The winners of Australia’s first film festival by deaf teenagers, the Hear For You Film Festival, have just been announced. The inaugural national Film Festival, supported by Australian Hearing, is the first of its kind in Australia and is an opportunity for any deaf or hard of hearing secondary school students to script, shoot and…
Recycling Coffee into Coffee Cups
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A Macquarie PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. He’s developed a method to turn coffee grounds into lactic acid, which can then be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and is now refining the process as he finishes his PhD. “Australians consume six billion…
Mission Impossible: Fallout
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Director Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames & Vanessa Kirby Rated M Score 4.5/6 Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Following the 6 mission impossible movies has required a similar investment of time that is necessary with the marvel…
The Furies – Tony D’Aquino Interview
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A big thank you to director Tony D’Aquino for taking time out of his schedule to answer some question about the release of his new movie The Furies, that was shot in the Canberra Region at Bywong.
Underworld Wrestling Launches on Amazon Prime
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Underworld Wrestling (UW) officially launches its first episode on the worldwide streaming platform, Amazon Prime Video. With this launch, UW becomes the first Australian pro wrestling promotion to achieve international distribution: streaming to over 100 countries. UW episodes will incorporate high-impact action presented through unique storytelling and spectacular athletic violence. UW showcases diverse wrestling talent…
L’ascension aka The Climb
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Director Ludovic Bernard Starring Ahmed Sylla, Alice Belaïdi, Kévin Razy Rated M Score 5/6 A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he’d do anything for her. For those of you who might be interested L’ascension is the first fictional film to be shot…
WBIE and Scopely announce “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.”
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Leading mobile entertainment network Scopely have announced the development of “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.” Licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem” is a new mobile multiplayer role-playing game that brings an entire world of Looney Tunes characters together to do battle on your mobile screen with anvils, boulders and other…
Canberra Cat Containment Areas Expanded
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New suburbs Macnamara and Strathnairn in Ginninderry and Gungahlin Town Centre east will from Wednesday 15 August 2018, become cat containment areas as new legislation comes into effect. “The new suburbs of Macnamara and Strathnairn in Ginninderry are close by to the Woodstock Nature Reserve where there is an abundance of native wildlife that we…
NRL & AFL Fix Returns and Refunds Policy
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Twenty-one Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) clubs have made changes to their returns and refunds policies in relation to merchandise sales following an investigation by the ACCC. “The changes made by the AFL and NRL clubs in question follow a review of returns and refunds policies of various professional sporting clubs…
Cast Announced for Network Ten’s Mr Black
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AFI Award-winning actor and much-loved comedian Stephen Curry (The Castle, The King) stars as Mr. Black, in the hilarious new Australian comedy series, which has received principal production investment from Screen Australia. As a larrikin former sports journalist whose mortality is staring him in the face, Mr. Black (Stephen Curry) strives to fulfill one last…