The movie Airplane, known in Australia as Flying High, turns 35 this year. Full of iconic set pieces and tag lines (Surely you can’t be serious. Yes I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.) the movie that gave rise to an entire genre of parodies distinguished itself by using actors with dramatic backgrounds rather …

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There have been a bunch of teaser trailers for upcoming movies released over the last couple of weeks. Superman and Batman have a discussion that pretty much sums up my reactions of over-whelmed, under-whelmed and just plain whelmed. BTW, Avengers Age Of Ultron opens tomorrow. On an unrelated note, I’ll be uncontactable for a few …

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