Crimetime is an Australian film directed by Marc Gracie. It was the tenth movie of Boulevard Films and the first not written by Frank Howson. It was never completed due to the financial problems faced by Boulevard but was screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2006 in rough cut form.
Synopsis
Policemen Robin Decker and John Little begin to realise they are probably the only two honest cops on the force.
, 1h38 Directed byStephen Hopkins GenresThriller, Horror ActorsMarcus Graham, Kathryn Walker, Steven Grives, John Polson, Robbie McGregor, Paris Jefferson Rating51% A young computer expert and his friends manage to disable a department store's security system so they can break in for the thrill of it. Once inside they find themselves stalked by a killer - a deranged police officer (Steven Grives) that the teens had caused to be suspended from his job earlier that day.
Directed byAnthony Maras ActorsMarcus Graham, Roy Billing, Lisa Flanagan Rating65% Policeman Steve Barker hopes to reunite with Tolly Manditis, a former protégé who has risen to become a star undercover officer, only to find Manditis is a habitual drug user.
, 1h32 GenresComedy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsVince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Nikolaos Giannopoulos, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Geraldine Turner Rating58% Steve (Nick Giannopoulos) is a second-generation Greek Australian. Steve is unemployed, but manages to get by, helping out here and there. His pride and joy is his VF Valiant Pacer. Whilst helping out a compensation-oriented neighbour, Steve has a minor car accident involving the Minister for Employment, vampily played by Geraldine Turner. The net result of this encounter is twofold; Steve gets to meet Celia (Lucy Bell) whom he is instantly attracted to but who initially hates him, and Steve gets outed on national television by Derryn Hinch as the worst dole-bludger in Australia.
, 45minutes Directed byBruce Beresford GenresDrama, Documentary ActorsLucy Bell, Paul Mercurio Rating51% 'Virginia" (Lucy Bell), a young and adventurous woman, travels from England to Sydney, Australia, in search of her Australian ancestors. Her grandfather "William Robertson" had travelled from Sydney to England in the 1930s, falling in love with an English girl and marrying her. He joined the RAAF at the onset of World War II, only to be killed in an air battle over France. Virginia carries with her some documents of her grandfather's to try to find out what his life was like in Australia all those years ago. She meets her Great Aunt "Clara" who, while happy to tell her of the city's origins, does not expand on the history of William Robertson. Virginia intensifies her efforts to find the truth and comes across a reference to a Robertson who lived at Cumberland Street in The Rocks area of the city.
, 1h34 Directed byMatthew Newton GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ActorsMatthew Newton, Ewen Leslie, Bud Tingwell, Toby Schmitz, Gracie Otto, Jacki Weaver Rating60% Three young Australian naval officers hit the streets of Sydney for one last night before being shipped out to Iraq. The dynamic between the three friends is uneasy; Sam (Ewen Leslie) has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean (Toby Schmitz) has a fiancé and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry (Matthew Newton) just loves playing cards. Throughout the night the boy's struggle with what a night in Sydney can offer, as details of their last six months at sea emerge.
, 1h22 GenresComedy ActorsDavid Argue, Bruce Spence, Mary Coustas, Michael Carman, Frank Thring Rating72% Film buff Brad McBain (Argue), a frustrated employee of Australia’s largest cinema chain, The Kent Corporation, quits his job and decides to set up and re-open the Picture Palace, a palatial disused cinema in St Kilda, Melbourne, to show classic old films in the old-fashioned style.