Director Brian De Palma Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart Rated M Score 4.5/6 An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Director John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton Rated M Score 5/6 I.M.F. Agent Ethan Hunt is…
Alicia Silverstone & Mark Feuerstein Cast in The Baby-Sitters Club Series
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Netflix and Walden Media have announced Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, American Woman) and Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) have been cast in the upcoming live-action series The Baby-Sitters Club. In the series adaptation, Silverstone will play Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, the mother of Kristy Thomas and love interest of Watson Brewer, played by Feuerstein. Based on Ann M. Martin’s…
King of Thieves
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Director James Marsh Starring Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon Rated M Score 2/6 A crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London’s jewellery district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events. I suppose the only…
Street Fighter – 1994 – Revisit
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Director Steven E. de Souza Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen Rated M Score 2/6 Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. I normally would have waited a bit longer before thinking about revisiting Street Fighter considering I last reviewed this…
Unsolved
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Based on the book ‘Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur’ by Greg Kading Starring Josh Duhamel, Bokeem Woodbine, Wavyy Jonez Rated MA Score 5.5/6 A scripted True Crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las…
Unfriended
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Director Leo Gabriadze Starring Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson Rated MA Score 0.5/6 A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend Watching unfriended, normally I would have given this one a wide berth. The only reason why I watched this…
Waiting – The Van Duren Story – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Directors Wade Jackson and Greg Carey Score 6/6 In the 1970s, Memphis musician Van Duren was tipped to be the next Paul McCartney but instead faded into obscurity. Years later, two Australian friends come across his record and set out to discover what went wrong. Okay. Before watching this documentary if you haven’t the slightest…
2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Top 10 Suggestions
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The 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is running until July 30th and we have a list of 10 documentaries that are going to screen at the festival that we think you should see. 10 – Dog’s Best Friend 9 – Looby 8 – The Candidate 7 – Chasing the Jet Stream 6 – Red Sunday…
Little Creatures to expand Geelong Brewing Operations
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Geelong’s brewer of the iconic Furphy Refreshing Ale, Little Creatures, will expand its operations and create 10 new jobs thanks in part to support from the Andrews Labor Government. Victorian Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade Martin Pakula recently visited Little Creatures in South Geelong today to confirm the Labor Government’s support for the company’s…
Tommy Emmanuel : The Endless Road – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Director Jeremy Dylan Score 5.5/6 From the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world’s greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life. Even though I…
Saving Warru – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Director Daniel Clarke and Amy Pysden Score 5.5/6 Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia’s most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the remote central desert, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious species from extinction. If you go to a film festival, I feel…
Singled Out – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Director Mariona Guiu & Ariadna Relea Score 5/6 Singled [Out] tells the story of five educated women in four corners of the world: Jules in Melbourne, Manu in Barcelona, Shu and Yang in Shanghai, and Melek in Istambul -they all travel solo in a world where pairing up is the norm. Together with the voices…
Recycle Right campaign launched
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Canberrans are being encouraged to make new recycling habits after Minister for City Services Chris Steel recently launched the new Recycle Right campaign at the recycling discovery hub at Hume. “The Recycle Right campaign is designed to help reduce contamination and ensure that material can be easily recycled back into other products,” Minister Steel commented.…
Five Year Anniversary for Belconnen and Tuggeranong Walk-in Centres
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ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith has acknowledged the dedication of staff at Canberra Health Services’ Belconnen and Tuggeranong Walk-in Centres five years after they opened their doors. Canberra’s Walk-in Centres are one of the Territory’s stand-out public health success stories. The centres are led by a team of highly skilled advanced practice nurses and…
NIDA Opens Applications for 2020
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Australia’s world-famous National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) has opened its applications to study in 2020 for the next generation of artists, technicians and creatives. Applications are open for all of NIDA’s Master, Bachelor and Diploma courses and all aspiring creatives are encouraged to apply. New in 2020, its highly competitive Bachelor of Fine Arts…
MIFF Announces Record-Breaking Program
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Celebrating its 68th year, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its 2019 program – the largest in its history. Featuring 259 feature films, 123 shorts and 16 virtual reality experiences, MIFF 2019 will include 31 world premieres and 160 Australian premieres over 18 electrifying days of cinema. Unveiling his first program as MIFF’s…
NFSA Digitally Restores Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe
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Bruce Beresford’s 1991 film Black Robe, the first feature film co-produced by Australia and Canada, has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive’s NFSA Restores program. The new digital print will premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival on 17 August, followed by an In conversation session with Mr Beresford on the 18th.…
Mysterious Insanity 3 – Transmorphers
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Director Leigh Scott Starring Matthew Wolf, Amy Weber, Shaley Scott Rated M Score 2/6 A race of alien robots have conquered Earth and forced humanity underground. After 400 years, a small group of humans develop a plan to defeat the mechanical invaders in the ultimate battle between man and machine. For those of you who…