Works are underway to restore Ballarat’s nearly 150-year-old Her Majesty’s Theatre, thanks to support from the Andrews Labor Government. Two stages of restoration works have now been completed – including essential remediation works to support the ongoing use of the building. Treasurer Tim Pallas today visited the theatre to announce $10 million for stage three…
Les Patterson Saves the World
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Director George Miller Starring Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna Everage, Pamela Stephenson & Thaao Penghlis Rated M Score 5/6 The uncouth Sir Les Patterson teams up with Dame Edna Everage to save the world from a virulent bioterror attack ordered by Colonel Richard Godowni of the Gulf State of Abu Niveah. Okay, I openly admit…
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
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Director Timo Vuorensola Starring Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale Rated M Score 4.5/6 Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of…
WA’s Screen Industry Receives Boost
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Western Australia’s screen industry professionals have been given a boost thanks to the many productions now being created in the State. This includes popular television series The Heights, which just started filming its second season. Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman visited the East Perth set on Monday to mark the occasion and meet…
Hear For You Film Festival 2019 Winners Announced
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For the third year running, Hear For You has hosted a Film Festival highlighting the talents of deaf or hard of hearing teenagers. The winners of the 2019 Australian Hear For You film festival with entries from deaf or hard of hearing teenagers have just been announced. Hosted by Hear For You and supporting partner,…
Nicholas Gleaves is the New Demon Headmaster
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Nicholas Gleaves (Bodyguard, Coronation Street) will take on the iconic role of The Demon Headmaster for the modern age when the show returns to screens later this year on CBBC. The classic drama series was broadcast between 1996 and 1998 and originally starred Terrence Hardiman as the horrifying headmaster with hypnotic powers. Over 20 years…
Tickets are on sale now for the 2019 Brisbane International Film Festival
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Tickets are on sale now for the 2019 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF 2019), presented by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and city-wide cinema partners from 3 to 13 October. BIFF Artistic Director Amanda Slack-Smith said BIFF 2019 would be jam-packed with more than 110 features, documentaries and short films…
Forbidden Fruit
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Director Josh Hodgins Starring Scott Waddell, Chase Christensen, Raechel Hall Rated M Score 1/6 A tale of apples and a male enhancement drug sharing the same irrigation ditch, contributing to a ‘larger’ crop and the hilarity that ensues within this sleepy little orchard community. Okay, I’m still not entirely sure why I brought the DVD…
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
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Director Nicholas Winter Starring Ben Freeman, James G. Nunn, Kristian Nairn, Brian Blessed Rated M Score 3.5/6 With his true love captured by the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, the legendary Robin Hood and his crew of outlaws execute a daring rescue to save her. For those of you who might be wondering this particular interpretation…
New Rose Matafeo Sitcom Starstruck
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Starstruck, a brand new six-part comedy written, created by and starring 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rose Matafeo, has been commissioned by BBC Three and HBO Max and is an Avalon Television production. The new series will follow twenty-something Rose (Rose Matafeo), a millennial in London juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the awkward morning-after-the-night-before…
Mission Impossible 1 , 2 & 3
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Director Brian De Palma Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart Rated M Score 4.5/6 An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Director John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton Rated M Score 5/6 I.M.F. Agent Ethan Hunt is…
Alicia Silverstone & Mark Feuerstein Cast in The Baby-Sitters Club Series
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Netflix and Walden Media have announced Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, American Woman) and Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) have been cast in the upcoming live-action series The Baby-Sitters Club. In the series adaptation, Silverstone will play Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, the mother of Kristy Thomas and love interest of Watson Brewer, played by Feuerstein. Based on Ann M. Martin’s…
King of Thieves
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Director James Marsh Starring Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon Rated M Score 2/6 A crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London’s jewellery district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events. I suppose the only…
Street Fighter – 1994 – Revisit
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Director Steven E. de Souza Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen Rated M Score 2/6 Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. I normally would have waited a bit longer before thinking about revisiting Street Fighter considering I last reviewed this…
Unsolved
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Based on the book ‘Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur’ by Greg Kading Starring Josh Duhamel, Bokeem Woodbine, Wavyy Jonez Rated MA Score 5.5/6 A scripted True Crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las…
Unfriended
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Director Leo Gabriadze Starring Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson Rated MA Score 0.5/6 A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend Watching unfriended, normally I would have given this one a wide berth. The only reason why I watched this…
Waiting – The Van Duren Story – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Directors Wade Jackson and Greg Carey Score 6/6 In the 1970s, Memphis musician Van Duren was tipped to be the next Paul McCartney but instead faded into obscurity. Years later, two Australian friends come across his record and set out to discover what went wrong. Okay. Before watching this documentary if you haven’t the slightest…
2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Top 10 Suggestions
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The 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is running until July 30th and we have a list of 10 documentaries that are going to screen at the festival that we think you should see. 10 – Dog’s Best Friend 9 – Looby 8 – The Candidate 7 – Chasing the Jet Stream 6 – Red Sunday…