Netflix has announced that it will team up with director Lee JQ (Beethoven Virus, Damo: The Legendary Police Woman, Intimate Strangers) to produce a new Netflix original series All of Us Are Dead. All of Us Are Dead is about a group of high school students who are faced with an extreme crisis situation when…
Netflix and Audiens Establish Emergency fund for Workers in Audio-visual And Movie Sector
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NETFLIX and AUDIENS – the social protection group of the French cultural sector in agreement with the Minister of Culture represented by the CNC, announce the creation of a new COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help the hardest hit workers in the television and cinema industry due to the near global production…
Digital originals receive development funds from Screen Australia and SBS
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Three online projects from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative will share in $65,000 of development funds from Screen Australia and SBS. A Beginner’s Guide to Grief, Freewheelers and Iggy & Ace 5eva were selected from the 10 projects workshopped last year and will now be developed further with the intention of at least one going…
Western Rock Lobster Surpasses Blue Swimmer Crabs in WA Fishing Survey
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Until now, Western Australia’s regular comprehensive survey on what recreational fishers are catching around the State has revealed the blue swimmer crab as king. But the results of the latest research reveals that another crustacean has taken the crown – the western rock lobster. Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley explained that the WA Recreational Boat Fishing…
Countdown
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Director Justin Dec Starring Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman Rated M Score 1/6 When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way…
Uncorked
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Director Prentice Penny Starring Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Niecy Nash Rated M Score 3/6 Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father’s expectations that he carry on the family’s Memphis BBQ joint. I went to this having seen the trailer after it popped up in my email. I am…
The Dead Don’t Die
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Director Jim Jarmusch Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits Rated MA Score 5/6 The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves. I think it has been more then a little while since I have last watched a Zombie movie, and as far as…
The Bond Binge
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What would have to be my greatest act of cinematically inspired stupidity watching twenty James Bond movies from Dr No to Die Another day is finally done. Okay, yes, I have been procrastinating on writing any content for it. And yes, there still is the small matter of the Daniel Craig movies and the two…
Disney Plus Top 5 Australian Subscription TV Service
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New data from Roy Morgan reveals Disney Plus is now Australia’s fourth most popular subscription television service, just months after its launch. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine explained that when it comes to multiple streaming subscriptions, Netflix plus Stan is the most popular combination. Netflix remains by far the nation’s most watched subscription television service,…
Astronaut
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Director Shelagh McLeod Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges Rated PG Score 5/6 A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space. Astronaut will be available to rent or buy on April 8 on Apple TV, Fetch TV, Foxtel Store, Google Play and…