Directed by Gary Ross Staring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Rated M Score 4/6 Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match. I was…
Telstra providing technology for James Cameron’s DEEPSEA CHALLENGE
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Australian Telco Telstra will be providing technology that will connect the world to images of James Cameron’s DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition, a joint scientific project by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research and exploration eleven kilometers below the surface in the ocean’s deepest point the Mariana Trench. “It’s critical to have…
DeadHeads
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Directed by Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce Staring Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder and Markus Taylor Rated MA Score 6/6 Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack, and decide to take a road trip to find the one’s lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with…
Glaucoma research released
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Here is something that I suppose everybody has thought about at least once; according new research released Australia’s greatest fear is going blind. It was revealed that the fear of going blind out ranked a fear of heights, spiders or lightning strikes .The research also revealed 87% of Australians surveyed most valued their sense of…
John Carter
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Directed by Andrew Stanton Staring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Bryan Cranston, Mark Strong and Willem Dafoe Rated M Score 4/6 Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only…
Salvation Boulevard
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Directed by George Ratliff Staring Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei Rated M Score 6/6 A former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. It seems that Salvation Boulevard, is one of those movies that had a less than…
Before the Storm iPhone game launched
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‘Before the Storm’, a new iPhone game that helps students and families better prepare for natural disasters was launched today by Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Nicola Roxon and Federal Member for Latrobe Laura Smyth. “Big storms can be frightening for kids but learning what to do when a natural disaster strikes will be…
Drive
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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Staring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac and Bryan Cranston Rated MA Score 6/6 A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour. If there is a list of actors under the age of forty whose career…
ACT Woodheater replacement program
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In an effort to reduce pollution and improve the ACT’s air quality Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell to take advantage of a rebate program and replace wood heaters and replace them natural gas heaters. Minister Corbell commented, “Replacing old wood heaters is a simple and effective way that individual households can…
Contraband
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Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Staring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale Rated MA Score 6/6 To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Contraband is a remake of an Icelandic film Reykjavík Rotterdam directed by Óskar Jónasson. My first thoughts…