The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) returns in 2017 with a line-up of the very best of fresh and classic Japanese cinema, for a huge national tour of Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, from October 13th to December 3rd. With each city’s program carefully curated by the Japan Foundation, Sydney, the 2017 Festival will…
River street
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Director Tony Mahood Starring Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis Rated M Score 6/6 Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station. Sentenced to community service at a local day centre. For those of you who have read my…
Max Steel
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The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and his alien companion, Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Beta test
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Champion gamer Max Troy discovers events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and must join forces with the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed, to unravel the conspiracy before the game’s sinister plot overwhelms the city.
Black Site Delta
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Director Jesse Gustafson Starring Cam Gigandet, Teri Reeves, Sherri Eakin Rated MA Score 2/6 A group of military prisoners must fight off a terrorist attack on their prison which, unbeknownst to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility. Alright I stumbled across this one on Netflix a couple of days ago. I…
2018 ST KILDA FESTIVAL DESIGN COMPETITION
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The annual St Kilda Festival design competition returns, in search for the 2018 Festival image, with a $2,000 cash prize going to the winning design. Entry is free and open to people living, working or studying in the City of Port Phillip, with all professional, amateur and student designers in the area encouraged to apply.…
Emmanuel Pahud to Tour Australia
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Fourteen years after his debut with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) the world’s greatest living flute player, Emmanuel Pahud, will return to Australia for a national concert tour with the ACO from 30 September to 13 October. Pahud’s ‘trademark golden tone’ (The Guardian, UK), kaleidoscopic range of expression, and virtually limitless technical ability have not…
Jane Seymour Appearing for La Dolce Italia Festival
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As part of Eventcepts’ La Dolce Italia Festival Jane Seymour will be making her first ever trip to Australia. Ms. Seymour will appear at two key events on the La Dolce Italia calendar – the Carnivale Masquerade Ball, and Up Close and Personal with Jane Seymour stage presentation. “I’m so thrilled to be heading ‘down…
Adam West’s Final Batman
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Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment bring together two of pop culture’s all-time heroes – TV’s original Batman and Captain Kirk, Adam West and William Shatner, respectively – to voice the title characters in the full-length, animated feature film, “Batman vs. Two-Face.” Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will make the all-new movie available October 10, 2017…
Village Cinemas’ “Hump Day Happy Hour”
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Village Cinemas will launch a weekly Wednesday “Hump Day Happy Hour” option to Vrewards members beginning in August 2017, for a limited time. Village Cinemas General Manager of Marketing & Sales, Mohit Bhargava, is looking forward to providing Vrewards members with the opportunity to purchase $10 traditional movie tickets. “Vrewards is all about providing our…
Ghost Rock
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Director Dustin Rikert Staring Gary Busey, Michael Worth, Jeff Fahey Rated MA Score 3.5/6 In 1882, 20 years after an almost forgotten massacre took place, the only living witness to the crime, John Slaughter, returns to the town where it happened. Now finding the town run by the man behind the terrible act, Slaughter teams…
Village Cinemas to Screen Mayweather vs McGregor Fight
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Village Cinemas Australia, Foxtel and Fox Sports are working together to bring the highly anticipated Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor fight to big screen cinemas, nationally. Mayweather and McGregor will be broadcast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to Village Cinemas locations around Victoria. It will screen on Sunday 27 August from…
RLJE Acquires Rights to BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
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RLJE Films has acquired all North American rights to the highly anticipated film BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99. After the successful collaboration on the critically acclaimed western Bone Tomahawk, RLJE Films, writer/director S. Craig Zahler, producers Jack Heller from ASSEMBLE Media and Dallas Sonnier from Cinestate, unite with IMG Films, “With the announced Venice, Toronto…
Robert Croft Veteran Air Force Serviceman Turns 100
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Western Australian Veterans Issues Minister Peter Tinley was on hand yesterday to help a veteran Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) serviceman who fought in Borneo during World War II to celebrate his 100th birthday. “It’s fantastic to see a fellow veteran in such good shape and I can only hope I’m doing as well when…
The Green Room Film Fund
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To celebrate the launch of The Green Room – The Global Filmmaker Networking App, and promote independent film making, we have created a film fund of $50,000 to be awarded to projects registered through The Green Room Network. The International Jury will select the successful projects over four funding rounds. The number of projects selected…
Village Cinemas to Unveil M-City Monash Cinema Site
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Village Cinemas will welcome an all-new cinema site located in Melbourne’s largest mixed-use precinct, M-City Monash. Village Cinemas will be introducing a new cinema complex that features an array of cinema and entertainment offerings including an innovative food and beverage component. Chris Stanley, Divisional CFO at Village Cinemas Australia explained that the proposed cinemas occupy…
Dunkirk Marches Past $300 Million Worldwide
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Christopher Nolan’s widely acclaimed epic action thriller “Dunkirk” has crossed the $300 million mark. The announcement was made today by Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. Kroll said that one of the best-reviewed films of the year, “Dunkirk” stormed to the top of the domestic box office in its first…
Wonder Woman Box Office Heads Past $400 Million
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“Wonder Woman” reigns supreme in theaters across North America, with today’s tickets bringing the box office to a total of $400 million and counting—the most for any film in this year’s highly competitive summer corridor—and taking it to a worldwide total of more than $794 million to date. The announcement was made today by Sue…