Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest which is returning to Melbourne for its 6th edition November has just announced their first slate of official selections. Festival Director Kier-La Janisse said that Monster Fest is pleased to announce its first wave of new feature film titles, including FREE FIRE, the latest from visionary director Ben…
Japanese Film Festival – Erased
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Director Yûichirô Hirakawa Staring Tatsuya Fujiwara Tamae Andô, Kasumi Arimura, Yasushi Fuchikami Rated Under 15s must be accompanied by an adult. Score 6/6 Satoru Fujinuma is a manga artist struggling to find inspiration. He experiences a phenomenon he calls ‘revival’: an ability that forces him to relive the moments preceding life-threatening incidents over and over…
Deepwater Horizon
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Director Peter Berg Staring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin Rated M Score 3/6 On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. As interesting a subject for a movie The Deepwater Horizon I kind have to wonder about my decision to…
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
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Director Sotiris Dounoukos Staring Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer, Sacha Joseph Rated TBC Score 5/6 On 26 October 1997, Australian National University student Anu Singh killed her boyfriend, Joe Cinque, by lacing his coffee with Rohypnol and injecting him with heroin at a dinner party where some of the guests had heard about the plan to…
Rampage : President Down
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Director Uwe Boll Staring Brendan Fletcher, Loretta Walsh, Dan Shea Rated MA Score 5/6 Bill Williamson is back, alive and well and doing a recon mission around D.C. This time he wants to cause a major population disruption within the USA which result in devastating consequences reverberating throughout the world. His new mission this time…
Sports Bets and the AFL and NRL
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The latest research from Roy Morgan estimates 602,000 Australians aged 18+ (3.3%) placed bets on AFL or NRL games during the year to June 2016, up from 520,000 (2.9%) three years ago. This past year, 409,000 bet on AFL and 306,000 on Rugby League. The research also revealed that most bets on either football code…
Shin Godzilla
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Director Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi Staring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara Rated TBC Score 5/6 Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. Before we get started I have a small message for Legendary Pictures and the filmmakers involved with the production of the last Godizilla ‘reboot’ Director Gareth…
The Sweeney: Paris
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Director Benjamin Rocher Staring Jean Reno, Alban Lenoir, Caterina Murino Rated MA Score 3/6 A French police unit that try to stop a group of criminals. I think that Tantelise might of been on to something when she asked question on The Movie Boards’ Facebook page ‘is this the year for the most remakes?’ especially…
The Magnificent Seven
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Director Antoine Fuqua Staring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Rated M Score 3/6 Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Denzel Washington and Director Antoine Fuqua are indeed a proven actor/director combination. However, unfortunately this really wasn’t the best example of Fuqua’s work…
Palace Electric Roman Polanski Film Season
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From 5 November, Palace Cinemas, in association with Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), will present a touring film season dedicated to director Roman Polanski. Starting in Melbourne’s 5 November (at ACMI), the season will travel to Palace Electric Canberra, Chauvel Cinema Sydney, and Palace Centro Brisbane, screening through to 7 December. “Lauded by…
Final Call for St Kilda Festival Entries
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Whether you are a musician, children’s entertainer, community group, charity, have an event or activity that you’d like to showcase, then now’s the time to apply because applications close on Friday September 30th . City of Port Phillip Mayor, Cr Bernadene Voss explained that the 2017 Festival will be held on Sunday 12 February, where…
New Dates for CommuniCast Myanmar 2016
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The organizers of CommuniCast Myanmar 2016 have recently announced the show will move to a new location and take place later than planned this year due to changes in the availability of the main exhibition venue. CommuniCast Myanmar 2016 will now take place from Tuesday, December 6 to Thursday, December 8, while the associated Myanmar…
New Swan Hill Men’s Shed
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The Andrews Labor Government has announced a new Men’s Shed for Swan Hill, thanks to a $55,700 grant. Recently speaking at the Swan Hill Neighbourhood House, Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos said the grant was part of a $1.2 million funding boost to build or refurbish 32 new or existing Men’s Sheds around…
The Environmental Film Festival Australia Announces Canberra Program
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The Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA) has announced its Canberra program for 2016. It kicks off on Thursday 13th October with Time To Choose – a comprehensive exploration of climate change from Academy Award Winning director Charles Ferguson – with screenings over Friday 14th and Saturday 15th. This year EFFA is also proud to announce…
Village Cinemas Screening Previews of Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary
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Village Cinemas Australia debuts an exclusive preview of the legendary Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary at Rivoli Cinemas this Saturday, 8 October and Sunday, 9. October.“We anticipate popular demand for this spectacle. For limited time only, guests can experience the world of musical theatre on the big screen.” General Manager of Sales & Marketing Mohit Bhargava…
Japanese Film Festival 20th Anniversary
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The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is now twenty years old and is embarking a huge national tour of Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, shining a spotlight on the best of Japanese culture from October 14th to December 4th. JFF Program Coordinator, Margarett Cortez explained that with each city’s program carefully curated by The…
Rob Zombie’s 31 Released on Halloween Night
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Monster Pictures will present a series of special event screenings around the country on “Halloween night” – October 31st of Rob Zombie’s new movie 31 – at selected venues in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra with more cities to be announced. These screenings will feature exclusive pre-recorded intros and Q&A’s from cast and crew including…
Walk to Work Day is Coming
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Diabetes Australia Walk to Work Day is now in its 19th year, encourages employees and employers to build walking into their everyday lives not just on Friday 7 October 2016, but every day. “With around 280 Australians developing diabetes every day diabetes is one of the biggest health concerns facing Australia,” Diabetes Australia CEO A/Professor…