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Bus 657

Director Scott Mann Staring Gina Carano, Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A father is without the means to pay for his daughter’s medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they’re forced to hijack a city bus. Finding…

Deadpool

Director Tim Miller Staring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller Rated MA Score 5/6 A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. For those of you who were not paying attention to the marketing surrounding the release of…

Beat Bugs coming in August 2016

Netflix, Grace: A Storytelling Company (Grace), Thunderbird and Beyond Screen Production have announced that the highly anticipated children’s series BEAT BUGS will come to Netflix in August 2106. Beat Bugs features original characters and a world created by Josh Wakely, who will direct, write and produce the series, following a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing…

Kangaroo Pet Food Trial Extended

The Andrews Labor Government today announced plans to extend a trial allowing the use of kangaroo meat resulting from authorised wildlife control activities to be processed for pet food. A trial has been underway since 2014 to test whether waste from the control of kangaroos can be used commercially for pet food. “While kangaroos are…

A Sound of Thunder

Director Peter Hyams Staring Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack Rated M Score 2/6 When a scientist sent back to the prehistoric era strays off the path he causes a chain of events that alters history in disastrous ways. For those of you keeping track of the score at home I actually read the short…

Eating Choc hazelnut spread

According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research in an average seven days, 6.4% of Australians over the age of 14 (or just over 1.2 million people) eat Nutella or a similar brand of choc/hazelnut spread. Admittedly, this pales in comparison to Vegemite, Marmite and Promite (consumed by 40.2% of the population in the…

Entries Extended for TOP 100 AND SoundKILDA

Entry dates for the annual St Kilda Film Festival competitions have been extended, with Australia’s Top 100 short film competition and The SoundKILDA music video competition remaining open until Sunday 14 February 2016. The St Kilda Film Festival is one of Australia’s few publicly owned film festivals and the City of Port Phillip’s Mayor Bernadene…