A big thank you to Laura Imbruglia director of Gender Reversed Guitar Shopping for taking the time to answer some questions. Is Gender Reversed Guitar Shopping the first film that you’ve had at The St Kilda festival? It sure is! Film festivals are a new and exciting world for me. What is the VCE Education…
Free Entry for Children to New Western Australian Museum
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The $396 million new Western Australian Museum, currently under construction and due to open in 2020, will offer free entry to children. “The decision to exempt children from an entry fee was despite significant budgetary pressures and will apply to all children under the age of 15.” Western Australian Minister for Culture and the Arts…
Road Trip #2 Electric Boogaloo: The Road to the Palais
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Those of you who have been following The Movie Boards for awhile maybe aware of a few years ago of my ill-fated road trip with the Old Man to Sydney the highlights of the trip being that due to my beer barrel physique combine with my use of a wheelchair meant that I was unable…
St Kilda Film Festival 2018 Opening Night
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Before I get to far into things, I’d like to take the opportunity to say that this is a professional milestone being the opening night for the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival, is the first ever opening night for a film festival that I have been to and I am not really sure what to…
The Death of Superman to be Released in July/August
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The Man of Steel meets his ultimate match when Doomsday comes to Earth – hell bent on destroying everything and everyone in his path, including the Justice League – in the all-new, action-packed “The Death of Superman,” part of the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the…
Batman and Harley Quinn
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Director Sam Liu Starring Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Paget Brewster & Loren Lester Rated M Score 5/6 Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker’s sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man. This has been sitting in my pile of movies…
NFSA Restores My Brilliant Career
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Margaret Fink and Gillian Armstrong’s empowering feminist classic My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and is set to premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival on Wednesday 13 June. Director Gillian Armstrong will participate in a special Q&A following the screening. My Brilliant Career…
ACCC Wins Appeal Against Yazaki Corporation
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The Full Federal Court has today ordered Japanese company Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki) to pay increased penalties of $46 million for cartel conduct, following an appeal by the ACCC. This is the highest penalty ever handed down under the Competition and Consumer Act (2010). The trial judge had earlier found that Yazaki had engaged in anti-competitive…
Batman Ninja
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Director Junpei Mizusaki Starring Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale & Tara Strong Rated M Score 5/6 Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan. DC would have a far more impressive extended universe on its hands and it would not be behind the…
AEMC Banning Dodgy Energy Discounts
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The ACT Government today has welcomed news that the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) will make a new rule to prohibit energy retailers from making discounts appear bigger than they actually are. The AEMC is the independent rule maker for Australia’s energy markets. Minister for Justice and Consumer Affairs Shane Rattenbury explained that the rule…