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April 13th Mystery Movie

Village Cinemas are reintroducing the mystery movie concept with a twist. A preview screening of this undisclosed film will be held on Wednesday 13th April at select locations, and the cinema chain is so confident that customers will love the movie that it has promised a money-back guarantee if they walk out before the credits…

THE PLASTIC FINGERS TO RELEASE NEW EP ON APRIL 1

The Plastic Fingers are an exhilarating rock art guitar trio from Melbourne who will release their debut EP, The Blessed, on April 1st. The hard-hitting power trio features Mark Ward (MOON, Pearls & Swine) on guitar, vocals and sonic waves; Ronald John Neal (Pearls & Swine) on bass and vocals; and George Velenik on drums,…

BBC Arabic Festival

BBC Arabic invites film and documentary-makers to submit works to the third BBC Arabic Festival. The work must have been made after January 1, 2015, and shed light on the Arab world today. Tarik Kafala, Head of BBC Arabic commented that now in its third year, the BBC Arabic festival has successfully brought ground-breaking films…

ACT Govt Launches Active Streets Program

Minister for Transport and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris and Minister for Road Safety Shane Rattenbury recently joined Latham Primary School students on their walk to school for the launch of the Active Streets pilot program. Minister Fitzharris explained that the Active Streets builds on ACT Health’s Ride or Walk to School initiative and is designed…

ACT Emergency Services top the nation

ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services Simon Corbell has announced that the latest Report on Government Services that was recently released shows that the ACT continues to provide nation leading emergency services. “For the seventh straight year, the ACT Ambulance Service has improved Code 1 emergency response times at both the 50th and 90th…

Tom Green Australian Tour

“WITH A MANIACAL GRIN, AND DARE I SAY CARLIN-ESQUE SWAGGER, TOM GREEN WAS DOING WHAT FEWER AND FEWER COMEDIANS ARE DOING. MAKING A POINT, TAKING A STANCE, AND NOT GIVING A SHIT IF YOU AGREE OR NOT” – TOO FAR (CANADA) “A MASTERPIECE OF STAND-UP BRILLIANCE” – AXS Tom has graced the cover of Rolling…

Dick Smith and Customer Satisfaction

According to research released by Roy Morgan in the 12 months to September 2015, 1,121,000 Australians aged 14 and over shopped at Dick Smiths in any four weeks, with 82% of them reporting that they were satisfied with their retail experience. Both of these figures are down since September 2011, when some 1,511,000 shoppers passed…

The Olden Days

Director Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy Staring Tony Martin, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy With Ideas and Interference from Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch & Jason Stephens Rated M Score 5.5/6 The Australian goldfields period drama Rush (1974) was given The Late Show treatment with a slick re-editing and re-voicing which produced absurd plotlines,…