Sydney Underground Film Festival Announces 2021 Program

Sydney’s leading festival for cult, underground and independent films, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), returns with a packed virtual program for its 15th year, from Thursday 9th September to Sunday 26th September. With lockdown restrictions in Sydney affecting in-the-flesh desires for SUFF 2021, the festival will stream its full program on-demand to film fans…

Spending Boon for Father’s Day

Australians are set to spend around $800 million on Father’s Day presents this year with alcohol and food topping the gifts for dad, according to research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in conjunction with Roy Morgan. People who plan on buying a gift will spend an average of $93 with 79% spending the same…

Plan A Plan B Coming to Netflix

Plan A Plan B directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajat Arora and Starring Riteish Deshmukh, Tamannaah Bhatia, Poonam Dhillon and Kusha Kapila Is coming to Netflix. Plan A Plan B is about a matchmaker who believes marriage is for everyone, except herself. He is a successful divorce lawyer with a secret. What happens…

Greenland

Director Ric Roman Waugh Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roger Dale Floyd Rated M Score 3/6 A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities…

Production Starts in Melbourne on Love Me

BINGE and Screen Australia have announced that production has begun in Melbourne, Australia on a new romantic drama series Love Me, a story about modern love experienced by different family members at three distinct times of life. Love Me is based on the acclaimed Swedish series, ÄLSKA MIG, created by Josephine Bornebusch. Production has now…

First flight between Derby and Broome

The first air service between Broome and Derby took to the air today, providing Derby travellers with air access to Perth for the first time since 2016 via connecting flights from Broome. Transport Minister Rita Saffioti and Kimberley MLA Divina D’Anna joined the first flight from Broome to Derby. “It is important to Kimberley residents…

Wrath of Man

Director Guy Ritchie Starring Jason Statham, Jeffrey Donovan, Holt McCallany & Scott Eastwood Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week. English-language remake of the 2004 French thriller Cash Truck (Le convoyeur) directed by Nicolas…

What If… Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?

Director Bryan Andrews Starring Jeffrey Wright, Hayley Atwell & Josh Keaton Rated PG Score 3.5/6 When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world’s first super soldier. Okay, considering that the MCU spans across 22 movies (and even more animated movies) across 13 years sometimes it seems that Marvel wouldn’t be doing their…

Lifeline ask Victorians to keep reaching out

Lifeline Australia is calling on Victorians in crisis and contemplating suicide to keep reaching out for help after data released today by the Victorian Coroners Court showed an 11 per cent decrease in suicides since in 2021 versus 2020, Lifeline Chair John Brogden said. “The Coroner’s data shows that between 1 January and 31 July…

HMAS Supply conducts first replenishment at sea

HMAS Supply is one step closer to supporting Australian and partner nation ships after successfully completing the first Replenishment at Sea (RAS) for the Supply Class. HMAS Supply, the Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR), transferred fuel to HMAS Anzac off the east coast of Australia recently. Commander of the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Mark Hammond congratulated…

Dot and the Kangaroo

Director Yoram Gross Starring Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan Rated G Score 6/6 A young girl gets lost in the Australian bush and befriends a kangaroo. For those of you who might be interested, before we get to far into things a little history. Dot and the Kangaroo was originally an 1899 Australian children’s…

AIS Congratulates Australian Olympic Team

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) CEO Peter Conde said the success of the Australian team at the Tokyo Olympic Games is a testament not only to our outstanding athletes and coaches, but also the collaboration and teamwork within the nation’s high-performance sector. Australia finished the delayed Games in Japan sixth place on the medal tally…

Sony Announces Purchase of Cruncyroll

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc. have announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc. The agreement was first announced in December 2020. Crunchyroll is a premier anime…

2021 Irish Film Festival Australia Announces Online Program across Australia

In 2021, the Irish Film Festival Australia will offer audiences across the country an incredible line-up of Ireland’s best feature films and compelling documentaries, online for the second consecutive year. Films from both emerging and established Directors focus on a full range of genres including family-friendly animation, comedy, moving drama, musical biopics and even a…

August 21st is World Honeybee Day

We all know how important Honeybees are to the environment. This August 21 is World Honeybee Day, and that means there’s no better time to celebrate all things honey, honeycomb and honey-inspired! While there’s no doubt that this delicious ingredient is the true ‘liquid gold,’ what many people don’t realise is that honey is incredibly…

Long Story Short

Director Josh Lawson Starring Rafe Spall, Zahra Newman & Ronny Chieng Rated M Score 4/6 Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. I don’t remember seeing any trailers for Long Story Short, I just kind of stumbled across…