A Walk to Remember

Director Adam Shankman Starring Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote Rated PG Score 4/6 The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service. Okay, I have vague memories of watching this one at the friendly neighbourhood…

X-Men : Dark Phoenix

Director Simon Kinberg Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence Rated M Score 2/6 Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all of humanity. I should have dodged…

BBC Two Announces Cast for Trigonometry

Trigonometry is a love story about three people who are made for each other, written by Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods in their first joint television project. Gary Carr (The Deuce, The Good Fight), Ariane Labed (The Lobster, Attenberg) and Thalissa Teixeira (The Musketeers, Press) are to lead the cast. Made by House Productions for…

ABC Shows Win at Banff World Media Festival

Two ABC titles have won prestigious Rockie Awards at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada, leading the way for outstanding Australian content on the international stage. ABC iview drama Wrong Kind of Black, produced by Princess Pictures, won the Web Fiction Award for its compelling portrayal of the life of Indigenous DJ Boori Monty…

Shortstacks Winner Announced

Western Sydney-based animator Jayce White was crowned the winner of the inaugural Shortstacks Short Film Prize for his stand-out animated film ‘Comeback’, the State Library of NSW announced tonight. The darkly humorous black & white film won the praise of judges for its “creative innovation, exemplary technical skills, engagement with the audience and relevance to…

Rocketman

Director Dexter Fletcher Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden Rated MA Score 6/6 A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. For those of you who might be interested John Reid was portrayed by Aidan Gillen in the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and by Richard Madden in Rocketman.…

Looby – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Directors Iain Knight and Nick Garner Score 4/6 Looby is the story of what happens when an artist chooses to speak out. For Australian painter Keith Looby, it cost him almost everything. Winner of prestigious art prizes and collected by major galleries at home and abroad, Keith’s addiction to speaking his mind has left a…

ABC and Screen Australia Announce DisRupted Films

ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce the three successful films selected for DisRupted following a nation-wide call out in October 2018. The films being Rocky and Me, And Then Something Changed and The Legend of Burnout Barry. The films are all led by young Australian creatives with disability and supported by some of…

Who is Your Favourite Voice Assistant?

Hollywood star and now British royalty, but the voice of Meghan Markle is a turn off when it comes to which celebrities Aussies would choose to be their voice assistant, the largest study into how Australian’s use voice assisted technology and smart speakers has revealed. While the Duchess of Sussex ranked as having the least…

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Director Chad Stahelski Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Super-assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin’s guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head – he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. We have a third…

Dreamworks Announces Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

DreamWorks Animation today announced Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, an animated action-adventure series, is set to debut globally on Netflix in 2020 as part of an ongoing multi-year agreement with Netflix to produce original animated kids and family programming. Set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film, Jurassic World, the Netflix original series is…

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Director Michael Dougherty Starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown Rated M Score 2/6 The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. For those of you who are wondering is the 35th film…