Director Jodie Foster Staring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 3/6 Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio. On the face of it this is a pretty decent average movie. With Jodi Foster in the director’s…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Director Taika Waititi Staring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata Rated PG Score 5/6 A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. This is the second movie that I have watched that was directed by Taika Waititi the first being…
Fancy Boy starts production
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Fancy Boy, a new six-part sketch comedy show, commenced production in Melbourne. Executive producer Stuart Menzies explained that the show, which has grown out of the three year Fresh Blood initiative to uncover exciting new talent, finds comedy in the stranger corners of suburbia: in the couple whose communication breakdown leads to a kidnap; in…
Hardcore Henry
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Director IIya Naishuller Staring Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett Rated R Score 6/6 Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. Okay, a quick message to Hoyts Australia, I really hope that the Friday night screening of Hardcore…
Puppy Love
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Village Cinemas Australia are delighted to announce a partnership with Guide Dogs Australia in alignment with the Flicks With The Chicks film program, commencing this month. Village Cinemas General Manager Marketing & Sales, Mohit Bhargava explained that the program Puppy Love, will take the guests attending Flicks with the Chicks screenings on a journey watching…
So What’s Your Favourite?
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research between January 2011 and December 2015, the proportion of Aussies who reported liking Chinese cuisine declined from 73.6% to 70.4%. While not a huge drop, it is the only cuisine in the Top 10 that lost, rather than gained, popularity. “One of the benefits of living…
X-Men: Apocalypse
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Director Bryan Singer Staring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence Rated MA Score 4/6 With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Now with the release of Apocalypse it seems that director Bryan Singer has more than redeemed himself for his 2003 offering X-men…
Bastille Day
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Director James Watkins Staring Rated M Score 5/6 A young con artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France. I’m sure there is more than a few who would remember recent discussions about possible actors to take over the mantle of James Bond when Daniel Craig hangs up his Walther PPK…
The 5th Wave
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Director J Blakeson Staring Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez Rated M Score 2/6 Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. Okay this one was adapted from a 2013 novel written by American author Rick Yancey…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Q&A
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Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure. After recently…