I want When Harry Met Sally , but Blak and set in Kununurra.
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I remember watching
Love & Basketball for the very first time and thinking it was the kind of fairytale I wanted to have.
The 2000 film is an epic story about frenemies turned lovers, as Monica (Saana Lanthan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) fall hard for each other after their families became neighbours. At first glance,
Love & Basketball is a story about success, family, and, well, basketball. But at its heart, the movie is all about love Black love.
Don t be shame, be game, you mob.
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In 2009, the musical
Bran Nue Dae debuted in cinemas. Directed by Rachel Perkins, it featured local talent Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Geoffrey Rush, Ernie Dingo, and Deborah Mailman.
It’s a movie about love, family, and home but amongst the crazy dancing and spontaneous singing, there’s an iconic scene where Willie (McKenzie) and a drunken Roxanne (Mailman) end up at ‘the condom tree’. In the scene, the tree looks almost magical, with coloured condoms dangling off the branches like metallic lights. As a young teenager, I watched the movie thinking it was just a funny concept to help fill the scene.
BIG SHOT (DISNEY+) Former
Full House star John Stamos plays temperamental basketball coach Marvyn Korn in this 10-part David E. Kelley (
Boston Legal,
Big Little Lies) dramedy. He’s a man who finds himself having to rebuild her career at an elite girl’s private high school after he is fired from a more lucrative role. “The charismatic cast certainly helps,” wrote
Time magazine s Judy Berman. “Stamos may never win an Oscar, but he s a reliably likeable TV presence who makes it easy to root for a high-strung bully who s trying to rebuild his life.”
CREAMERIE (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Despite the premise, initial aesthetics and the presence of the luminous Tandi Wright, a dystopian drama akin to the under-rated, sadly short-lived
LINE OF DUTY (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Newbies to
this much-loved British police procedural (now in its sixth season) may find it takes a little while to learn the lingo, but persevere, and you’ll find cracking drama amongst the seemingly scrupulous attention to detail. These are stories where often the crime comes secondary to the law enforcers’ conduct or potential corruption and where you’ll find your impressions of guilt and innocence change many times over the course of a series. Even before the end of episode one, there’s enough doubt, suspicion and potential bias laid before the audience to leave you hopelessly addicted and hanging out for the next installment to drop.