Netflix has announced the new Danish Netflix Original series, Equinox – based on the well-known podcast, Equinox 1985. The six-part series will be created by Tea Lindeburg and executive produced by Piv Bernth (The Killing, The Bridge and Follow The Money) and her company Apple Tree Productions, which is backed by ITV Studios. Production is…
Life-sized statue of Johnathan Thurston for New North Queensland Stadium
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Townsville artist Jane Hawkins has been commissioned to sculpt a life-sized statue of NRL star Johnathan Thurston to stand in the northern entry plaza of the new North Queensland Stadium. Jane will team with Dean Rusling, owner and operator of Chalkos Fine Arts Foundry, the same company that fabricated the bronze statues of the football…
Men in Black: International
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Director F. Gary Gray Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani Rated M Score 3.5/6 The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organisation. I really wasn’t sure…
Stark
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Director Nadia Tass Starring Ben Elton, Jacqueline McKenzie, Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness & Derrick O’Connor Rated M Score 5/6 Australian billionaire, Sly Morgan is invited to join the Stark Conspiracy, a group of the world’s richest people who plan to save themselves from the Earth’s impending environmental doom. Colin Dobson, or CD to his friends,…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Independence, Rockets & Borsch (Shorts)
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Fabulous squirt is one of the strangest movies that I have seen that is going to be screened at the Sydney Underground Film Festival. It started off as you would expect any serious news or current affairs report and then it took a turn that I really wasn’t expecting. The idea of My Little Pony…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Ozploit! (Shorts)
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It has been awhile since I last got the opportunity to sit down and watch some short films, so I was glad when I got the opportunity to check out the Ozploit collection, some really clever movies have been selected for this collection and I hope to see more movies from the directors in the…
Netflix Enters into Overall Deal with Kuku Studios
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Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall agreement with Kuku Studios, under which its key members – Alex Woo, Stanley Moore, Tim Hahn, and Erik Benson – will exclusively produce animated films and series for Netflix members worldwide. Their credits include Ratatouille, Wall-e, Toy Story 3, Monster’s University, and Finding Dory, among others. Kuku Studios’…
Young Wallander Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
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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,…
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…