AIDC Announces Full 2023 Program

The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have announced the full program for its 2023 event – including over 40 sessions, more than 120 speakers and 100-plus industry decision makers – taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne, from 5-8 March 2023 with an online-only international marketplace 9-11 March 2023. Natasha Gadd, CEO / Creative Director,…

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

Director Guy Ritchie Stars Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza & Cary Elwes Rated M Score 4/6 Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order. It’s been…

Paperback Hero

Director Antony J. Bowman Starring Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken Rated M Score 4/6 An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend’s name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or…? Okay even though I don’t think…

New Leash on Life Greenlit by ABC

Screenwest is pleased to announce that New Leash on Life, a feel-good, family-friendly documentary series with our love of dogs at its core, has been greenlit for production as part of the ABC Factual Formats Initiative. “We are so excited to be bringing New Leash on Life to the ABC, and hope it will transform…

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

Director Ken Grieve Starring Tom Baker & Lalla Ward Rated PG Score 5/6 The Daleks arrive on Skaro centuries Genesis of the Daleks to find their creator Davros in suspended animation. They seek his guidance to help them beat the Movellan race with whom the Daleks are in a stalemated war. Destiny of the Daleks…

Coles Continues DROPPED&LOCKED

Coles has continued its commitment to help Australian household budgets go further, and give customers important price reassurance, by announcing it will drop and lock the price of more than 300 new items across supermarkets and online from 18 January until after the Easter Weekend, 11 April 2023. Coles Chief Executive of Commercial and Express…

Triple j’s 2022 Unearthed Artist of the Year Elsy Wameyo Headlining New Beginnings Festival

Triple j’s 2022 Unearthed Artist of the Year, Elsy Wameyo, headlines this year’s New Beginnings Festival on 28 January, alongside a lineup of artists from 10+ backgrounds, for one of Sydney’s most iconic celebrations of refugee, migrant, and First Nations artists.The Kenyan-born hip hop and R&B artist will be joined by acclaimed First Nations rapper,…

Doctor Who : The Web of Fear

Director Douglas Camfield Stars Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines & Deborah Watling Rated PG Score 5/6 In order to escape an attack in space, the TARDIS makes an unscheduled landing and ends up deep inside the London Underground. Here the travellers soon find themselves engulfed in a terrifying battle against the Great Intelligence and the Yeti,…

New Safety Laws for Food Delivery Riders

SafeWork NSW are reminding food delivery riders if they do not adhere to the new safety laws that begin January 1 it could prove costly. Acting Head of SafeWork John Tansey said all food delivery riders must wear high-visibility personal protective equipment (PPE) and carry their training verification record or risk being fined. “We made…

Coles Christmas Appeal Provides the Equivalent of More than Nine Million Meals

Aussie shoppers have raised more than $1.8 million in Coles’ Christmas Appeal to help food rescue organisation SecondBite provide the equivalent of more than nine million meals to feed vulnerable Australians. Coles Executive General Manager Supermarket Operations, Claire Lauber, thanked customers for embracing the Christmas spirit and giving generously this festive season. SecondBite CEO Steve…

Popeye

Director Robert Altman Stars Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall & Ray Walston Rated PG Score 4/6 The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven. E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye.The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip…

The Hot Cross Buns Have Come

Editor’s Note: Even with a couple of days left until January 1. Isn’t  a little to early for the Hot Cross Buns to be hitting the supermarkets in Australia? Australia’s love affair for the humble hot cross bun heats up early at Coles, with the supermarket’s award-winning range of hot cross buns available now in…

HOYTS Acquires Three Western Australian Locations

HOYTS have announced the acquisition of three cinemas in Western Australia, saving them from the possibility of permanent closure. The acquisition was announced alongside plans to save local jobs and retain existing cinema-based staff. After Grand Cinemas entered administration in November 2022, HOYTS entered the bid to save the beloved local cinema venues Warwick Grove,…

New Time Team Documentary Specials Announced

The original presenter of the hit British archaeological TV series is returning for new Time Team Specials documentaries.Time Team is delighted to announce that original presenter Sir Tony Robinson is returning to film brand new ‘Specials’. These longer-form documentaries, centred on a key theme or iconic site, complement the traditional three-day dig episodes, now presented…

“Unreil” Car Collection Headed to Auction

Over 50 of the most expensive, classic, exotic, rare and desirable cars have been listed for auction just before Christmas, featuring as one of the most impressive single vendor collections seen on the market in many years, and will go under the hammer in a live auction event in early 2023. Mr. Lee Hames, Chief…

Don’t Forget the Reindeer

Coles and Aussie growers are set to sprinkle Christmas joy this festive season with an initiative sure to help make Rudolph’s red nose shine bright. Families across Australia can collect a free ‘Reindeer Carrot’ from a designated collection point when exiting their Coles store, ready to leave out on Christmas Eve for Santa’s hard-working reindeers.…