River Street

Director Tony Mahood Starring Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis Rated M Score 5/6 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, Ben’s influence with a young tearaway forces him…

High in the Clouds to be Adapted into Animated Feature

Netflix and Gaumont are producing a new animated feature from iconic songwriter, author and filmmaker, Paul McCartney titled High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh. An imaginative teenage squirrel named Wirral finds himself pulled into a ramshackle gang of…

Netflix Announces Spotify Series

Netflix has announced the untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the world’s leading music services – Spotify. The limited series is inspired by the book ‘Spotify Untold’ by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters at Swedish Dagens Industri…

Remnants of the Order: A Star Wars Fan Film

Director Kees van Hattum Starring July Janssen, Abel Sanders, Anwar Lachman Score 6/6 Pai has grown up under the reign of the Empire. Although she’s hardly taken notice of the intergalactic war raging around her, she’ll soon find that destiny cannot be kept at bay. Wow. I am so glad that I stumbled across this…

Jarhead: The Law of Return

Director Don Michael Paul Starring Devon Sawa & Robert Patrick Rated MA Score 2/6 Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen.…

Charlie’s Angels

Director Elizabeth Banks Starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska Rated M Score 0/6 When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all. Before I start a small lesson to all the aspiring filmmakers who just…

Ford v Ferrari

Director James Mangold Starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale Rated M Score 5/6 American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. It should…

Anthony Garland’s Alternate Receives Production Investment

South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Australia have announced production investment for writer/director Anthony Garland’s feature film debut Alternate. The high-concept sci-fi thriller will be produced by Anna Vincent (Demonic, I Am Mother), Ali Mueller (Category Five, Ophelia) and Anita Gou (The Farewell, Honey Boy), with executive producer Timothy White (I Am Mother, The Luminaries).…

1,000th 787 Dreamliner Produced

Victoria’s aerospace manufacturing expertise has played a critical role in helping the world’s most technically advanced commercial aircraft take off. Minister for Economic Development Tim Pallas today celebrated the production of the 1,000th 787 Dreamliner in a visit to Boeing Aerostructures Australia in Port Melbourne, where the wing components for the aircraft are made. “The…

The Wild Goose Lake

Director Diao Yi’nan Starring Ge Hu, Lun-Mei Kwei Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Mandarin dialogue with English Subtitles In Cinemas December 6 A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. This wasn’t the kind of movie that I was expecting. Alright, for those of you…

BBC 3 Acquires UK Rights for Shrill

BBC Three has acquired the UK rights from Warner Bros. Television for the highly successful comedy series Shrill. The first series will be available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 15 December. The 6×25 series stars Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) as Annie, an overweight young woman who wants to change her life…

Netflix Acquires Shaun the Sheep Sequel Rights

Netflix has acquired the US, Canada and Latin America rights to Aardman’s A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon from STUDIOCANAL, which will be available on the service in early 2020. When an alien named LU-LA crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, her magical powers, irrepressible mischief and galactic sized burps soon have Shaun the Sheep and…

CJ ENM and Studio Dragon announce Partnership with Netflix

CJ ENM and its subsidiary Studio Dragon, Korea’s leading production studio, and Netflix, have entered into a strategic partnership, highlighted by a multi-year content production and distribution agreement. As part of a three-year partnership beginning in 2020, Studio Dragon and its stellar roster of creators will produce original series that will be available to Netflix…

The Knight Before Christmas

Director Monika Mitchell Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Josh Whitehouse Rated PG Score 3.5/6 A medieval English knight is magically transported to the present day where he falls for a high school science teacher who is disillusioned by love. Okay, no more Christmas movies, at least for this week. Maybe next time I am going…