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$80,000 MIFF Extended Reality Commission

Melbourne International Film Festival are thrilled to reveal the inaugural XR Commission, which will have its world premiere on the MIFF XR platform alongside world-renowned XR programming in 2022. MIFF is one of the oldest film events in the world, celebrating its 70th anniversary next year with a slate of signature projects, of which the…

Free Guy

Director Shawn Levy Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer & Taika Waititi Rated M Score 6/6 A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game. As fun and light-hearted movie Free Guy I was a little bummed that I didn’t get a chance to watch this one on the…

The Suicide Squad

Director James Gunn Starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba & John Cena Rated MA Score 5.5/6 Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Okay, there was a small…

Crime Drama Strange River headed to ABC

New crime drama Savage River was announced recently, developed and commissioned by the ABC with worldwide distribution rights acquired by Dynamic Television. Produced by Aquarius Films, Jocelyn Moorhouse (Wakefield, Stateless, The Dressmaker) is directing the 6 x 57 series with Golden Globe-nominated actress Katherine Langford (Thirteen Reasons Why, Cursed, Knives Out) attached in the leading…

Production Begins on Beep and Mort

The ABC and Screen Australia have announced that production is underway on the preschool series, Beep and Mort. Produced by Windmill Pictures and distributed by ABC Commercial, this mixed media series for ABC Kids is also funded by the South Australian Film Corporation. Based on Windmill Theatre Company’s award-winning theatre show, Beep, this new series…

Weekend Postal Delivers Set for Victoria

Posties and delivery drivers are set to deliver as many as 350,000 parcels across Victoria each and every weekend for the rest of the year, while Australia Post facilities in Melbourne are processing on average a million parcels each day, enough to fill the seats of the MCG ten times. Australia Post General Manager Corporate…

765 Million Cans Saved in Western Australia

Western Australians have saved 765 million 10 cent containers from landfill during the first year of operation of the State’s container deposit scheme. “When Containers for Change launched a year ago, an estimated 70 per cent of 10c containers were going to landfill, but now as many as 60 per cent of 10c containers are…