Director Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko Rated M Score 3.5/6 One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put…
Donate to the National political ephemera collection
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If you are being bombarded with 2013 election material and would prefer that it does not end up taking up space in the nearest landfill The National Library wants to collect an original copy of every published leaflet, poster, pamphlet, policy speech, press statement and other political ephemera from the September 7, 2013 federal election.…
New voting system for blind or low vision voters
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Now that early voting for the 2013 federal election, the Electoral commission has announced that voters who are blind or have low vision can now access a telephone voting service that enables them to cast a secret vote. “Blind or low vision voters can still vote with assistance at one of the several thousand polling…
Editor’s Note Video Number 2
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New Laws to protect Canberra from substandard builders
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Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell recently announced that there are that new laws will protect the public from substandard construction practices in the ACT. Mr. Corbell commented “Before today, the Construction Occupations Registrar could only consider whether an applicant would be eligible to be licensed based on training and competency, and…
Now you see me
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Director Louis Leterrier Staring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher & Dave Franco Rated M Score 5.5/6 An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. There is always something cool about watching a heist…
The World’s End
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Director Edgar Wright Staring Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival. The thing that I love about Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s movies is that they…
Editor’s Note Video Number 1
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Pacific Rim
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Director Guillermo del Toro Staring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi Rated M Score 3/6 As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse. On the…
The Wolverine
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Director James Mangold Staring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima Rated M Score 2.5/6 Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. I’m not sure if I was entirely impressed by this one and this is the sixth time that Jackman has…