’ll announce Festival winners. Stay tuned to see if the short documentary is a winner!  

  • Breaking News:Documentary Edge Festival 2016: Critters in short films

    Documentary Edge Festival 2016: Critters in short films Today “An Animated Guy” and its director were mentioned in a new Stuff.co.nz article. Click Link or see below. The festival hosts the world premiere of An Animated Guy, a 15-minute film focusing on Guy Capper, directed by John Spry. When director Spry, was made redundant in 2014…

  • An Animated Guy – Podcast 5

    This weeks podcast is all about starting the edit of the craft documentary which led into the short “An Animated Guy”.

  • Review: “Eddie the Eagle” (2016)

    Director: Dexter Fletcher Featuring: Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton, Christopher Walken and Jim Broadbent Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman are both excellent in this inspired by a true story “Eddie the Eagle”, the English ski jumper who made it to the 1988 Winter Olympics and made a huge impression there and at home. Its great seeing…

  • Review: “Midnight Special” (2016)

    Review: Midnight Special (2016) Directed: Jeff Nichols Featuring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepherd and Jaeden Lieberher. Jeff Nichols the director who brought us Mud (2012), Take Shelter (2011) and Shotgun Stories (2007) brings us another genre bending story Midnight Special along with regular collaborator the always-excellent Michael Shannon. This story…

  • Review: “The Jungle Book” (2016)

    Well its now official Disney has won movies. With all the franchises and studios they own – Pixar, Marvel, Lucas – there does not seem to be a month that goes by when they release a thoroughly excellent movie, whether its Zootopia, this months Jungle Book or next months Civil War Disney are churning out…

  • An Animated Guy – Podcast 3

    Hi all – The latest podcast about Guy and the launch of the Doc Edge Festival in Auckland. Thanks and stay tuned!!

  • Hi all I have just been to the launch of the 2016 Documentary Edge Festival at the Auckland Art Gallery and it was just awesome. My first taste of a real festival with my short doco in it. I could not have asked for more. With my good friend Rorro. We met lots of other…

  • Review: “The Witch”

    One of the most popular genres for debut film makers to dip their toes into is the Horror genre. That means that every year there are hundreds of new horror films being released on to DVD, BR, streaming and at the movies. Most often they are cheap knock offs of familiar sub-genres, werewolves, vampires and…

  • The Dominion Press

    I have been interviewed for about half an hour by the Dominion newspaper in Wellington. It was very exciting talking about the last year and how “An Animated guy” came into being. How I met Guy and the cool people I met making the documentary. A special shout out to: Guy Capper, Tim Capper, Ros…