Over the next three years, captioning levels will increase on subscription television services after an agreement was reached with the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA). According to the agreement over the next three years, captioning of some subscription movie channels is intended to increase from 55 %…
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Canberra Libs questions Government’s focus on Roads
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The Canberra Liberals recently questioned the state of ACT roads as a matter of public importance. ACT Opposition Leader Zed Seselja pointed out the Liberals’ commitment to give Canberrans the best local government in the country means focussing on the local issues that matter to residents, such as roads. “You only need to look at…
We Brought A Zoo
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Directed by Cameron Crowe Staring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson Rated PG Rated 4.5/6 A father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo. Movies that are based on a true story always prove to be interesting to watch. However, even if you vaguely familiar with the story that this…
Garrison
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Directed by Kerry Valderrama Staring James Barnes, Elizabeth Ingalls and Kerry Valderrama Rated MA score 3/6 An A.W.O.L soldier who is being searched for by his fellow troops. The story of Garrison was inspired by the events of the Fort Bragg killings of 2002. Considering that Garrison is director Kerry Valderrama’s feature film I cannot…
King of the Avenue
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Directed by Ryan Combs Staring Simon Rex, Ving Rhames and Esai Morales Rated MA Score 3/6 A young drug dealer sells his soul to the devil in order to become the #1 seller on the block. Anyway you look at it the plot point of having somebody making a deal with the devil is always…
The Wolverine to be filmed in Australia
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It was recently announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister Simon Crean, that The Wolverine will be filmed in Sydney. It was noted that to attract the movie to Australia the Gillard Government granted the producers a one-off payment of $12.8 million which will result in over $80 million of investment in Australia…
A Warrior’s Heart
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Directed by Michael Sears Starring Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Adam Beach and Gabrielle Anwar Rated PG Score 4/6 In shock and denial over his Marine father’s death in battle, star Lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a maverick and a hothead, starts acting out in self-destructive ways that have his mom, Claire, at her wit’s end.…
Battleship
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Directed by Peter Berg Staring Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch and Josh Pence Rated M Score 2/6 The navies of the world are pitched against an invading alien force set on taking over the world in order to access its water supply. Trapped inside a 300-mile wide alien force field with no…
Freerunner
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Directed by Lawrence Silverstein Starring Sean Faris, Danny Dyer and Amanda Fuller Rated MA Score 2/6 With a ticking bomb locked to his neck, a young freerunner races against the clock and all types of baddies to get from one end of the city to the other to save himself and his girlfriend. Freerunner is…
A Further Nine more World War I diggers identified
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Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, recently announced that nine Australians among the 250 Australian and British WW1 soldiers who were recovered from Pheasant Wood in France in 2009 by a Joint Identification Board held on 23 March 2012. Mr Snowdon commented that current identification brings the total number of Australians identified to…