New electronic signage will soon deliver real-time travel times and works alerts to drivers along the Western Highway, making it easier for people to plan their trips and avoid major delays. Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan inspected the new signage today in Warrenheip – the first of its kind permanently installed in…
ANU School of Music Head to Score The Furies
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Award-winning American composer and head of the ANU School of Music, Professor Kenneth Lampl, is creating the original music for upcoming horror film The Furies – the first production by Canberra-based film studio, The Film Distillery. He’ll be working on the score with his Danish composing partner and wife, Kirsten Axelholm. Written and directed by…
That’s Not My Dog!
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Director Dean Murphy Starring Shane Jacobson, Paul Hogan, Michala Banas, Jimeoin, Fiona O’Loughlin Rated M Score 6/6 The invite that goes out is clear. Don’t bring meat. We’ll provide the beer. Just come armed with nothing but the funniest jokes you’ve ever heard. Shane will take care of the rest. It’ll be a night of…
Bad Mothers coming in 2019
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The Nine Network and Screen Australia have announced a new Australian drama series for 2019, Bad Mothers. Four very different mother’s lives will collide. Outsiders in a storm of suspicion and danger and when this sisterhood comes together it’s murder. Produced by Jungle, the makers of comedy hit Here Come the Habibs, Bad Mothers will…
Superwog first original scripted series to air on ABC COMEDY
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The ABC and Screen Australia have announced that production has commenced this week in Melbourne on Superwog, a new comedy series to be distributed on ABC COMEDY and YouTube. The Superwog pilot, funded by Screen Australia and YouTube as part of the Skip Ahead initiative, was the highest trending YouTube video in Australia last year,…
North Western and Western Sydney to Benefit from Toll Relief Program
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Drivers in North Western and Western Sydney will benefit the most from free vehicle registration under the NSW Government’s Toll Relief program. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian joined Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello to acknowledge the milestone and reveal the suburbs with the most eligible drivers. Premier Berejiklian explained that drivers…
The Odd Angry Shot
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Director Tom Jeffrey Starring Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt Rated M Score 5/6 (This movie said a lot but needed a bigger budget) A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids…
2019 Shitbox Rally Dates Announced
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Shitbox Rally, the national charity event where teams of two tackle Australia’s dustiest outback roads in cars worth less than $1k (aka shitboxes) to raise money for Cancer Council, has announced its 2019 dates. The 2019 route will start in Perth on May 8th and finish in Sydney on May 17th, travelling via the iconic…
Filmmaking being taught in Schools Via Warner Bros Partnership with LAUSD, GFS and Young Storytellers
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Kevin Tsujihara Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros has announced that Warner Bros. Entertainment has partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and nonprofits Young Storytellers and Ghetto Film School (GFS) to create two new in-school programs, Story Lab and First Cut, designed to cultivate the next generation of storytellers and…
47 Metres Down
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Director Johannes Roberts Starring Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine Rated M Score 3/6 Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive. The only reason I was…