Village Cinemas brings DOTA 2 Championship, directly from Seattle to the big screen at Crown Casino on Sunday, August 14 DOTA 2 will be screening from 2am. DOTA, (Defence of the Ancients) began as a Warcraft mod in 2003 as a multiplayer online battle arena. DOTA stands as the most played game online with 10…
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This Tax Season Beware of Scams
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging Australians to hang up on and delete tax scams after more than $1 million was reported lost to Scamwatch already this year, with over 300 people reporting that they lost money to tax scams in the first half of the year. This is compared with 400 people…
Netflix announces premiere dates for new series
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Netflix has recently announced the premiere dates for eight upcoming series that span documentary, drama and comedy, including: Chef’s Table: France; Joe Swanberg’s Easy; The Ranch; Lovesick (aka Scrotal Recall); Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life; Captive; Beat Bugs (S2); One Day at a Time; and Black Mirror. A spokesperson for Netflix said that…
Palace Cinemas to open Cinema at Double Bay
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Palace Cinemas have announced that they will open a new ten-screen cinema in Sydney’s Double Bay. “We’re thrilled to be bringing a state-of-the-art cinema to Double Bay and doing our part to help revitalise the local arts scene in this fantastic Sydney suburb. As is our standard, the cinemas will offer our customers the broadest…
Netflix and 20th Century Fox Television announce SVOD licensing agreement
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Netflix and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution today announced their first global SVOD licensing agreement. Netflix will be the exclusive global streaming home for FX’s hit, American Crime Story. The first season of the franchise will be available globally on Netflix, excluding Canada, in 2017 with all seasons made available after their respective broadcast windows.…
Matilda Brown Named Ambassador for #SocialShorts
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The search is on for Australia’s next generation of top filmmaking talent as they go head-to-head in AFI | AACTA’s national online short film competition #SocialShorts has launched today. AFI | AACTA have announced that Matilda Brown will join Australia’s Blue-Tongue Films group – comprising Joel and Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan,…
Monster Fest Film Festival
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Australia’s premier genre film festival invites you to join their sinister congregation with the high concept trailer made for this year’s festival, which runs from November 22-24 in Melbourne, Australia. The trailer was directed Jointly directed by Monster Pictures co-founder Neil Foley and filmmaker Mark Bakaitis (CULT GIRLS), and was inspired by J. Lee Thompson’s…
Andrew Davies to Write six-part adaption of Les Misérables
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A new six-part adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, a 19th century classic has recently been announced. This is to be a BBC Studios and Lookout Point co-production for BBC One in association with Weinstein Television. Andrew Davies will go back to the novel and delve deep into the many layers of Hugo’s story, revelling…
Australian Liqueur Drinkers
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According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research, 8.0% of Australian adults (or 1.5 million people) drink at least one liqueur in any given four weeks, with different consumer groups being more likely than others to consume particular brands. “Liqueurs do not account for a huge slice of the overall alcohol market: in fact,…
unINDIAN to premiere in India on August 19
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unINDIAN is an Australian romantic comedy with a lot of heart and little bit of spice. It follows the chequered path of Aussie bloke Will (Brett Lee), as he attempts to woo Meera (Tannishtha Chatterjee), a gorgeous Indian woman who lives in Sydney with her daughter. Alongside cricket superstar Lee, and internationally acclaimed actress Tannishtha…