The line-up for the 2017 St Kilda Festival’s New Music Stage has been announced. The New Music Stage is an exciting platform for Australia’s hottest new talent which aims to support unsigned artists and the growth of the Australian music industry. The City of Port Phillip is proud to once again produce the renowned annual…
2016 into 2017
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Who would have thought it, The Movie Boards has been around for ten years. Around the time that I started with The Movie Boards, Netflix was still probably delivering DVD via mail. Wow, Pretty cool huh? For those of you who have wondered my obsession with movies probably started about 10 years before I started…
Winning Appliances opens Canberra Store
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Australia’s leading kitchen and laundry specialist Winning Appliances is bringing the world’s best appliance brands to Canberra with the opening of its new state-of-the-art showroom in Kingston. John Winning, CEO of the Winning Group said the new store builds on Winning Appliances’ successful multi sensory retail concept, which was first unveiled in Sydney in 2013.…
Some Palace Electric Cinemas Open on Christmas
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Palace Cinemas announce that they will open key cinemas around Australia on Christmas Day, 2016. A spokesperson commented that with Boxing Day releases gifted one day early on Sunday, December 25th, cinematic highlights include; La La Land, Allied, A United Kingdom (hit of this year’s BBC First British Film Festival), Rogue One: A Star Wars…
Two Homeless Dogs Featured in Red Dog: True Blue
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Australian mixed breed dog Heidi who was once homeless and left for dead has a new ‘leash’ on life after her involvement in the feature film Red Dog: True Blue which hits cinemas Boxing Day. Heidi and her pal Kowa who were once in the care of non-profit rescue organisation SAFE will play the love…
Castlemaine State Festival 2017: Focus on the Philippines program
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Castlemaine State Festival has announced that as part of the 2017 Focus on the Philippines program, the 2017 Festival includes a specially curated series of six award-‐ winning films, each providing a unique insight into Philippine cinema and the country’s eventful and intriguing past. Festival Director, Martin Paten commented that the Filipino film industry began…
And The Word is Post-Truth
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Well in case you haven’t heard the 2016 word of the year is Post-Truth which is defined as : ‘Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’ And if your to believe American late night talk show host Mr Stephen…
Something to think about: Highlander Franchise
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okay, last week on FaceBook about how it was a surprise to see The Highlander Tv series on Australian tv screens, and it was. i suppose it would be a surprise to see any of the mid-90’s action series that i used to watch.now i’m writing this because there is continuing talk of remakes most…
Vjunior Opens with Trolls
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Australia’s first kids concept cinema, Vjunior, celebrated its grand opening last night at Village Cinemas Southland. Ambassador, Luke Darcy, welcomed over 200 guests to a screening of the most anticipated kids film of the year, Trolls. Among VIPs and their children included Rozalia Russian, Sophie Cachia, Kylie Brown, Olivia Anderson, Renee Enright, Jess Dempsey, Brendan…
New Documentary VOD Service
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A new VOD service, DocPlay is now available to documentary lovers in Australia and New Zealand. DocPlay currently features over 130 documentary films, a catalogue which will rapidly grow with titles from a broad range of content creators and distributors. Supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Industry DocPlay is Madman Entertainment’s second proprietary VOD service, with…
Prisoners Helping Rescue Dogs
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A new partnership between Beechworth Correctional Centre and a local animal rescue program is helping rehabilitate prisoners while finding loving homes for abandoned dogs at the same time. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney recently visited the minimum-security prison to tour the facility and meet with the officers and prisoners involved in the program. Minister Tierney…
BBC Two announces follow up series to Exodus: Our Journey
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Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC Two, today announced that the team behind Exodus: Our Journey to Europe has been commissioned to make a major new series following the developing stories of migration and the response to the migration crisis. “Exodus was a series of tremendous power, engaging with one of the biggest stories of our…
Round 2 of Mobile Black Spot Program Announced
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The Prime Minister, the Minister for Regional Communications, Senator the Hon Fiona Nash, and the Minister for Communications, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, announced that the Coalition Government’s $60 million investment in Round 2 of the Mobile Black Spot Program will deliver another 266 new and upgraded mobile base stations in regional Australia, covering some…
Quickflix is re-launching
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Quickflix is re-launching its streaming and DVD services this week with an emphasis on bringing the newest Hollywood movies and exclusive entertainment to movie fans in Australia. Quickflix Access and Quickflix Red Carpet programs are launching in sync with Quickflix’s release of mega-blockbuster, “Finding Dory,” which the service claims is available many months before its…
Special Edition of The Horizon released for World AIDS Day
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Cobbstar Productions, has announced that it will release a special edition, full length TV pilot of The Horizon online, directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), to coincide with World AIDS Day – 1 December 2016. A percentage of proceeds from all digital downloads during the month of December will…
THE MONSTER FEST 2016 AWARDS
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Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date recently in Melbourne with Official Closing Film The Greasy Strangler (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive line-up. “There were huge waves of emotions running…
Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa’s Australian Holiday
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For the first time in her twelve year history, one of the world’s biggest and most-loved preschool stars, Peppa Pig, will make her big screen debut when PEPPA PIG MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE: PEPPA’S AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY, opens in Australian cinemas nationally on March 16, 2017. This special cinema event will feature nine brand new episodes,…
Dancer
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Director Steven Cantor Staring Sergei Polunin Rated M Score 4/6 In Cinemas 1st December, 2016 Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend. Okay, those of you who read my reviews with any regularity would know that Dancer…