Category Archives: underbelly

Posts about Underbelly, the new Australian crime series.

Carl Williams dead — Underbelly back in the headliness

Well, this seems oddly appropriate, and well-timed if you’re Channel Nine, that’s for sure. Not so much if you’re Carl Williams… Carl Williams murdered in prison Notorious underworld identity Carl Williams is dead after an attack by two inmates, one … Continue reading

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No Moran’s Left Now… more Underbelly news

As many will have no doubt read, Des “Tuppence” Moran was murdered yesterday, in broad daylight, in the middle of the day, in a crowded cafe in Melbourne. He follows to the grave his brother Lewis, his nephews Jason and … Continue reading

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Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities… what a disappointment

After my much hit “Underbelly character guide”, I kept thinking I needed to write something about the new Underbelly series, and I kept thinking that I really needed to write something about the series. But since it finished last night, … Continue reading

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Best of 2008

I actually reviewed a lot of things here this year. Some of my best: Best music: The Hold Steady, Stay Positive. Reviews Best movie: Wall-E. Review Best US TV: Burn Notice. Review. Best local: Underbelly. The guide Best news: Obama … Continue reading

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New Underbelly series casting reports

In a return to my favourite “audience drawing” topic, the Nine Network is moving ahead with a new Underbelly series, to be shot imminently and aired early next year. Despite what early reports implied, instead of a half-arsed prequel, they … Continue reading

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First week ends and more Wii time

Ha ha ha … of course we’re getting home and playing Wii again. Sallie borrowed this Monkey Island casual game set thing from Video Ezy, and it drive us kind of nuts after a while. Should think about some real … Continue reading

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Letting your reputation do the talking

Pretty good start at the new job … some money problems unrelated to new stuff causing problems … but the days are long, the weather is bad, and the commuting is almost as bad as I could imagine already. So … Continue reading

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Tonight on Underbelly

Think I’ll do this regularly now, though ideally, before the episode airs Tonight’s Underbelly is a bit of a side story, focusing on loan sharks and money in the gangsters world. It shows just how some of these characters make … Continue reading

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Underbelly feature all new and updated

For those of you popping on to my new site from the front, I’ve updated the Underbelly feature significantly, with those pics I’ve been promising for weeks now. That story can be found here.

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Underbelly: Now Channel Nine could be in a bit of trouble

I’ve already blogged before about Nine’s legal troubles with screening Underbelly in Victoria, and the ridiculousness of a suppression order on one state in the Internet age. We all knew that copies would be on BitTorrent as soon as they … Continue reading

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