Shane A. Bassett
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Born in Sydney Australia. Other than movies, Shane surfs, rides a mountain bike and follows the West-Tigers football team in Rugby League. He once won $500 cash for doing air guitar on live TV to the Van Halen classic Jump! His personal best films vary but while writing this, he loves ‘Seven’, The Breakfast Club’, ‘Escape from New York’ and ‘Clue’.

Interview: M. Night Shyamalan Discusses ‘The Visit’ and ‘Wayward Pines’

Beware: Possible Spoilers for The Visit to follow. M. Night Shyamalan, a director who gained two Academy Award nominations for the surprise sleeper worldwide phenomenon The Sixth Sense.  But since that groundbreaking thriller, starring Australia’s own Toni Collette, there has been a variable…

Straight Outta Compton Interview: Ice Cube & O’Shea Jackson Jr. at the Australian Premiere

With Straight Outta Compton already a huge box U.S office hit, producer and icon Ice Cube hits the red carpet with son O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Sydney for the Australian premiere. Talking with these two nice guys, it was easy…

Interview: Joel Edgerton Discusses Writing, Directing, & Starring in ‘The Gift’

Australian actor Joel Edgerton (unforgettable in The Square) made his first international film appearance opposite Halle Berry and Jim Belushi in the 1996 kids adventure Race the Sun. Television hit Secret Life of Us helped establish his array of big screen…

Interview: Carla Gugino talks ‘San Andreas’

San Andreas is the huge disaster epic about to rumble across screens, filmed mostly in Australia and starring former rock-and-roll wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson with a cameo by our very own national treasure Kylie Minogue. During the earthquake mayhem…

Interview: Bel Powley talks ‘A Royal Night Out’

An abundance of young British talent spreading throughout movies here and abroad can often slip through undetected until a role shines the light on their formidable talent. Young Bel Powley is such a thespian sure to be ever so popular…

Shane’s Movie Review: A Royal Night Out

On the evening of Victory in Europe Day 1945, peace is reached across the globe, and celebrations are in order for a country which has been long under the strains of war. Princess Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) and Princess Margaret (Bel…

Shane’s Movie Review: The Age of Adaline

Not quite the 1992 surreal classic Orlando, but the sweeping time-shifting romantic concept is similar. At the turn of the century Adaline Bowman (an irrepressible Blake Lively) endures the age of 29 after an unforeseen clash of fateful incidents during…