Director David Leitch & Chad Stahelski Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen Rated MA Score 4.5/6 An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. I was actually kind of impressed with John Wick, considering that both David Leitch and Chad Stahelski are first time directors and…
I know how many runs you scored last summer
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Director Stacey Edmonds & Doug Turner Starring Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson Rated MA Score 1.5/6 A cricket team are dismissed by a moustachioed serial killer with a razor sharp cricket glove and an arsenal of sharpened stumps. One by one the killer exacts revenge for the torment he endured 20 years earlier. This…
Discovering Anzacs website launched
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Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) recently launched a new website which was a joint project between the National Archives of Australia and Archives New Zealand Discovering Anzacs. The website will include digitised service dossiers of every Australian and New Zealander who served in World War I as well…
APC Volunteer program for Rio 2016
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Following the success of the London 2012 volunteer program, the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) will be on the lookout for volunteers to support the Australian Team for the duration of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Selected volunteers will be given the title of National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Assistant and will assist the APC with various…
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls
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Director Mark Atkins Staring Sean Michael, Christopher Adamson, Natalie Stone Rated M Score -6/6 Allan Quatermain has been recruited to lead an expedition in search of a fabled treasure, deep within Africa. He must avoid hidden dangers. Watching this movie was a complete and utter waste of my time, in fact I am not entirely…
September AFP Seizes 22 credit card knives
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According to figures released by the Australian Federal Police Since October last year, 81 credit card knives have been seized at airports around Australia. 22 of the 81 knives seized were seized in September. A spokesperson for the AFP commented that Despite the obvious danger an item such as this poses, airport screening is detecting…
Fury
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Director David Ayer Starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman Rated MA Score 5/6 April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier…
The Art of the Steal
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Director Jonathan Sobol Starring Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick Rated MA Score 4/6 Crunch Calhoun, a semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get his old gang back together to pull off one last heist. I’m not really sure what attracted me to this one, probably the fact that it was a heist movie had something…
ABC free-to-air broadcaster for 2015 AFC Asian Cup
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The ABC has been announced as the free-to-air broadcaster for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. A deal has been brokered between Broadcast rights holders of the event, FOX SPORTS, along with the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Local Organising Committee, Football Federation Australia and the ABC, which will make all Socceroos games in the tournament…
Sushi v Spring Rolls
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Recent research released by Roy Morgan revealed that between July 2009 and June 2014, the proportion of Australians who say they like eating sushi has grown from 36% to 40%. Over the same period, the proportion who like eating spring rolls has declined slightly from 37% to 35%. A similar downward trend can be seen…