Director Ross Katz Staring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario Rated PG Score 3/6 Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life’s most defining events. I’ll admit it, even though I know I might be mocked for it I have…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
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Director Dave Green Staring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry Rated PG Score 4/6 As Shredder joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang. Ok, Ok I might of delayed writing this review a little.…
July is National Desexing Month
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Australia’s cat and dog owners are being urged to get their vet on board for National Desexing Month in July and help reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies. “Please check with your vet to see if they are part of the program and ask them to sign up if they’re not,” National Desexing…
The Conjuring 2 US Box Office Success
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Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President, Worldwide Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that James Wan’s sequel to 2013’s record-breaking supernatural thriller summoned up $90.350 million at the worldwide box office, making “The Conjuring 2” #1 in its opening weekend in North America and expecting to be #1 internationally, outside of China. “Once again, James Wan has…
Kindergarten Cop 2
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Director Don Michael Paul Staring Dolph Lundgren, Fiona Vroom, Darla Taylor Rated M Score 1/6 Assigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but the school’s liberal, politically correct environment is more than he bargained for. Using the words ‘it ruined my childhood’ in this review is…
The Nice Guys
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Director Shane Black Staring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice Rated MA Score 4/6 A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. I suppose it’s kind of easy to make comparisons between Lethal Weapon and The Nice Guys because writer and director Shane Black…
Now You See Me 2
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Director Jon M Chu Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplin & Daniel Radcliffe Rated M Score 2/6 The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. Why was this one made? Should this have been made? Well I suppose the easy…
Season 2 of The Last Kingdom has started filming
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Filming has started on BBC Two’s critically acclaimed drama The Last Kingdom, from Carnival Films. The second series, adapted by BAFTA-nominated and RTS award-winning writer Stephen Butchard from Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series of novels, is to return to BBC Two next year, with Netflix joining as a co-production partner. The series will premiere on BBC…
Sacred Games adapted into Netflix series
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Netflix has announced a new original series based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel Sacred Games by Indian author Vikram Chandra. Shot on location in India, this Hindi-English series will be produced in partnership with Phantom Films, one of India’s leading production houses. Mr. Chandra explained that Sacred Games is set in Mumbai and delves into…
BMW Renews Partnership with Village and Event Cinemas
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Village Cinemas and joint venture partners Event, today announced the renewal of their partnership with BMW Group Australia, with BMW continuing as the presenting partner for Gold Class Cinemas. BMW is the exclusive presenting partner of Gold Class Cinemas nationally across both the Event and Village Cinema circuits, signing a further two-year agreement. “Village Cinemas…
ACT Smart Bin Trial
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Minister for Transport and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris has announced the start of a 12 month trial of three solar-powered self-compacting rubbish bins in three community locations around the ACT. “These innovative new bins have been installed at Campbell 5 in Campbell, Kingston Foreshore and Link Park at Wright, with the aim of reducing unnecessary…
Street
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Director Bradford May Staring Beau Casper Smart, Kate Miner, Shashawnee Hall Rated M Score 1/6 Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to…
Julie’s Greenroom coming to Netflix in 2017
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Netflix has recently announced that icon Julie Andrews will star in Julie’s Greenroom, a new preschool show from The Jim Henson Company that features an all-new puppet cast of kids learning about the performing arts. The series will be available exclusively to Netflix members globally in early 2017. “The best of the best have joined…
Money Monster
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Director Jodie Foster Staring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 3/6 Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio. On the face of it this is a pretty decent average movie. With Jodi Foster in the director’s…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Director Taika Waititi Staring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata Rated PG Score 5/6 A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. This is the second movie that I have watched that was directed by Taika Waititi the first being…
Fancy Boy starts production
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Fancy Boy, a new six-part sketch comedy show, commenced production in Melbourne. Executive producer Stuart Menzies explained that the show, which has grown out of the three year Fresh Blood initiative to uncover exciting new talent, finds comedy in the stranger corners of suburbia: in the couple whose communication breakdown leads to a kidnap; in…
Puppy Love
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Village Cinemas Australia are delighted to announce a partnership with Guide Dogs Australia in alignment with the Flicks With The Chicks film program, commencing this month. Village Cinemas General Manager Marketing & Sales, Mohit Bhargava explained that the program Puppy Love, will take the guests attending Flicks with the Chicks screenings on a journey watching…
So What’s Your Favourite?
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research between January 2011 and December 2015, the proportion of Aussies who reported liking Chinese cuisine declined from 73.6% to 70.4%. While not a huge drop, it is the only cuisine in the Top 10 that lost, rather than gained, popularity. “One of the benefits of living…