The popular annual Irish Film Festival returns from 19 – 29 November with its biggest line-up ever. Moved online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, cinephiles all over Australia can now catch the best new Irish cinema releases without leaving their couches. The online festival program is packed with award-winning dramas, documentaries, Irish-language features and…
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
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Director Rachel Talalay Starring Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Tom Felton Rated PG Score 3/6 A babysitter embarks on a mission to save a child who’s been abducted by monsters. A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting was written by Joe Ballarini and is based on his three-part book trilogy of the same name. Okay with Halloween…
Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season Headed to Hulu
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Sony Pictures Entertainment, Entertainment One and Hulu have announced that the streaming platform has acquired U.S. rights to Clea DuVall’s holiday romantic comedy, Happiest Season, which will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on Wednesday, November 25. Sony Pictures and eOne co-financed the film and will retain distribution rights in Canada and the…
Deep Blue Sea 3
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Director John Pogue Starring Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Studying the effects of climate change off the coast of Mozambique, a marine biologist and her team confront three genetically enhanced bull sharks. Now, a new bloodbath is waiting to happen in the name of science. Will humans never learn? Okay…
Smokey and the Bandit
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Director Hal Needham Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed Rated M Score 5/6 The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. Alright, I have come across Smokey and the Bandit in passing on TV several times but never really…
Bananaman
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Creator John Geering Starring Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor Rated G Score 6/6 Stupid, but well-meaning and super-strong super-hero, Bananaman gets his strength from eating bananas. Before he eats a banana, Bananaman is a young boy called Eric who is keen to keep his alter-ego a secret. His best friend is a crow who…
Spike Jonze joins as Executive Producer of Edson Oda’s NINE DAYS
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Sony Pictures Classics have announced that Spike Jonze has joined as Executive Producer of Edson Oda’s NINE DAYS and the film will be released in theaters early 2021. Additionally, Sony Pictures Classics has also acquired the rights in Asia, Israel, Turkey and the rest of Europe, making it a worldwide Sony Pictures Classics release. The…
PVOD Release of The Craft: Legacy for Halloween
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Blumhouse Productions and Columbia Pictures have announced that The Craft: Legacy will be available widely on PVOD this Halloween with leading digital retailers for a 48-hour rental period at a suggested retail price of $19.99, and for premium digital purchase at a suggested retail price of $24.99. An international theatrical release is anticipated in several…
Comedy Web Series Hug The Sun Greenlit
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Taking tongue-in-cheek inspiration from morning children’s television, Hug the Sun follows a fictional children’s show which aired on Western Australia’s community TV stations between 1990 and 1991. The series will feature the bizarre teaching of ‘Oxtos’ (religious teaching that are just thinly disguised grifts), inept hosts and unintentional comedy that is sure to become a…
A Sunburnt Christmas Coming to Stan
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New Stan Original Film A Sunburnt Christmas is currently in production in South Australia starring Daniel Henshall (Snowtown, Bloom) and Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, Ride Like A Girl), with Christiaan Van Vuuren (Bondi Hipsters, The Other Guy) directing the Christmas family comedy. Stan have announced that production for a brand new Stan Original Film, A…
Interview with Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola
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A big thank you to Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola for taking the time for the interview. What can cinema going audiences expect from Pentridge Cinema? Are, there any new movie going experiences exclusive to Pentridge Cinema? With pandemic was the opening of the new cinema ever in doubt? At Pentridge Cinema, you can expect…
Pop Newcomer TAMMA Releases Second Single Tongue Tied
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One of Australia’s most exciting pop newcomers, TAMMA, has released her second single, Tongue Tied. Produced by the award-winning Konstantin Kersting (Tones and I, Mallrat, Jungle Giants, Tia Gostelow), Tongue Tied was premiered yesterday via Pilerats. Of the track, Pilerats said “Tongue Tied is a moment of excellence, something that really elevates TAMMA into the…
Bridging the line Between Science-Fiction and Science Fact
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It’s not rocket science – or is it? A UNSW Sydney astronomer explains how the right sci-fi watchlist can make physics easier to understand. From the morality plays in Star Trek, to the grim futures in Black Mirror, fiction can help explore our hopes – and fears – of the role science might play in…
Italian Ossario Added to Victorian Heritage Register
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Greater Shepparton’s Italian Ossario has been added to the Victorian Heritage Register, as part of commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two. The site, also known as the Murchison Ossasio, is one of only two foreign war cemeteries in Victoria and the only Australian war cemetery dedicated to Italian…
Project Power
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Directors Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback Rated MA Score 4/6 When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its…
The 2021 Australian Women’s Health Diary on Sale Now
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Two years ago, Louise received the letter that every woman fears – it was a recall to have further tests following an abnormal result on her routine, breast screening mammogram. Louise and her husband of 45 years were already dealing with his diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer, so when those tests revealed she had…
Palace Cinemas Pentridge to open in December
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Melbourne’s historic Pentridge prison site is set to become the latest home for movie lovers from December 2020. Palace Cinemas, Australia’s largest independent cinema group, will open Melbourne’s newest cinema – Pentridge Cinema – just in time for Christmas. The 15-screen cinema complex will be located within the Pentridge development in Coburg, a site that…
ABC iview Comedy All My Friends Are Racist Headed to Production
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Screen Australia has announced production funding for a new five-part comedy series for ABC iview, with support from Screen Queensland. All My Friends Are Racist follows two Zoomer best friends who make a pact to call their racist friends out, but instead of causing a revolution… they themselves get cancelled. Created and written by Enoch…