Director Chris Roberts Staring Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows Rated PG Score 2.5/6 Blair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe. Wing Commander is not a magnificent movie. At best, an average movie falls under the cloud of being adapted from…
Death Race: Inferno
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Director Roel Reiné Staring Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo Rated MA Score 2/6 Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, aka Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as Death Race. Only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew. You would be forgiven if you had…
Dark Tide
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Director John Stockwell Staring Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown Rated M Score 1.5/6 A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 9 years, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking – more carnivorous and hungry than ever. Initially I thought that Dark…
Holden signs 3-year NRL sponsorship deal
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Holden has recently signed a 3-year sponsorship deal with the National Rugby League. The multi-million dollar deal marks the first time in 15 years Holden has sponsored a football code. The deal grants them the naming rights to:- The Holden State of Origin Series between New South Wales and Queensland The Holden Cup (NRL National…
Beware of Malware in Tax Scams
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In 2012, the Australian Tax Office received just over 26,000 reports from the public on a wide range of scams including fake job advertisements, emails and bogus phone calls. An ATO spokesman commented that various tricks where used by the scammers like sending emails with attachments that appear to have come from the ATO, which…
Canberra 100th anniversary coin unveiled
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ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann, representing the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Bernie Ripoll, today unveiled the design for the new commemorative Centenary of Canberra circulating coin. The 20-cent coin shows the original blueprint for Canberra, as designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin; the commemorative coin…
Django Unchained
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Director Quentin Tarantino Staring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington Rating MA Score 6/6 With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Ok, it has been a few days since I saw Django Unchained,…
Hotel Transylvania
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Director Genndy Tartakovsky Staring Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg Rating PG Score 3/6 Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teen-aged daughter. Okay, I was struck with an uneasy feeling while watching this one.…
Next of Kin
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Director John Irvin Staring Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson and Adam Baldwin Rated M Score 3/6 Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself. Next of Kin really is not the most impressive of movies. It has…
Women’s Australian Open coming to Canberra
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ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announced that the 2013 ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open, will be hosted at the Royal Canberra Golf Club for the first time. “Royal Canberra will provide a superb setting for the event and along with Australian players Karrie Webb, Katherine Hull-Kirk and Canberra’s Nikki Campbell, there will be great competition…