A new partnership between Beechworth Correctional Centre and a local animal rescue program is helping rehabilitate prisoners while finding loving homes for abandoned dogs at the same time. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney recently visited the minimum-security prison to tour the facility and meet with the officers and prisoners involved in the program. Minister Tierney…
BBC Two announces follow up series to Exodus: Our Journey
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Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC Two, today announced that the team behind Exodus: Our Journey to Europe has been commissioned to make a major new series following the developing stories of migration and the response to the migration crisis. “Exodus was a series of tremendous power, engaging with one of the biggest stories of our…
Round 2 of Mobile Black Spot Program Announced
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The Prime Minister, the Minister for Regional Communications, Senator the Hon Fiona Nash, and the Minister for Communications, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, announced that the Coalition Government’s $60 million investment in Round 2 of the Mobile Black Spot Program will deliver another 266 new and upgraded mobile base stations in regional Australia, covering some…
Quickflix is re-launching
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Quickflix is re-launching its streaming and DVD services this week with an emphasis on bringing the newest Hollywood movies and exclusive entertainment to movie fans in Australia. Quickflix Access and Quickflix Red Carpet programs are launching in sync with Quickflix’s release of mega-blockbuster, “Finding Dory,” which the service claims is available many months before its…
Special Edition of The Horizon released for World AIDS Day
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Cobbstar Productions, has announced that it will release a special edition, full length TV pilot of The Horizon online, directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), to coincide with World AIDS Day – 1 December 2016. A percentage of proceeds from all digital downloads during the month of December will…
THE MONSTER FEST 2016 AWARDS
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Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date recently in Melbourne with Official Closing Film The Greasy Strangler (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive line-up. “There were huge waves of emotions running…
Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa’s Australian Holiday
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For the first time in her twelve year history, one of the world’s biggest and most-loved preschool stars, Peppa Pig, will make her big screen debut when PEPPA PIG MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE: PEPPA’S AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY, opens in Australian cinemas nationally on March 16, 2017. This special cinema event will feature nine brand new episodes,…
Dancer
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Director Steven Cantor Staring Sergei Polunin Rated M Score 4/6 In Cinemas 1st December, 2016 Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend. Okay, those of you who read my reviews with any regularity would know that Dancer…
Rare Fledgling Parrot sighted in Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland
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Scientists have sighted a fledgling Night Parrot for the first time at Bush Heritage Australia’s Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland, confirming the 56,000-hectare nature refuge is successfully protecting a breeding population of one of the world’s rarest birds. A young fledgling appeared from a hummock of spinifex in the late afternoon, and University of Queensland…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Director David Yates Staring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol Rated M Score 3/6 The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. Okay, the first instalment of a new Harry Potter Franchise is finally here. Is this a…
Monster Fest Announces Changes to To Guest Line-up and #GREASYDOWNUNDER Tour
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Monster Fest, which kicks off at Lido Cinemas this week (Nov 24-27) has announced today a change to its guest line-up and subsequent ‘Greasy Downunder National Tour’ featuring two stars of Sundance Film Festival sensation, “The Greasy Strangler”. Michael St. Michaels who plays Big Ronnie in The Greasy Strangler will no longer be in attendance,…
New VJunior experience
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From December 1 Village Cinemas Southland will boast six unique cinema concepts, allowing patrons to choose their own experience, making Village Cinemas Southland the most diverse movie destination for patrons of all ages in Australia. Gold Class, Village Cinemas introduced the first premium cinema offering to the world in 1997. The luxurious movie experience includes…
New film on Citizenship in Sweeden
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A new film showcasing how Sweden celebrates its new citizens with coffee and cinnamon rolls, served in the Golden Hall of the Nobel banquet venue, was launched recently. It features Swedish symbols, like the national anthem and ’fika’, as well as the personal reflections of Mexico-born Diego on his new home and identity. “We wanted…
The Accountant
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Director Gavin O’Connor Staring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons Rated MA Score 4/6 As a math savant un-cooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. Alright there might of been a slight case of procrastination on going to see one…
Ray Martin to Host Prime7 Special
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Respected journalist and television presenter, Ray Martin, has joined PRIME7 NEWS to present a major public affairs special on ice addiction. The special Ice: The Scourge of Regional Australia, exposes the dramatic public consequences of an increasing ice epidemic in regional and rural Australia. The special will air in December. “Ice use in regional Australia…
The Karate Kid Movies Something to Ponder
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I’m not one to over analyze movies, it’s just not my style. But after noticing the 2010 Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith on TV a few weeks a thought came into my head and it is showing no signs of going away anytime soon. The thought was that both Mr. Miyagi (portrayed by Pat Morita)…
Shadow Electric announces Shimmerlands festival
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The team behind Shadow Electric, who have been involved with producing some of Australia’s most memorable events, are thrilled to announce their most audacious endeavor to date, Shimmerlands, an entertainment oasis at the edge of Melbourne CBD over summer 2017. From Sunday January 1 – Sunday February 26, Shimmerlands will enliven the University of Melbourne,…
400 year old storm damaged tree relocated to Molonglo River Reserve
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A large storm damaged tree in Nicholls estimated to be almost 400 years old will provide new life at the soon to be declared Molonglo River Reserve as part of an innovative restoration project. “Unfortunately each year storms can damage or bring down many trees down across Canberra,” Minister for Planning and Land Management Mick…