Louis Theroux’s powerful new documentary HEROIN TOWN is set to premiere in Australian Cinemas in limited release from November 17. In Huntington, West Virginia, Theroux, with his trademark warmth, empathy and candour, embeds himself among frontline emergency workers and a community ravaged by addiction. Such is the heroin crisis in the city, one in 10…
Movies Anywhere: A New Movie Watching App
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Movie lovers now have a new home for their favorite digital movies as Movies Anywhere launches in the U.S. today with an unprecedented five Hollywood studios and four major digital retailers on board. Featuring films from Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios (encompassing Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Twentieth Century Fox Film, Universal…
JFF – Flower and Sword
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Director Tetsuo Shinohara Starring Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, Kiichi Nakai, Mansai Nomura Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over (contains moderate themes and mild violence.) Score 6/6 In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s rule makes life…
October 15 National Gone Fishing Day
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Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly has announced Western Australians can go fishing licence-free on October 15, 2017 to mark the second-ever national Gone Fishing Day. The special day will enable recreational fishers to cast a line, even if from a boat, without the need for a recreational fishing licence. “Recreational fishing is one of WA’s treasured…
4DX Cinema to open at Village Century City
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Australia’s very first four-dimensional, 4DX cinema is set to open at Village Cinemas Century City in Melbourne’s south-east on Thursday 26 October 2017, just in time for the release of Thor: Ragnarok. “We are continuously looking for ways to innovate, and build on our commitment to delivering a world of movie experiences to our guests…
Monica Bellucci to star in Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekromancer
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Entertainment One (eOne), Hopscotch Features and Guerilla Films have announced that Monica Bellucci, Ben O’Toole and Tess Haubrich will star in the sci-fi horror film Nekromancer by Australian filmmaker brothers Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood). Nekromancer is a genre-mashing, sci-fi-horror which will take audiences on a cinematic roller-coaster traversing the full spectrum of human (and…
JFF – Tori Girl!
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Director Tsutomu Hanabusa Starring Elaiza Ikeda, Tao Tsuchiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Shotaro Mamiya Recommended for ages 12 and over. Rated 6/6 Yukina has always been the go-with-the-flow type. Unknowingly—and rather frustratingly—she drifts into a second-rate university where everybody looks like a bespectacled geek. During O-Week, she meets Kei, a cute upperclassman who recruits her into the…
JFF – My Uncle
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Director Nobuhiro Yamashita Starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Riku Onishi & Yoko Maki Recommended for ages 12 and over. Score 6/6 Primary school student Yukio is faced with writing a class assignment about a family member. After a few false starts, he settles on his uncle, his father’s colourful but freeloading younger brother, who lives with the…
Bushfire Season Begins So Be Prepared
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Emergency Services Minister Fran Logan is calling on Western Australians to start treating a bushfire survival plan like putting on a seatbelt in a car – it should be second nature and could save your life. Launching the official bushfire season today (October 1), Mr. Logan said just 16 per cent of Western Australians have…
Flatliners (2017)
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Director Niels Arden Oplev Starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev Rated M Score 1/6 Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience – giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. There is…
A Look at the Fans of The Tigers and The Crows
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Today’s AFL Grand Final pits, the two AFL teams with the longest AFL Grand Final droughts against each other in a match-up set to break one long-suffering team’s drought Roy Morgan has taken a look at the fans of The Crows and The Tigers. “Saturday’s AFL Grand Final is a battle of the ‘droughts’. Richmond…
First Wave of Monster Fest Programming Announced
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Monster Fest, Australia’s premier genre film festival, today announces its first wave of programming for its annual Melbourne event, to be held from November 23rd to the 26th at the spectacular Lido Cinemas. The 2017 chapter of Monster Fest, its seventh overall, takes on a very Australian flavour – and at the core of today’s…
IT passes $500 Million Worldwide
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Sue Kroll, President Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “IT” has surpassed $500 million at the worldwide box office today, after less than three weeks in release. The critically acclaimed blockbuster is now the highest-grossing horror film ever, breaking the 44-year record belonging to “The Exorcist,” one…
Special new Frankie Fish book to help Luke Batty Foundation
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This October, comedian and children’s author Peter Helliar will publish a special new Frankie Fish book, with a percentage of profits going to the Luke Batty Foundation. Inspired by the genius prankster character he created, Helliar has written Best Ever Pranks (and More!), a guide to Frankie Fish’s favourite practical jokes, gags and mischief. The…
AZURE and Warner Bros to Remake Infernal Affairs
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AZURE Entertainment Pvt. Limited and Warner Bros. India have announced a strategic collaboration to jointly invest in and produce an Indian remake of “Infernal Affairs”. The 2002 Hong Kong Original is a cult film with global recognition and was the film upon which the multi award-winning The Departed (directed by Martin Scorsese in 2006) was…
Gage Roads wins Perth Stadium Beer Contract
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Western Australia’s own Gage Roads Brewing Co. has secured the beer and cider supply contract for Perth Stadium. “When Western Australian companies win, the whole State benefits.” Premier Mark McGowan commented “Gage Roads is a true Western Australian success story – going from local start-up to become one of the country’s biggest independent brewers. Gage…
JFF – Birds without Names – The Movie Boards
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Director Kazuya Shiraishi Starring Yu Aoi and Sadao Abe Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over. Score 5/6 Tawako’s boyfriend is not her kind, but she puts up with it in exchange for shelter. Her old boyfriend of almost a decade ago is long gone, and was also not nice, but like most girls she…
AFL Grand Final Day Transport
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The Andrews Labor Government is putting on more train and tram services than ever during Grand Final week to help footy fans celebrate and get to the Grand Final week events in Melbourne. “There’s no place like Melbourne during Grand Final week. We’re helping Tigers and Crows supporters, and thousands of footy fans, get to…