Netflix has announced a new original series based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel Sacred Games by Indian author Vikram Chandra. Shot on location in India, this Hindi-English series will be produced in partnership with Phantom Films, one of India’s leading production houses. Mr. Chandra explained that Sacred Games is set in Mumbai and delves into…
BMW Renews Partnership with Village and Event Cinemas
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Village Cinemas and joint venture partners Event, today announced the renewal of their partnership with BMW Group Australia, with BMW continuing as the presenting partner for Gold Class Cinemas. BMW is the exclusive presenting partner of Gold Class Cinemas nationally across both the Event and Village Cinema circuits, signing a further two-year agreement. “Village Cinemas…
ACT Smart Bin Trial
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Minister for Transport and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris has announced the start of a 12 month trial of three solar-powered self-compacting rubbish bins in three community locations around the ACT. “These innovative new bins have been installed at Campbell 5 in Campbell, Kingston Foreshore and Link Park at Wright, with the aim of reducing unnecessary…
Street
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Director Bradford May Staring Beau Casper Smart, Kate Miner, Shashawnee Hall Rated M Score 1/6 Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to…
Julie’s Greenroom coming to Netflix in 2017
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Netflix has recently announced that icon Julie Andrews will star in Julie’s Greenroom, a new preschool show from The Jim Henson Company that features an all-new puppet cast of kids learning about the performing arts. The series will be available exclusively to Netflix members globally in early 2017. “The best of the best have joined…
Money Monster
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Director Jodie Foster Staring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 3/6 Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio. On the face of it this is a pretty decent average movie. With Jodi Foster in the director’s…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Director Taika Waititi Staring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata Rated PG Score 5/6 A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. This is the second movie that I have watched that was directed by Taika Waititi the first being…
Fancy Boy starts production
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Fancy Boy, a new six-part sketch comedy show, commenced production in Melbourne. Executive producer Stuart Menzies explained that the show, which has grown out of the three year Fresh Blood initiative to uncover exciting new talent, finds comedy in the stranger corners of suburbia: in the couple whose communication breakdown leads to a kidnap; in…
Puppy Love
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Village Cinemas Australia are delighted to announce a partnership with Guide Dogs Australia in alignment with the Flicks With The Chicks film program, commencing this month. Village Cinemas General Manager Marketing & Sales, Mohit Bhargava explained that the program Puppy Love, will take the guests attending Flicks with the Chicks screenings on a journey watching…
So What’s Your Favourite?
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research between January 2011 and December 2015, the proportion of Aussies who reported liking Chinese cuisine declined from 73.6% to 70.4%. While not a huge drop, it is the only cuisine in the Top 10 that lost, rather than gained, popularity. “One of the benefits of living…
X-Men: Apocalypse
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Director Bryan Singer Staring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence Rated MA Score 4/6 With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Now with the release of Apocalypse it seems that director Bryan Singer has more than redeemed himself for his 2003 offering X-men…
Bastille Day
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Director James Watkins Staring Rated M Score 5/6 A young con artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France. I’m sure there is more than a few who would remember recent discussions about possible actors to take over the mantle of James Bond when Daniel Craig hangs up his Walther PPK…
The 5th Wave
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Director J Blakeson Staring Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez Rated M Score 2/6 Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. Okay this one was adapted from a 2013 novel written by American author Rick Yancey…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Q&A
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Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure. After recently…
2016 Sydney Film Festival Program Announced
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The 63rd Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched by the NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant. “The NSW Government is proud to continue its support for this amazing festival; a key event that has cemented itself in Sydney’s winter entertainment calendar,” Mr. Grant commented “I’m extremely pleased that these films…
Be Sure to Enroll to vote in the 2016 Election
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With the announcement of the federal election Australians must act now to ensure they are enrolled by the deadline of 8pm on 23 May 2016. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said all Australian citizens aged 18 years and over are required by law to enroll and vote in the 2 July federal election. “Enrolling and voting…
Catalyst Arts Funding Cuts
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The arts sector is reeling at news that an extraordinary $13m in Catalyst funds were secretly pushed out the door over the weekend just in advance of the election being called and caretaker mode beginning. ArtsPeak spokeperson and CEO of the National Association of Visual Arts NAVA Tamara Winikoff explained that In total $23,317,301 has…