Director Todd Phillips Staring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz Rated M Score 4/6 Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. There is this small part of my brain that whenever I watch…
Entries for the 2017 St Kilda Festival are now open
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Entries for the 2017 St Kilda Festival are now open. The 2017 Festival will be held on Sunday 12 February, where over 400,000 festival goers will enjoy a wide variety of Australian music and entertainment across the entire St Kilda precinct. “The St Kilda Festival is a great opportunity for everyone to get involved in…
Palace Cinemas to Open Cinema in Sydney’s Central Park Mall
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Palace Cinemas has announced that they will open a new cinema, Palace Central, in the multi-award winning development, Central Park Mall, in Sydney’s Chippendale. “We have a passion for developing new opportunities within the cinema industry which allow us to engage with local communities throughout Australia.” Antonio Zeccola, Palace Cinemas’ Executive Chairman commented. Zeccola explained…
Optus Launches Connect 5
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Optus has today launched a new short film competition, ‘Connect5’, and is on the hunt for aspiring content creators and filmmakers looking for their next adventure. Creative Australians will have until 30 September to submit a short video focused on the theme of ‘Connecting Lives’. All submissions made via the Connect5 website will be in…
Red Billabong
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Director Luke Sparke Staring Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green Rated MA Score 4/6 In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just – A story?…
Up the Creek – The Story of Red Bull Dinghy Derby Launching on Red Bull TV
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On 26th August, one of Australia’s wildest and most gruelling boat race will go up in lights, as Up the Creek – The Story of Red Bull Dinghy Derby launches exclusively on Red Bull TV. Founded in 1981 over a bet between mates to see who was the fastest, the Red Bull Dinghy Derby is…
Australiens
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Director Joe Bauer Staring Rita Artmann, Tamara McLaughlin, Lawrence Silver Rated MA Score 5/6 Extra-terrestrials launch a nation-wide assault on Australia, much to the bafflement of the rest of the world. This awkward and just that little bit stupid (maybe more than just a little but I’ll leave that to you to decide how much)…
Train to Busan
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Director Sang-ho Yeon Staring Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi Rated MA Score 4/6 While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. I suppose if I had not seen Richard Wilkinson review this one on the today show, I might not…
Aussie bachelorettes aren’t fans of The Bachelor Australia
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan almost half a million Australian women over the age of 14 love the reality TV show The Bachelor Australia, including around 160,000 women aged 20 to 34 (6%). But look a little more closely, and it seems young women who are partnered themselves are twice as likely…
Lazer Team
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Director Matt Hullum Staring Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones Rated M Score 2/6 Four losers are thrust into the position of saving the world when they stumble upon a UFO crash site and become genetically equipped to the battle suit on board. I am not proud that I sat through this and after watching…