Baseball is back in the nation’s events capital big time, with Melbourne securing next week’s 2021 Australian Baseball League’s Championship Series at Melbourne Ballpark. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula announced that the playoff series featuring the top four ABL teams had been secured for 11-14 February through the Andrews Labor Government’s…
Sonic Prime Head to Netflix in 2022
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Netflix, SEGA of America, Inc. (“SEGA”), and WildBrain have announced a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Prime, set to premiere worldwide in 2022. The series will be animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, and SEGA and WildBrain will jointly participate across production, distribution and licensing. Man of Action Entertainment, creators of Ben 10 and…
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to Clint Bentley’s Film Jockey
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Sony Pictures Classics have announced that they have acquired all worldwide rights to the film, Jockey. Directed by Clint Bentley and written by Bentley and Greg Kwedar, the film stars Clifton Collins, Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Logan Cormier, Colleen Hartnett. Jockey premiered on Sunday, January 31 in the US Dramatic Competition section at the…
An Ad About The Movie Boards By The Movie Boards
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Time for an Ad to Advertise The Movie Boards. We have Instagram Accounts one for our Puppet Duck Gerald and his Friends and one for our Movie Reviews We also put our articles on Tumblr We also run ads. We would like to run your ads. If you want to advertise on The Movie Boards…
Screenrights’ 2021 Cultural Fund is open for Applications
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Screenrights’ 2021 Cultural Fund is open for applications, with this year’s focus revealed as New Teams. “Ours is an industry that thrives on collaboration, and we’re all finding new ways of working together in the time of COVID. The 2021 Cultural Fund focus aims to support projects that bring together new teams: collaborations between people…
Stereotypes in Adverting
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Personally, I feel that Stereotypes especially in movies are both a good thing and a bad thing. There use especially in movies is usually because of lazy writing. Today I was sent a press release from a Stereotypes Activist, who says the new AANA Code just announced will be ineffective and continue to cause domestic…
NFSA Restores The Corrick Collection
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has digitally restored The Corrick Collection, containing 135 of the world’s earliest films, which formed part of the Corrick Family Entertainers variety act over 100 years ago. A selection of these priceless films will have a world premiere at Ten Days on the Island from 5-21…
Tarantino Signs two-book deal with Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has signed a two-book deal with Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, which will be published in Australia by Hachette Australia. Tarantino’s first work of fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, will be published in July 2021. The novel is based on his Oscar-winning film, which…
The Lighthorsemen
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Director Simon Wincer Starring Jon Blake, Sigrid Thronton & Peter Phelps Rated PG Score 6/6 In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock. Okay, perhaps it would have been historically relevant if…
ACT Government Launches Energy Assessment Webtool
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Canberra’s renters will be able to assess their home energy efficiency and reduce their energy costs, after the ACT Government launched the Actsmart Home Energy Assessment Webtool. The online tool, which asks the renter a series of questions, instantly downloads a tailored report that lists the best actions the household can take to reduce energy…
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to 12 Mighty Orphans
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Sony Pictures Classics have announced that they have acquired worldwide rights in all media to 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS directed by Ty Roberts and starring Luke Wilson, Martin Sheen, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Jake Austin Walker, Treat Williams, Ron White, Scott Haze, and Robert Duvall. This marks Sheen and Duvall’s first onscreen reunion since APOCALYPSE NOW.…
The Dry
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Director Robert Connolly Starring Eric Bana Rated MA Score 6/6 Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound – the unsolved death of a teenage girl. I finally got my act together and got out to see The Dry while it is still at…
The Last Days of American Crime
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Director Olivier Megaton Starring Edgar Ramírez, Michael Pitt & Anna Brewster Rated MA Score 3/6 In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. For those of you who might be interested The Last…
Midsumma Festival Returning in 2021
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Australia’s premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience, Midsumma Festival, has announced its long-awaited 2021 dates, specially returning for the one-time period of 19th April until 5th May, with signature annual Midsumma Pride March taking place on Sunday 23rd May. “We know that our artists and our communities are struggling, they have missed a lot of…
Three New Languages to be Taught in WA Schools
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Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery have announced the development of three new languages for WA schools. “I am very pleased to announce the development of these three new language courses for Western Australian students.” Minister Ellery commented “Language and culture play an important role in a child’s development. We have an internationally diverse culture…
25k Murray Cod Released into Lake Ginninderra
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More than 25,000 native Murray Cod have been released into Lake Ginninderra as part of the ACT Government’s annual fish stocking program. Minister for the Environment Rebecca Vassarotti said the introduction of the Murray Cod will provide lasting environmental benefits by improving the ecology of Lake Ginninderra. “Our annual fish stocking program is crucial in…
Year of the Ox Stamp Issue Released
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Australia Post has released a new set of stamps to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Ox, which begins on 12 February. Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival in China, is the most important of the traditional festivals celebrated by Asian cultures throughout the world and is…
AFL Great Honoured with Daniher’s Way
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Daniher’s Way has been unveiled in the shadows of the MCG, recognising the enormous contribution of football legend and FightMND campaigner Neale Daniher to Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula joined Daniher in Yarra Park today as they dedicated the footpath from William Barak Bridge to the…