Directed by Adamo Paolo Cultraro Starring Steve Austin & Michael Jai White Rated MA Score 2/6 A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks. I really must be a sucker for punishment…
The Hunger Games
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Directed by Gary Ross Staring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Rated M Score 4/6 Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match. I was…
Telstra providing technology for James Cameron’s DEEPSEA CHALLENGE
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Australian Telco Telstra will be providing technology that will connect the world to images of James Cameron’s DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition, a joint scientific project by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research and exploration eleven kilometers below the surface in the ocean’s deepest point the Mariana Trench. “It’s critical to have…
DeadHeads
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Directed by Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce Staring Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder and Markus Taylor Rated MA Score 6/6 Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack, and decide to take a road trip to find the one’s lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with…
Glaucoma research released
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Here is something that I suppose everybody has thought about at least once; according new research released Australia’s greatest fear is going blind. It was revealed that the fear of going blind out ranked a fear of heights, spiders or lightning strikes .The research also revealed 87% of Australians surveyed most valued their sense of…
John Carter
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Directed by Andrew Stanton Staring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Bryan Cranston, Mark Strong and Willem Dafoe Rated M Score 4/6 Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only…
Salvation Boulevard
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Directed by George Ratliff Staring Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei Rated M Score 6/6 A former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. It seems that Salvation Boulevard, is one of those movies that had a less than…
Before the Storm iPhone game launched
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‘Before the Storm’, a new iPhone game that helps students and families better prepare for natural disasters was launched today by Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Nicola Roxon and Federal Member for Latrobe Laura Smyth. “Big storms can be frightening for kids but learning what to do when a natural disaster strikes will be…
Drive
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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Staring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac and Bryan Cranston Rated MA Score 6/6 A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour. If there is a list of actors under the age of forty whose career…
ACT Woodheater replacement program
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In an effort to reduce pollution and improve the ACT’s air quality Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell to take advantage of a rebate program and replace wood heaters and replace them natural gas heaters. Minister Corbell commented, “Replacing old wood heaters is a simple and effective way that individual households can…
Contraband
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Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Staring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale Rated MA Score 6/6 To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Contraband is a remake of an Icelandic film Reykjavík Rotterdam directed by Óskar Jónasson. My first thoughts…
Cliff Young Telemovie starts filming on April 16th
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On Monday April 16th filming starts on a telemovie for ABC1 Cliffy. Kevin Harrington is set to play the role of the gumboot wearing legendary Australian ultra-marathon runner, Cliff Young. “It’s a great honour to be given the opportunity to celebrate the achievements and the character of such an extraordinary Australian, said Kevin Harrington. The…
New Australian Customs and Border Protection Service detector dog facility opened
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A new 8.9 hectare facility where the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s detector dogs will be bred and trained was opened recently by Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare. “The new facility allows dogs and their handlers to be trained in the latest methods which they’ll use to detect drugs,…
Contagion
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Directed by Steven Soderbergh Staring Marrion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Jude Law & Gwyneth Paltrow Rated M Score 5/6 Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day.…
Sleep Dealer
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Directed Alex Rivera Staring Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela and Jacob Vargas Rated M Score 6/6 Memo is desperate to escape his tiny Mexican hometown, and his radio intercept allows him a glimpse at the outside world. Soon he overhears a top-secret conversation he never should have had access to, and now he and his…
Know Your Own Skin
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According to current research, two in three Australians or 64% failed to get their skin checked by a healthcare professional in the past 12 months despite having suffered from sunburn in the past. It should also be noted that eight in ten people over the age of 40 have had their blood pressure checked in…
National Pear Month
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Fancy that, March is the first National Pear Month. Restaurants are being encouraged put pears on their menu in support of local growers and sustainable farming and consumers are urged to enjoy seasonal pears in new and interesting ways. “Where possible Australians should buy Australian produce and support the local industry. March is peak season…
In Time
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Directed by Andrew Niccol Staring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy Rated M Score 5/6 In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds…