It is with a heavy heart but slight excitement that I announce that Salty Popcorn, Sydney Table and Total Randomness are leaving Orble and taking me with them. At close on 2000 articles and 5000 or so comments I have had enough of the lack of care on the network of Orble. I mean - we, the writers...

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Today marks the official 5th birthday of the mighty and powerful Salty Popcorn idea. It was on this day back in March 2005 I wrote the first article, god it was hideous. About 30 words long and looking like it was written by a 12yr old dyslexic using his toes on the keyboard. Today marks 1056...

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West of Memphis - A Salty Review by Dara Let me get something straight - generally I don't watch documentaries, especially at the cinema, but this one caught my interest honestly because of the celebrity cameos - Henry Rollins, Eddie Vedder and Johnny Depp and score by Nick Cave. Seriously, with ...

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How do I review the most offensive crazy shitful movie of all time that also made you laugh to the point of bleeding tears With abundant difficulty I assure you. I had the absolute pleasure of being invited to attend the Australian premiere for Movie 43 last night at the St George Open Air C...

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JK's NOTE Huge thanks and congratulations to two of the Salty writers, Adam and Cody, who had their first baptism in fire and entered the mad snake pit of Red Carpet interviews at the premiere of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters. All went mildly well and they got great images but being placed next ...

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The Sweeney A Review by Cody on the Salty ) ED's Note Sweeney fans beware Special thanks to Cody for attending this one. I just want to point out one thing of importance. Reviews worldwide of this film that have compared it to the TV show have actually panned the film. But that is the problem...

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Life doesn't always go according to plan. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything - his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro) after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is dete...

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Basic plot description for this masterpiece - it's the Osama Bin Laden hunting film and that's it. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most da...

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"In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned,...

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What an awesome day it has been for Salty Popcorn - a great surprise and a nice little ego booster. I achieved one of the goals for Salty that I have wanted since day 1. To get Salty Popcorn quoted on a poster or for a movie. And today I got that wish - we appeared as a quote in the Sydney...

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A big day today - another article coming to share the beans but I would like you all to welcome another new writer to the team, Cody Sheehan, who will be occasionally jelly wrestling with the rest of the team to score movie tickets and who's film reviews will now grace the pages of Salty - gratz and...

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I sent around an email asking which of the Salty team could attend this one and was surprised that Adam was the first to write back - Adam was yet to write and this is not only a Tarantino film, but it stars my god, Leo. It was a day screening and it was completely impossible to attend this one - bu...

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I was always reluctant to watch this film. I knew it would be long, I knew it would be tedious and I knew it would be lots and lots of singing. But I cannot deny the credit where it is due, this film is epic on all proportions and a huge challenge Director, Tom Hooper, took on. One that he has succe...

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Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of ...

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How do you film the impossible the film people said could never be made A film that at one stage was being written and directed by M.Night Shyamalan - thank Richard Parker's stars that did not happen!! How do you make a film with a human and a bunch of wild animals in close quarters How do you ma...

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The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company LAIKA, reteaming the company with Focus Features after the groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated Coraline. ParaNorman is, following Coraline, the company's second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. In ParaNorman, a small town...

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Big thanks to Dara for reviewing this one - I remember the bedlam that ensued with this trailer having a big shoot out scene in a cinema and the trailer released at the time of the devastating shootout for Dark Knight Rises in the US cinema. Then the trailer and film quietly disappeared for a while ...

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What a sensational year of film this has been going from strength to strength. While we sadly say farewell to 2012, an old friend, we welcome a great new friend for a year - the impressive 2013. Without further ado - here is the coveted list, the list to end all lists, the chance for me to yank m...

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Special thanks to Dara for attending and reviewing this one for you all - it is time for a Knocked Up screening on DVD for me me prior to seeing this one. This is 40 starts about 5 years after Knocked Up and focuses on Alison's sister and her husband - Debbie (Leslie Mann) and Pete (Paul Rudd). ...

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2012 A Review REPOSTED TODAY AS RELEASING THIS MORNING I had the fortune of being invited to a screening of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster movie, 2012, and am very thankful to my friends at Sony Pictures and sad to have to write this about the film but this is not only the biggest disaster...

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