The filming of Young Wallander has just begun the new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. The cast includes Adam Pålsson (Kurt Wallander), Richard Dillane (Superintendent Hemberg), Leanne Best (Frida Rask), Ellise Chappell (Mona) and Yasen Atour (Reza). The series is created by Yellow Bird UK, a Banijay Group company,…
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Sydney Underground Film Festival – Greener Grass
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Directors Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe Score 0.5/6 Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field. This is supposed to be a comedy, personally I did not see it. Greener Grass is probably one of the oddest and the most…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Fuck you All: The Uwe Boll Story
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Director Sean Patrick Shaul Score 6/6 Behind the lens with the most hated man in Hollywood. For those of you who might be wondering yes, I am a fan of Uwe Boll’s movies, specifically his Rampage movies and Assault on Wall Street. To be perfectly clear even though Uwe Boll is regarded to be the…
UHF
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Director Jay Levey Starring ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy Rated M Score 5/6 An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success. Okay, I suppose the only reason why I decided to watch this was that it had been sitting on my wish list on google…
Japanese TV Stars Taking Road trip to Promote Western Australia
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Japanese television star and musician Takeshi Tsuruno has embarked on an iconic road trip from Perth to Monkey Mia for a Japanese travel show to be broadcast on BS Fuji TV. The two-hour program, called Tsuruno Tabi, follows Mr Tsuruno and his friends Rui Tsubota and Shinya Ueda as they explore Western Australia’s beautiful Coral…
Barry McKenzie Holds his Own
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Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence Rated M Score 6/6 Barry McKenzie’s Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his…
800 Million Containers Returned Through Queensland Refund Scheme
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Queensland’s Container Refund Scheme, Containers for Change, continues to exceed all expectations and is celebrating another major milestone this week, with 800 million containers returned in just 10 months. Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch said this milestone was reached while Parliament was sitting in Townsville this week. “We know Townsville residents care about recycling because…
New Rory Ellis Single ‘The Letter’
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A letter written during a time of chaos and war, could this Light Horseman who fought in the Battle of the Somme, Colin Ellis, have known that his very personal and incredibly powerful message would wind up in the hands of his only Grandson, Rory Ellis, nearly a century on. in February 1940, Colin Ellis,…
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
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Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan Rated M Score 5/6 Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. It…
Digital Licences to be Trailed in Queensland
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Maryborough and Hervey Bay will be the first communities in Queensland to trial digital licences. The Palaszczuk Government today announced members of both communities could now register their interest to participate in the trial. Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders said from early next year, residents could opt-in to conveniently access their licence at the press…