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A Look at Australian Television: Police Rescue Season 1 Episode 1: Mates

Director Michael Carson Written by Peter Schreck Starring Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton, Tammy Macintosh Rated PG Score 4.5/6 ‘Mickey” struggles with now being a weekend dad, tries to help a potential suicide, and has an altercation with his Inspector. For those of you who haven’t heard of Police Rescue, it’s an…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

What did you think of The Rise of Skywalker? Director J.J. Abrams Starring Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega & Oscar Isaac Rated M Score 3/6 The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. The Disney sequel and the Skywalker is finally at an end. I…

TAC Christmas Road Safety Campaign

The heartbreaking moment that a family member is told a loved one has been killed is at the centre of the Transport Accident Commission’s pre-Christmas safety push. Minister for Roads, Road Safety and the TAC Jaala Pulford joined the TAC and Road Safety Victoria to urge Victorians to think about their loved ones and the…

10000 Downloads for SharkSmart app

Western Australian ocean users have got behind the McGowan Government’s new SharkSmart WA app with more than 10,000 people downloading the app in just over a month. WA Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly said the app is being promoted as part of the McGowan Government’s new Sea Sense campaign, which is raising awareness of personal water…

WA’s Newest Bridge Dedicated to World War 1 Hero

Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti joined representatives from the Throssell family and the Returned Services League (RSL) recently to officially announce the State’s newest bridge has been named the Hugo Throssell VC bridge. Situated along Armadale Road and over Nicholson Road, the bridge is part of $145 million Armadale Road duplication project,…

Tom Wills

Directed by Maurice Dowd & Christopher Sferrazza Rated M Score 5/6 The incredible true story of Australia’s first celebrity sportsman. In the 1860s Tom Wills was the finest cricketer and footballer of his era – ‘The Champion of The Colony’. Until history erased him from the record books after his tragic death. I kind of…

River Street

Director Tony Mahood Starring Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis Rated M Score 5/6 Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station. Sentenced to community service at a local day centre, Ben’s influence with a young tearaway forces him…

High in the Clouds to be Adapted into Animated Feature

Netflix and Gaumont are producing a new animated feature from iconic songwriter, author and filmmaker, Paul McCartney titled High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh. An imaginative teenage squirrel named Wirral finds himself pulled into a ramshackle gang of…

Netflix Announces Spotify Series

Netflix has announced the untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the world’s leading music services – Spotify. The limited series is inspired by the book ‘Spotify Untold’ by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters at Swedish Dagens Industri…

Remnants of the Order: A Star Wars Fan Film

Director Kees van Hattum Starring July Janssen, Abel Sanders, Anwar Lachman Score 6/6 Pai has grown up under the reign of the Empire. Although she’s hardly taken notice of the intergalactic war raging around her, she’ll soon find that destiny cannot be kept at bay. Wow. I am so glad that I stumbled across this…