End Credits - November 11, 2020 (True History of the Kelly Gang)

This week on End Credits we're going to fight the power! For our review on this episode we're going to move our streaming sight to Netflix and an Australian style western called True History of the Kelly Gang (true story: it's not a true story). Along with that, we will also recap the week's movie news which features a death and a firing.

This Wednesday, November 11, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss:

News of the Week. The week started off rough with the passing of Alex Trebek, but it's been even rougher for movie theatres as they lost two more 2020 releases that have been postponed to 2021. At the same time, Johnny Depp lost a prime role in a magical franchise after a libel case didn't go his way in the U.K. We'll cover these stories and the rest of this week's movie news.

REVIEW: True History of the Kelly Gang (2020). In 1870s Australia there was an outlaw named Ned Kelly who led his gang of dress-wearing bushranger berserkers in a war against the colonial forces of the British Empire. This movie is the not remotely true story of Kelly and his gang, but it is still an interesting piece of Australian history and a brutal modern spin on the classic Western outlaw tale. But what's our true opinion about this half-true tale?

End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.