The popular annual Irish Film Festival returns from 19 – 29 November with its biggest line-up ever. Moved online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, cinephiles all over Australia can now catch the best new Irish cinema releases without leaving their couches. The online festival program is packed with award-winning dramas, documentaries, Irish-language features and…
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
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Director Rachel Talalay Starring Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Tom Felton Rated PG Score 3/6 A babysitter embarks on a mission to save a child who’s been abducted by monsters. A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting was written by Joe Ballarini and is based on his three-part book trilogy of the same name. Okay with Halloween…
Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season Headed to Hulu
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Sony Pictures Entertainment, Entertainment One and Hulu have announced that the streaming platform has acquired U.S. rights to Clea DuVall’s holiday romantic comedy, Happiest Season, which will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on Wednesday, November 25. Sony Pictures and eOne co-financed the film and will retain distribution rights in Canada and the…
Deep Blue Sea 3
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Director John Pogue Starring Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Studying the effects of climate change off the coast of Mozambique, a marine biologist and her team confront three genetically enhanced bull sharks. Now, a new bloodbath is waiting to happen in the name of science. Will humans never learn? Okay…
Smokey and the Bandit
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Director Hal Needham Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed Rated M Score 5/6 The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. Alright, I have come across Smokey and the Bandit in passing on TV several times but never really…
Bananaman
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Creator John Geering Starring Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor Rated G Score 6/6 Stupid, but well-meaning and super-strong super-hero, Bananaman gets his strength from eating bananas. Before he eats a banana, Bananaman is a young boy called Eric who is keen to keep his alter-ego a secret. His best friend is a crow who…
Spike Jonze joins as Executive Producer of Edson Oda’s NINE DAYS
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Sony Pictures Classics have announced that Spike Jonze has joined as Executive Producer of Edson Oda’s NINE DAYS and the film will be released in theaters early 2021. Additionally, Sony Pictures Classics has also acquired the rights in Asia, Israel, Turkey and the rest of Europe, making it a worldwide Sony Pictures Classics release. The…
PVOD Release of The Craft: Legacy for Halloween
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Blumhouse Productions and Columbia Pictures have announced that The Craft: Legacy will be available widely on PVOD this Halloween with leading digital retailers for a 48-hour rental period at a suggested retail price of $19.99, and for premium digital purchase at a suggested retail price of $24.99. An international theatrical release is anticipated in several…
Comedy Web Series Hug The Sun Greenlit
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Taking tongue-in-cheek inspiration from morning children’s television, Hug the Sun follows a fictional children’s show which aired on Western Australia’s community TV stations between 1990 and 1991. The series will feature the bizarre teaching of ‘Oxtos’ (religious teaching that are just thinly disguised grifts), inept hosts and unintentional comedy that is sure to become a…
A Sunburnt Christmas Coming to Stan
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New Stan Original Film A Sunburnt Christmas is currently in production in South Australia starring Daniel Henshall (Snowtown, Bloom) and Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, Ride Like A Girl), with Christiaan Van Vuuren (Bondi Hipsters, The Other Guy) directing the Christmas family comedy. Stan have announced that production for a brand new Stan Original Film, A…