Townsville artist Jane Hawkins has been commissioned to sculpt a life-sized statue of NRL star Johnathan Thurston to stand in the northern entry plaza of the new North Queensland Stadium. Jane will team with Dean Rusling, owner and operator of Chalkos Fine Arts Foundry, the same company that fabricated the bronze statues of the football…
Men in Black: International
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Director F. Gary Gray Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani Rated M Score 3.5/6 The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organisation. I really wasn’t sure…
Stark
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Director Nadia Tass Starring Ben Elton, Jacqueline McKenzie, Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness & Derrick O’Connor Rated M Score 5/6 Australian billionaire, Sly Morgan is invited to join the Stark Conspiracy, a group of the world’s richest people who plan to save themselves from the Earth’s impending environmental doom. Colin Dobson, or CD to his friends,…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Independence, Rockets & Borsch (Shorts)
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Fabulous squirt is one of the strangest movies that I have seen that is going to be screened at the Sydney Underground Film Festival. It started off as you would expect any serious news or current affairs report and then it took a turn that I really wasn’t expecting. The idea of My Little Pony…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Ozploit! (Shorts)
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It has been awhile since I last got the opportunity to sit down and watch some short films, so I was glad when I got the opportunity to check out the Ozploit collection, some really clever movies have been selected for this collection and I hope to see more movies from the directors in the…
Netflix Enters into Overall Deal with Kuku Studios
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Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall agreement with Kuku Studios, under which its key members – Alex Woo, Stanley Moore, Tim Hahn, and Erik Benson – will exclusively produce animated films and series for Netflix members worldwide. Their credits include Ratatouille, Wall-e, Toy Story 3, Monster’s University, and Finding Dory, among others. Kuku Studios’…
Young Wallander Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
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The filming of Young Wallander has just begun the new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. The cast includes Adam Pålsson (Kurt Wallander), Richard Dillane (Superintendent Hemberg), Leanne Best (Frida Rask), Ellise Chappell (Mona) and Yasen Atour (Reza). The series is created by Yellow Bird UK, a Banijay Group company,…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Greener Grass
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Directors Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe Score 0.5/6 Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field. This is supposed to be a comedy, personally I did not see it. Greener Grass is probably one of the oddest and the most…
Sydney Underground Film Festival – Fuck you All: The Uwe Boll Story
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Director Sean Patrick Shaul Score 6/6 Behind the lens with the most hated man in Hollywood. For those of you who might be wondering yes, I am a fan of Uwe Boll’s movies, specifically his Rampage movies and Assault on Wall Street. To be perfectly clear even though Uwe Boll is regarded to be the…
UHF
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Director Jay Levey Starring ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy Rated M Score 5/6 An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success. Okay, I suppose the only reason why I decided to watch this was that it had been sitting on my wish list on google…
Japanese TV Stars Taking Road trip to Promote Western Australia
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Japanese television star and musician Takeshi Tsuruno has embarked on an iconic road trip from Perth to Monkey Mia for a Japanese travel show to be broadcast on BS Fuji TV. The two-hour program, called Tsuruno Tabi, follows Mr Tsuruno and his friends Rui Tsubota and Shinya Ueda as they explore Western Australia’s beautiful Coral…
Barry McKenzie Holds his Own
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Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence Rated M Score 6/6 Barry McKenzie’s Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his…
800 Million Containers Returned Through Queensland Refund Scheme
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Queensland’s Container Refund Scheme, Containers for Change, continues to exceed all expectations and is celebrating another major milestone this week, with 800 million containers returned in just 10 months. Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch said this milestone was reached while Parliament was sitting in Townsville this week. “We know Townsville residents care about recycling because…
New Rory Ellis Single ‘The Letter’
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A letter written during a time of chaos and war, could this Light Horseman who fought in the Battle of the Somme, Colin Ellis, have known that his very personal and incredibly powerful message would wind up in the hands of his only Grandson, Rory Ellis, nearly a century on. in February 1940, Colin Ellis,…
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
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Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan Rated M Score 5/6 Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. It…
Digital Licences to be Trailed in Queensland
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Maryborough and Hervey Bay will be the first communities in Queensland to trial digital licences. The Palaszczuk Government today announced members of both communities could now register their interest to participate in the trial. Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders said from early next year, residents could opt-in to conveniently access their licence at the press…
Netflix Announces Cast for Upcoming Film The White Tiger
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Netflix has announced the cast of its upcoming film The White Tiger. Adapted from Arvind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel by the same name, The White Tiger stars debutante Adarsh Gourav, award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao (Stree, Bareily Ki Barfi, Newton, Shahid and Omerta), and global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Isn’t it Romantic, A Kid Like…
Ready Steady Cook Returning to BBC One with Rylan Clark-Neal Hosting
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Cookery hit Ready Steady Cook is set to return to BBC One Daytime in 2020, with new host, Celebrity MasterChef finalist Rylan Clark-Neal. The new series will offer up fresh challenges to put the next generation of chefs through their culinary paces. Ready Steady Cook, produced by Remarkable TV (part of EndemolShine UK), will feature…