Angelina Jolie Pitt will direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, a harrowing and poignant memoir from Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung about surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime. This is set to be a Netflix Original Film from a script Jolie co-adapted with Ung.…
Village Cinemas Launches Vpremium Experience
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Vpremium is the latest cinema concept to have recently launched in Australia by Village Cinemas, which is exclusive to Melbourne with two Vpremium Cinemas being opened at Jam Factory cinema. Village Cinemas Australia CEO Kirk Edwards said Vpremium provides a step up from the traditional cinema-going experience for a few extra dollars. Mr. Edwards added…
Primary School Students Gearing up for Word Mania Comp
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Primary schoolers around Australia have clocked up more than two million minutes of word building, in preparation for the July 27 start of national literacy competition LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2015. LiteracyPlanet CEO, Adam McArthur pointed out that since registrations for the online competition opened in June, children have practiced the popular word building game for…
Nubia unveils first “My” series device
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Chinese android smartphone manufacturer nubia unveiled its first “My” series device, “nubia My PRAGUE,” in Beijing on July 15. This is the official debut of the new product in China following the world premiere in Prague, Czech on July 8. “City of Prague is a symbol of art, romance and love, a symbol we desire…
Paper Towns
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Director Jake Schreier Staring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams Rated M Score 3/6 A young man and his friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door. If 33 is too old for teen movies, somebody please send me the memo. Now that attempted joke is out…
Australia finishes 6th at IMO in Thailand
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The 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has concluded this week in Thailand. Australia won two Gold and four Silver medals and came sixth out of 104 teams. This is the best result for Australia in 35 years of competing, the Australian team improved its ranking from 11th last year to 6th position ahead of Taiwan,…
Manny Lewis
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Director Anthony Mir Staring Carl Barron, Leeanna Walsman, Roy Billing Rated M Score 3.5/6 Stand-up comedian Manny Lewis, who connects with millions of fans but finds it hard to connect to one person. Manny struggles to overcome his sense of alienation and shyness, and a difficult relationship with his father, in a romantic and feel-good…
Trainwreck Featurettes
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Coming Soon – August 6th
Ant-Man
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Director Peyton Reid Staring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas & Evangeline Lilly Rated PG Score 4/6 Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save…
ACT Government to hold second wind auction later this year
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Considering the Australian Prime Minister Mr. Tony Abbott’s recent comments about Solar and Wind energy I can’t help but think that this is kind of interesting. Speaking at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney, Mr Corbell said the Government was finalising its considerations on the next steps for the second round of the wind…