Twinings Tea has announced the launch of an Australian Afternoon Tea blend that will be available for sale in time for Australia Day. The new tea blend was born after a celebrity tea blending competition that was won by the Hon Kevin Rudd MP. More than 80,000 Australians cast their vote following a series of…
Gantz
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Director: Shinsuke Sato Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken’ichi Matsuyama and Yuriko Yoshitaka Rated MA Score 6/6 After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth. This movie is based on…
Chalet Girl
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Directed by Phil Traill Staring Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick and Bill Nighy Rated PG Score 3 Pretty tomboy Kim Matthews used to be a champion skateboarder – but now she’s stuck in a dead end job trying to support her Dad. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in the one of…
5 Days of War
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Directed by Renny Harlin Staring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Richard Coyle Rated MA Score 6/6 An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia and Georgia. I really fell in love with the cinematography it almost seems a shame that war came to such…
Australia Post Releases Year of the Dragon Stamp
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Australia Post recently released a lunar New Year stamp to celebrate the year of the Dragon. Melbourne-based designer, Dani Poon designed 12 Chinese zodiac stamps to be released. The Dragon stamp is fifth in the series. Chinese legend tells of Buddha’s invitation to the animals to participate in a race to win 12 coveted positions…
Johnny English : Reborn
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Directed by Oliver Parker Staring Rowan Atkinson Rated PG Score 6/6 Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier. With the reboot of the entire Bond Franchise and the effort to make the movies appear to be realistic and ‘serious’, I suppose it would be a fair assumption that Johnny English…
Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows
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Directed by Guy Ritchie Staring Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Jude Law and Jared Harris Rated M Score 5/6 Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Guy Ritchie really should be congratulated for not following the trend that seems to be…
Food for Fines initiative finished
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ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher recently thanked the Canberra Community for donating 3,500 kilograms of food to charity as a part of the Food for fines initiative ran by Libraries ACT. “A total of 8,084 items were donated through Libraries ACT’s nine branches, with three of the libraries…
United
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Director James Strong Staring David Tennant, Dougray Scott & Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 6/6 United is based on the true story of Manchester United’s legendary “Busby Babes”, the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand…
The Adventures of Tintin: The secret of the unicorn
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Directed by Steven Spielberg Staring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Toby Jones and Daniel Craig Rated PG Score 5/6 Tintin and his friends discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock’s ancestor and go off on a treasure hunt. There really did not need to be a 3D version of this The…
Santa signs up to Australian Labour Agreement
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With Christmas and with the New Year approaching here is something for you to think about for next year’s Christmas. According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) because of globalization and Santa Claus’ increased Christmas workload has lead him to establish an Australian base of operations and therefore he was forced to sign…
The Reunion
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Directed by Michael Pavone Staring John Cena, Ethan Embry and Boyd Holbrook Rated M score 3/6 After the death of her father, three brothers back together… Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a loud-mouthed overbearing bail bondsman; and Douglas, a handsome 20-year-old thief fresh out of prison. When Leo discovers the con he…
Something to think about when your sending your Christmas wishes
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Here is something interesting for everybody to think about, in a couple of days when the Holiday madness finally reaches its peak on Christmas Day. According to recent research conducted by both Optus and Telstra that an increasing number of people will be sending their Christmas wishes via social media and SMS. Clare Gill, General…
Hobo with a Shotgun
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Directed by Jason Eisener Staring Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth, Gregory Smith and Nick Bateman Rated R Score 6/6 (Purely because of how intense the movie was) A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city’s crime boss reigns. Seeing…
The Controller
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Staring Bob Rue, Larry ‘Tank’ Jones, Lolita Sahwany, John Dobradenka, Vince Reign, Jeff Niemoeller & Jimmy Flowers Directed by Frank Michels Rated PG Score 0/6 A billionaire’s wife is abducted. Now, he is forced to play a game where getting his wife back is the prize…eight hours to win…only he’s never played a game like…
Canberra independent Taxi Trial Anounced
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ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell recently announced that early next year that there will be a trial where twenty-five taxis will be allowed to operate independently without any affiliations to the two Canberra taxi networks. “A number of taxi operators made submissions to the review stating that taxi networks charged excessive fees but provided limited…
Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol
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Director Brad Bird Staring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton Rated M Score 6/6 The IMF is shut down when it is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name. It is clear to see that with Ghost…
The Last Drop
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Director Colin Teague Staring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen & Laurence Fox Rated M score 3/6 In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history Operation Market Garden., one small unit of men, codename “Matchbox” has its own agenda. When Matchbox are shot down short of their landing zone, the odds of their success seem…