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MIFF’s 37°South Market

Australia’s only screen content co-financing market to occur in the context of a major festival, 37°South Market brings the global screen content financing marketplace to Melbourne. The selective four-day event spans individually scheduled meetings, screenings for films seeking marketplace attachment, B2B meetings and panel discussions; presenting a unique opportunity for industry stakeholders to build valuable…

Mulan

Director Niki Caro Starring Liu Yife, Donnie Yen & Gong Li Rated PG Score 2/6 To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. For the record at the time this was released, I think I was making…

Revisit – Sky High

Directed by Mike Mitchell Staring Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kelly Preston & Kurt Russell Rating PG Score 4/6 Life for Will Stronghold, the son of legendary heroes Jet Stream and The Commander, has the tremendous expectation that he will go into the family business. He enters the high school for teenage super…

Australia Post Celebrates 100 years of Disney magic

Some of the world’s most loved Disney characters will feature in iconic Australian settings on stamps celebrating 100 years of Disney. The special collectable set is available at participating Australia Post shops. The four stamps in the set show Disney Pixar’s Nemo, the clownfish from Finding Nemo making himself at home in Sydney Harbour, Ariel…

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Director Deborah Chow Starring Ewan McGregor, Vivien Lyra Blair & Moses Ingram Rated M Score 3/6 Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi watches over young Luke Skywalker and evades the Empire’s elite Jedi hunters during his exile on the desert planet Tatooine. The sixth episode of Obi Wan Kenobi has finally dropped and it would seem that…

Shipwreck Hunters Australia to Premiere on Disney+

A documentary series featuring epic shipwreck stories along the Western Australian coastline will premiere on Disney+ in the coming months. Shipwreck Hunters Australia is the first Australian documentary commissioned by the entertainment juggernaut and features a team of ocean adventurers exploring one of the planet’s most remote and spectacular landscapes to bring lost shipwreck secrets…

Willow

Director Ron Howard Starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis Rated PG Score 5/6 A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen. I’ve been meaning to take a look at Willow for at least a month and when I heard that a…

The Mandalorian Seasons 1 & 2

Created by Jon Favreau Staring Pedro Pascal Rated M Score 3/6 Beginning five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Galactic Empire, The Mandalorian follows Din Djarin, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. He is hired by remnant Imperial forces to retrieve…

Imagination Tree Opened at Monash Children’s Hospital

A giant ‘imagination tree’ spanning four levels in the foyer of Victoria’s world-class Monash Children’s Hospital has been officially opened. Minister for Health Martin Foley launched the Moose Imagination Tree, which is an interactive space for sick children and families, imagined by The Walt Disney Company and built by Moose Toys. “We know a stay…