Wage theft is now a criminal offence in Victoria, and employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers now face fines of up to almost $1 million for companies and up to 10 years’ jail or up to $200,000 for individuals. Under the Wage Theft Act 2020, which took effect today, it is a…
Netflix Options Rights to Ivy & Bean Book Series
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Netflix has optioned the rights to Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and will adapt into one-hour family films. Elissa Down (Feel the Beat, The Honor List) is set to direct, Ivy & Bean reunites Netflix with Down after she directed the hit dance-comedy film Feel the Beat starring Sofia…
Hard Cell in Production for Netflix
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Hard Cell, a six-part series is in production now and will launch on Netflix in 2022, written and directed by Catherine Tate set in a women’s prison. Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best. “We cannot wait…
MDFF 2021 Kicks off July 1
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The 6th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival runs from the 1st -31st July 2021 Online and the 21st – 31st July 2021 In-Cinema at Cinema Nova as part of Documentary Month. The festival showcases the very best documentaries from: Venice, SXSW, Slamdance, CPHDOX, Doxa, Hot Docs, VIFF, Shanghai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Chicago International…
Roll with Me
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Director Lisa France Starring Gabriel Cordell, Christopher Kawas, Lisa France Rated M Score 4/6 After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew’s life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States. Okay, there is probably going to be a string of reviews over the next…
Amblin & Netflix Announce Partnership
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Amblin Partners, the film and television studio led by Steven Spielberg, and Netflix have announced a partnership that will cover multiple new feature films per year. “At Amblin, storytelling will forever be at the center of everything we do, and from the minute Ted and I started discussing a partnership, it was abundantly clear that…
The Upshaws Renewed for Second Season
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Netflix’s acclaimed comedy series The Upshaws has been renewed for a second season. The new season will feature 16 half-hour episodes, an increase from 10 in the first season. “We are so excited we get to bring this amazing show back for a second season. And thankful that Netflix saw and felt all the love…
Swans V Eagles Moved to Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium
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The Sydney Swans will play the West Coast Eagles in Geelong next weekend – the Victorian Government securing the match after pandemic considerations forced the AFL to move the game from New South Wales. Acting Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Jaala Pulford has confirmed the additional fixture for the home of the Geelong…
Married at First Sight Contestant Tracey Jewel sits down for interview with The Bad Boys Podcast
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Tracey Jewel, Married at First Sight 2018 contestant and host of the popular Upself Podcast, an alternative health show, has opened up about her past marriage to accused fraudster Jacob Anthonisz in a tell all interview on The Bad Boys Podcast. Tracey Jewel (Constable) spoke with The Bad Boys host Shayne Brian about her marriage…
Victorian Good Friday Racing Ban to be Repealed
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Victorian racing will be brought into line with sports including Australian football, rugby league and basketball with a ban on Good Friday racing to be repealed.
Interview With Roland Thiemann, Head of Innovation at Tribe Breweries
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A big thank you to Roland Thiemann, Head of Innovation at Tribe Breweries for taking the time for this interview about Gluten Free Beer. 1. How does the brewing process for Gluten Free Beer differ from the normal brewing process? Instead of barley or wheat that regular beers are made from, we only use grains…
Russian TV-series “Chiсks” and “Psycho” Headed to SeriesFest and Long Island International Film Expo
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“Chiсks” and “Psycho” the recent hits of the more originals lineup – received two nominations in the Independent Pilot Competition section and were selected for the official lineup of the Long Island International Film Expo, according to an announcement made during the KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital market. “Chiсks” series have been nominated for the IPC…
Animated Series to Watch – If You Get the Chance
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Okay, I am sure there are a few of you out there who have heard of me talking about the term ‘Rent-A-Kid’. Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term ‘Rent-A-Kid’ is when you take a child usually your Niece or Nephew to a children’s movie that you secretly want to see…
Production Starts on The Red Shoes: Next Step
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The new teen coming-of-age dance drama The Red Shoes: Next Step has commenced production today in Sydney, Australia. From the creators of the family fantasy adventure box-office hit The Legend of the Five, The Red Shoes stars two-time gold medalist ballet dancer Juliet Doherty (High Strung: Free Dance and Driven to Dance) as the lead…
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
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Director Patrick Hughes Starring Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek & Samuel L. Jackson Rated MA Score 2/6 In Australian Cinemas June 24 Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most…
Panfilov’s 28
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Directors Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov, Vitaliy Kovalenko and Aleksey Morozov Score 5/6 USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov’s Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red…
RFF 2021 Expanding Across the World Online
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ROSKINO, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, presents the annual Russian Film Festival, which aims to bring foreign viewers closer to the contemporary Russian cinematography ranging from feature films to documentary films and animation. The Russian Film Festival 2021 will continue the series of online festivals started in…
Walter Presents Strikes Deal with NTV
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NTV announced a deal with Walter Presents at the KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital. The company’s Murderous Fever will premiere on Walter Presents across six platforms internationally, being one of Russia’s first true-case investigative dramas to be streamed on top platforms as part of NTV’s global expansion strategy. The license covers the UK, USA, Canada, Australia,…