The BBC has today announced a series of powerful films about slavery in the modern age for the Why Slavery? season. Timed for International Anti-Slavery day on 18 October, and in collaboration with The Open University, the BBC has commissioned and produced six new films for BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer and has…
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
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Starring Mick Ignis, Adam Mayfield, Christine H. McConnell, Michael Oosterom & Colleen Smith Rated M Score 5.5/6 Wickedly talented baker and artist Christine McConnell fills her home with haunting confections, creepy crafts — and wildly inappropriate creatures. Yes, I am a fan of cooking shows and I find it very easy to spend an entire…
Varsity Blues – Revisited
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Director Brian Robbins Starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight & Paul Walker Rated M Score 3/6 A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured. We have a post revisit on our hands, its been a while since I have last revisited a movie…
Unpaid Work Inequality in Victoria
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Victorian women are doing most of the state’s unpaid work, at a cost of more than $205 billion, new data has revealed. Preliminary analysis by Deloitte Access Economics has revealed unpaid work is equivalent to 50 per cent of Victoria’s Gross State Product (GSP) in 2017/18. Victorian Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins explained that the…
To Sir, with Love
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Director James Clavell Starring Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts Rated PG Score 5/6 Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London’s East End. I think I may have watched To Sir, with Love a couple of times, but only really thought that…
Blue Planet Live in March 2019
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Across a week in March 2019, BBC One will celebrate marine life great and small, as we take the audience on a deep dive into the world’s oceans in Blue Planet Live. Broadcasting live from three different locations across the planet: East Coast, USA; the Bahamas; and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “Blue Planet Live will…
BBC Acquires Second Series of Killing Eve
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BBC has acquired the second series of the critically acclaimed female-led spy thriller Killing Eve. Series one made its debut on BBC One and as a boxset on BBC Three on BBC iPlayer last month and has become a massive hit with audiences – there have been over 26 million requests for the series so…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Played In World’s Darkest Room
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England and Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli marks the launch of the highly anticipated Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, by playing the game in the ‘world’s darkest room’. Call of Duty® boasts over 200 million global players. The latest game in the series, Black Ops 4 delivers the deepest, most engaging Black Ops game that…
Love Simon
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Director Greg Berlanti Starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel Rated M Score 3.5/6 Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. Sorry for taking so long to get…
Girls are Taking Over WA Parliament for the Day
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Today on International Day of the Girl Child, 19 Girl Guides will take over the Parliament of Western Australia as part of a unique program that aims to give young women a voice and encourage them to pursue leadership roles. “Women bring a diversity of ideas and perspectives, and we need that diversity to solve…
Swarovski Australia announced as ARIA Red-Carpet Sponsor
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Swarovski Australia is proud to be announced as the official Red-Carpet sponsor for the second year running at the ARIA Awards, taking place at The Star in Sydney on 28 November 2018. To mark the ongoing success of the partnership, Swarovski will also be offering their customers a chance to win exclusive VIP tickets to…
On Sharks & Humanity Coming to Australian National Maritime Museum on December 11
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This summer the Australian National Maritime Museum will welcome the internationally-acclaimed contemporary art exhibition On Sharks & Humanity, featuring works by more than 30 artists from China and around the world – all united by the need to protect sharks. This exhibition will now open on 11 December 2018 (instead of its previously advertised opening…
Constantine: City of Demons
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Director Doug Murphy Starring Matt Ryan, Damian O’Hare, Laura Bailey Rated MA Score 4/6 A decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas and occult investigator John Constantine set out to cure Chas’s daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma. With the help of the mysterious Nightmare Nurse, the influential Queen of Angels, and brutal…
David Wenham and Aaron Pedersen join cast of Dirt Music
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Principal photography has commenced this week on Gregor Jordan’s (Two Hands, Buffalo Soldiers) Dirt Music, adapted from Tim Winton’s award-winning and Man Booker-shortlisted novel by Jack Thorne (The Aeronauts, Wonder). Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominee Kelly Macdonald (Puzzle, No Country for Old Men, Boardwalk Empire) and Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound, Tron: Legacy) have been joined…
Venom
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Director Ruben Fleischer Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed Rated M Score4//6 When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego “Venom” to save his life. For the past little while I have been trying to steer clear of superhero movies, I have jokingly referred to the…
One Million Square-meters of Road Resurfacing Across the ACT Road Network
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This year there will be around one million square meters of road resurfacing across the ACT road network to extend the life span of our local roads and also improve safety. Minister for Roads, Chris Steel, today announced the start of the ACT Government’s annual resurfacing program, which will start this year in Tuggeranong suburbs…
Foodbank and FareShare have merged into the Largest Charity Kitchen in the Southern Hemisphere
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has congratulated Foodbank and FareShare for joining forces for a $4.5 million charity kitchen to fight hunger and address food waste. The FareShare Charity Kitchen, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, will use excess fresh food that was unnecessarily destined for the bin, as well as donated products from our farmers, to…
Godzilla vs. Kong and Reef Break To film in Queensland
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While visiting the movie set of Dora the Explorer in Brisbane this morning, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk also confirmed two more productions were coming to Queensland, one of epic proportions. The Premier said Godzilla vs. Kong and Reef Break had been secured through her Government’s Production Attraction Strategy. “Godzilla vs. Kong is the biggest blockbuster…