The Pokémon Company International and Netflix announced that the next animated movie in the Pokémon franchise will premiere on Netflix around the world with the exception of Japan, China, and Korea on October 8, 2021. First revealed in November 2020, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle marks the 23rd animated Pokémon movie in the…
Australia Post Celebrating 100 Years of Ginger Meggs
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Australia Post is celebrating 100 years of Australia’s much-loved waistcoat-wearing rascal, Ginger Meggs, with the release of three stamps featuring the work of creator Jimmy Bancks, and subsequent illustrators James Kemsley and Jason Chatfield. The character of Ginger Meggs first appeared in “Gladsome Gladys”, with the comic strip soon renamed “Us Fellers” and then, in…
Smokey and The Bandit Part 3
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Director Dick Lowery Starring Jackie Gleason, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Jerry Reed Rated M Score 1/6 Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he…
Irish Film Festival – Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
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Director Julien Temple Starring Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp & Siobhan MacGowan Rated M Score 6/6 A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. When watching multiple movies at a film festival you should always consider a movie about music and considering this is for the Irish Film Festival a…
Australia Post Providing 4 Million Free Postcards To Remote and Rural Households
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Australia Post is helping Australians stay connected by delivering more than 4 million specially designed prepaid postcards to rural and remote households across the country as part of its continued focus on mental health. Australia Post Head of Community Nicky Tracey said that the postcards were designed in collaboration with Australia Post’s mental health partner…
Billie August to Direct Ehrengard Adaption For Netflix
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Netflix has announced Ehrengard, a new Danish Netflix feature film directed by Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Palme d’Or winner Bille August. The film is based on Ehrengard, one of the last works of Karen Blixen (1885-1962). Anders August is the scriptwriter and Marcella Dichmann at SF Studios is producing. The project has been…
Screen Australia Announces $920K in Production funding
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Screen Australia has announced six projects that will share in $920,000 of production funding through the Online Fund. This includes new seasons of popular TikTok series The Formal and Australia’s Best Street Racer for YouTube; and comedy Counter Girls, a spin-off of hit series Rostered On. Comedian Nina Oyama joins an exciting team of writers…
Irish Film Festival – Broken Law
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Director Paddy Slattery Starring Tristan Heanue, Graham Earley, John Connors Rated MA Score 5/6 Dave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help. Okay the fun thing about film festivals sometimes you might…
Streamline
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Director Tyson Wade Johnston Starring Levi Miller, Laura Gordon & Jason Isaacs Rated MA Score 6/6 A 15-year-old swimming prodigy self-destructs after his father is released from jail. For those of you who might be interested this is writer/director Tyson Wade Johnston’s debut feature length movie. Streamline is another entry in the long list of…
Irish Film Festival – The Bright Side
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Director Ruth Meehan Starring Gemma-Leah Devereux, Siobhán Cullen & Karen Egan Rated M Score 6/6 A stand-up comedian’s life changes when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. The Bright Side is being screened as part of the 2021 Irish Film Festival. For those of you who might interested apparently The Bright Side was inspired by…