Invasion Planet Earth is the sci-fi movie that 2020 deserves now arriving in Australia and New Zealand on iTunes and other digital platforms including Google Play. A passion project led by UK writer, director and editor Simon Cox, Invasion Planet Earth is an entertainingly cult cinema experience inspired by 1970’s science fiction classics including Star…
Respect Nurses and Midwives
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The ACT Government has launched a new campaign to increase community awareness and understanding about acceptable behaviour towards nurses and midwives working in Canberra’s health system. Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the Be kind and respectful to our nurses and midwives campaign calls out violence and aggressive behaviour and aims to increase understanding of…
Canberra Spring Mowing Program is Underway
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With spring finally here Canberrans will start to notice our city maintenance crews out and about with the beginning of the annual mowing program which helps maintain the look and safety of the city. “Throughout the mowing program, suburbs will be mown every four weeks and arterial road areas mown every five weeks,” Minister for…
The Eight Hundred
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Director Hu Guan Starring OU Hao, JIANG Wu, ZHANG Yi, WANG Qianyuan, DU Chun, LI Chen, TANG Yixin Rated MA Score 6/6 In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. Okay, I kind of stumbled across this one…
The Capitol and RMIT present In Fabric Online Event
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The Capitol and RMIT University present an exclusive online event for fashion victims, film fetishists and anyone with a haunting affection for department stores. The triple bill includes an online screening of Peter Strickland’s seductive, consumerist satire, In Fabric (2018), followed by a live conversation between the director and film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Saturday…
The Swallows of Kabul
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Director Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec Starring Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud Rated M Score 5/6 Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.…
Peninsula
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Director Yeon Sang-ho Starring Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee Rated MA Score 4/6 Peninsula takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in Train to Busan. The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung Seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.…
Helping to Protect Local Community Sector Jobs
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The ACT Government will help protect local jobs in the community services sector at a time when these jobs are most needed. Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Suzanne Orr explained that the end of the 2020-21 financial year will see Commonwealth supplementary funding cease for community sector employees under the historic Equal Remuneration Order…
Appian Way Productions Signs First Look Deal With Sony Pictures
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Appian Way Productions – the film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and co-run by Jennifer Davisson – has closed a multi-picture, multi-year first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce scripted feature films. The companies are already in development on two projects. “For over three decades in the business, Tom has…
Undercover Grandpa
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Director Erik Canuel Starring Dylan Everett, James Caan, Greta Onieogou Rated M Score 3/6 When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa’s former special ops buddies. I suppose this is something that I normally wouldn’t watch, honestly it was one of those spur-of the moment Netflix decisions.…
Police Funding For Community Engagement
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Canberrans will be even safer as a new ACT Policing team focussed on crime prevention, problem solving, and crime disruption hits the streets this month. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Mick Gentleman said it was the first of three new proactive teams funded by the ACT Government as part of ACT Policing’s new Police…
Canberra Hospital expansion to Create 500 Local Jobs
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The ACT Government has taken another step towards delivering the Canberra Hospital expansion, partnering with experienced contractor Multiplex to design and build Canberra’s new emergency, surgical and critical healthcare building. ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith explained that the appointment of Multiplex marks a significant milestone for the Canberra Hospital expansion. Multiplex is a global…
Expanding Canberra’s free public Wi-Fi network
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Work is now underway to add additional suburbs to Canberra’s free public Wi-Fi network (CBRFree), protecting local jobs and making Canberra better connected. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said that the CBRfree network is being expanded to cover every Canberra town centre, 16 group centres and a number of popular community locations and businesses. The…
Sony Pictures Television Launches 24-Hour, Free, Spanish-Language Channels
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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced that it has launched Sony Canal, a new free, ad-supported television (FAST) destination for Spanish speaking viewers in the US. Sony Canal’s portfolio of channels will feature original programming from SPT International Production’s robust library of premium content. Targeting the rapidly growing US Hispanic audience, the first offerings from…
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2020 Program Announcement
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The Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), is back for its 14th year from Thursday 10 September – Sunday 20 September. In 2020 the Festival will take place entirely online, offering a new opportunity for audiences all over the country to experience the glory of some of the world’s most experimental, subversive and unhinged cinema, right…
Netflix Releases Paranomral First Look Images
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Netflix has released the first look images for the highly anticipated series “Paranormal” the first Netflix Arabic Original from Egypt. The first look images of the series -which wrapped up lately after a halt due to Corona pandemic- show Dr. Refaat Ismail (Ahmed Amin) in his forties, where he undergoes a series of paranormal incidents.…
TAC Road Safety Film Competition
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Aspiring young filmmakers have the chance to bring their ideas to the screen in a short film featuring actor Firass Dirani as part of a Victorian Government and Transport Accident Commission competition to cast a spotlight on road safety. Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll said the TAC has partnered with Village Cinemas…
Franklin School Expansion Begins
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The ACT Government has recently began construction at Franklin School to see the school grow from an early childhood school into a primary school, catering for 600 students across preschool to year 6. The ACT Government committed in 2016 to expand Franklin School to grow its permanent capacity to 600 students across Kindergarten to Year…