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’.

A ‘Robocop’ Retrospective

Law enforcement doesn’t get much more retro than Robocop, and in 1987, it became a global box office hit spawning various sequels, a live action television series, and a children’s cartoon show. It was an inventive science fiction action film…

Interview: Producer Peter Del Vecho Talks Disney’s ‘Frozen’

The biggest movie of the crammed Christmas Holiday period is Walt Disney’s FROZEN. Brilliant animation, memorable songs, and as far as I am concerned, a throwback to the classics such as Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. I spoke to the man,…

Interview: Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig Talk ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’

Storms threatened overhead, but Sydney turned on a perfect evening on an outdoor red carpet to welcome Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig for the Australian premiere of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The screening took place inside the Sydney…

Shane’s Movie Review: Metallica Through The Never

A lone skateboarder enters the back stage area of a sold out arena where it’s all happening, Metallica are about to perform. Trip is a novice roadie for the band, a few notches down the pecking order but loyal to…

Shane’s Movie Review: Runner, Runner

Gambling connoisseur student cracks an online poker match but is suddenly rolled out of his big winnings.  He pursues the off-shore site master only to go to work for him illegally. Runner, Runner is a touch by the numbers, although…

Shane’s Movie Review: Diana (2013)

Despite what I say as a movie analyst, people will see Diana for curiosity alone. The film is not a complete biography, rather a focus on the period of life after Princess Diana was still married to, but separated from Prince Charles.…

Shane’s Movie Review: Jobs

Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Matthew Modine, Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, Ahna O’Reilly, James Woods From the outset audiences may question the choice of regular go to funny man, Ashton Kutcher in the lead role of Apple Computers founder Steve…