More than 95,000 children’s books have been delivered into the hands of thousands of Indigenous children in more than 300 remote communities through Australia Post’s partnership with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The partnership between the two organisations was established earlier this year with a goal of helping children in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island…
Miami Vice Season 1 Episode 1
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Episode 1 ‘Brother’s Keeper’ Director Thomas Carter Starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago Rated M Score 5/6 Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their respective partners. Okay, the reason why I decided to check…
Ads Time for some Ads
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Yes, that’s right it is That Time Again, it is Time for some Ads. We run ads, we could run your ads. So, if you want to advertise on The Movie Boards please get in touch and next time you see an ad on The Movie Boards, it could be one of yours. Also, if…
Sony Pictures Classics to Release The Father on December 18 2020
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Sony Pictures Classics have announced that they will release Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER in theatres in New York and Los Angeles on December 18, 2020, followed by most major markets on Christmas Day. The film was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and…
Jamie Foxx & Datari Turner Sign Sony Development Deal
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Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and his producing partner, Datari Turner, have signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop and produce feature films. The first project in development that Foxx and Turner are producing for the studio under their new deal is an untitled action thriller written by Juel Taylor and Tony…
Netflix Announces Ayrton Senna Drama
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Netflix have announced the production of the first fictional drama about the idol Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960-1994). The project will give fans the chance to cross the finish line not with Senna, but with Beco or Becão, the driver’s affectionate nicknames among friends and family. More than just remembering remarkable moments in his career,…
Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead to get Netflix Prequel and Anime Series
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Zack Snyder’s new zombie action heist film Army of the Dead is already spawning a film prequel and anime series at Netflix. Shay Hatten, one of the writers of the screenplay for Army of the Dead, will write the prequel as well as the anime series. The prequel will be directed by and star Grimme…
Interview with Simon Cox about Invasion Planet Earth
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A big thank you to UK writer, director and editor Simon Cox for taking the time to answer some questions about Invasion Planet Earth which recently had a digital release in Australia and New Zealand What are some of the other projects that you have been involved with? I started as a film editor in…
Bad Boys Podcast to Record on Mooloolaba for Child Protection Week
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THE BAD BOYS Breakfast Show will be going live in an outdoor broadcast on The Wharf in Mooloolaba to support Child Protection Week this Friday. Show Co-Host Darren J Carver says Covid-19 restrictions keep children close to abusers. Newsreader Andrew Hackett asks why are we trying to silence victims. The last time The Bad Boys,…
The Interview
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Director Craig Monahan Starring Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery Rated M Score 6/6 A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted. It should be noted that yes, I have watched this one before, but I never actually sat down to review…
Invasion Planet Earth Available for Digital Download in Australia and New Zealand
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Invasion Planet Earth is the sci-fi movie that 2020 deserves now arriving in Australia and New Zealand on iTunes and other digital platforms including Google Play. A passion project led by UK writer, director and editor Simon Cox, Invasion Planet Earth is an entertainingly cult cinema experience inspired by 1970’s science fiction classics including Star…
Respect Nurses and Midwives
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The ACT Government has launched a new campaign to increase community awareness and understanding about acceptable behaviour towards nurses and midwives working in Canberra’s health system. Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the Be kind and respectful to our nurses and midwives campaign calls out violence and aggressive behaviour and aims to increase understanding of…
Canberra Spring Mowing Program is Underway
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With spring finally here Canberrans will start to notice our city maintenance crews out and about with the beginning of the annual mowing program which helps maintain the look and safety of the city. “Throughout the mowing program, suburbs will be mown every four weeks and arterial road areas mown every five weeks,” Minister for…
The Eight Hundred
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Director Hu Guan Starring OU Hao, JIANG Wu, ZHANG Yi, WANG Qianyuan, DU Chun, LI Chen, TANG Yixin Rated MA Score 6/6 In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. Okay, I kind of stumbled across this one…
The Capitol and RMIT present In Fabric Online Event
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The Capitol and RMIT University present an exclusive online event for fashion victims, film fetishists and anyone with a haunting affection for department stores. The triple bill includes an online screening of Peter Strickland’s seductive, consumerist satire, In Fabric (2018), followed by a live conversation between the director and film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Saturday…
The Swallows of Kabul
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Director Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec Starring Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud Rated M Score 5/6 Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.…
Peninsula
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Director Yeon Sang-ho Starring Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee Rated MA Score 4/6 Peninsula takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in Train to Busan. The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung Seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.…
Helping to Protect Local Community Sector Jobs
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The ACT Government will help protect local jobs in the community services sector at a time when these jobs are most needed. Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Suzanne Orr explained that the end of the 2020-21 financial year will see Commonwealth supplementary funding cease for community sector employees under the historic Equal Remuneration Order…