Victoria’s landmark voluntary assisted dying laws come into effect this week. The historic legislation was passed by the Victorian Parliament in 2017, giving Victorians with a terminal illness a genuine, compassionate choice about the timing and manner of their death. From Wednesday, Victorians who are suffering with a terminal illness will be able to make…
Glenda Jackson to Star in BBC One Adaption Elizabeth is Missing
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Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson (Women In Love, Elizabeth R) will star as the lead in BBC One’s adaptation of the best-selling novel Elizabeth Is Missing. Jackson will play the role of Maud in the one-off feature length drama, marking her return to the screen after over 25 years. Adapted from Emma Healey’s hugely…
A Walk to Remember
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Director Adam Shankman Starring Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote Rated PG Score 4/6 The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service. Okay, I have vague memories of watching this one at the friendly neighbourhood…
X-Men : Dark Phoenix
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Director Simon Kinberg Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence Rated M Score 2/6 Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all of humanity. I should have dodged…
BBC Two Announces Cast for Trigonometry
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Trigonometry is a love story about three people who are made for each other, written by Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods in their first joint television project. Gary Carr (The Deuce, The Good Fight), Ariane Labed (The Lobster, Attenberg) and Thalissa Teixeira (The Musketeers, Press) are to lead the cast. Made by House Productions for…
ABC Shows Win at Banff World Media Festival
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Two ABC titles have won prestigious Rockie Awards at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada, leading the way for outstanding Australian content on the international stage. ABC iview drama Wrong Kind of Black, produced by Princess Pictures, won the Web Fiction Award for its compelling portrayal of the life of Indigenous DJ Boori Monty…
Shortstacks Winner Announced
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Western Sydney-based animator Jayce White was crowned the winner of the inaugural Shortstacks Short Film Prize for his stand-out animated film ‘Comeback’, the State Library of NSW announced tonight. The darkly humorous black & white film won the praise of judges for its “creative innovation, exemplary technical skills, engagement with the audience and relevance to…
Matthew Aldrich Heading Creative for Chronicles of Narnia Series for Netflix
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Netflix has announced that Matthew Aldrich has come on board to oversee the development and creative live-action adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia series Aldrich will work across both series and film and serve as a creative architect on all projects under the deal. Aldrich most recently co-wrote COCO for Disney and…
Sara Pascoe to star in The Last Woman on Earth for BBC Two
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BBC Two has commissioned a new two-part series fronted by comedian and writer Sara Pascoe (Sara Pascoe Live: LadsLadsLads, Travelling Blind, Animal). In The Last Woman On Earth (from Talkback, part of Fremantle) Sara will travel the world on a mission to track down the world’s most endangered jobs, in a bid to become a…
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