Hoodlum’s A Perfect Pairing, Courtney Act & Bob Downe

A Good Pairing (Netflix) is the newest film about an American lady (Victoria Justice) coming to Australia to fall in love with a hunky native (Adam Demos), whereas additionally having madcap adventures with native wildlife like snakes, kangaroos and sheep.

Within the 80s, such telemovies had been commonplace. There was The Final Frontier (1986) with Linda Evans falling for Jack Thompson, The Information Of Life Down Beneath (1987) with Cloris Leachman falling for Noel Trevarthen, and Outback Sure (1988) with Donna Mills falling for Andrew Clarke.

A Good Pairing

Now we’ve got A Good Pairing, and the distinction lately is that we are able to make our personal tacky motion pictures, relatively than some random American community. Having already scored with Christmas on the Farm (Stan), Hoodlum Leisure has discovered a approach to dial down the cheesiness whereas making it extra authentically Australian.

Having stated that, rom coms demand some cheese, which means Victoria Justice should stomp round in inappropriate footwear, earlier than then falling into sheep dung. She will additionally belt out a tune across the campfire, and the remainder of the soundtrack contains nice Aussie bands like The Vines, Jet and Sheppard.

Sadly, there isn’t any eye-pooping nude scene from Aussie lead Adam Demos, however a minimum of the surroundings is gorgeous. Filmed within the Numinbah Valley hinterland behind the Gold Coast, that is probably the most lush “sheep station” you’ll ever see exterior of New Zealand.

Talking of which, Journey Guides NZ (Wednesday on 9) is the Kiwi model of 9’s hit present, and in addition narrated by Denise Scott. Their travellers embrace a bunch of boys from Wellington, two girlfriends from Opotiki and a household from Hamilton, so let’s assume they’re as humorous because the Aussies.

Bob Downe with Courtney Act

Courtney Act’s One Plus One (Thursday on ABC) is again for a second collection and her first visitor is Mark Trevorrow. There’s a fascinating dialogue about younger Shane Jenek seeing Bob Downe on Good Morning Australia, which matches to how necessary it’s to see your self on TV, even when they do put on polyester.

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