<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/watch-it-austra.html">Watch It! Australia</a>

As Kathy Marks wrote last month, Baz Luhrmann's antipodean epic Australia is one of the most anticipated films of the year. The film is a love story starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, set in the outback- think The Thorn Birds meets Gone With The Wind.