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The Forger

Director Philip Martin Staring John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan Rated M Score 2.5/6 A thief works with his father and son to forge a painting by Monet and steal the original. Together, they plan the heist of their lives. After watching this I can’t help but get the feeling that I have been somewhat…

Self/Less

Director Tarsem Singh Staring Ben Kingsley, Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez & Matthew Goode Rated M Score 2/6 A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed it are quite what they seem. There was an interesting enough concept for…

New fitness stations for Gungahlin and Phillip

Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury, has invited the public to help design new outdoor fitness stations are planned for the north and Southside of Canberra. “Yerrabi Pond District Park in Gungahlin and Eddison Park in Phillip will each receive new outdoor gyms, but the types of equipment they will include and where…

Almaty 2022 potential Host City

With the 2018 Winter Olympics having been awarded to Pyeongchang, South Korea it’s only natural that we start to wonder who is in the running for the games and the IOC Executive Board has narrowed the candidate cities down to Oslo, Norway; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Beijing, China. It should be noted that Olso Oslo withdrew…

Village Cinemas Launches Vpremium Experience

Vpremium is the latest cinema concept to have recently launched in Australia by Village Cinemas, which is exclusive to Melbourne with two Vpremium Cinemas being opened at Jam Factory cinema. Village Cinemas Australia CEO Kirk Edwards said Vpremium provides a step up from the traditional cinema-going experience for a few extra dollars. Mr. Edwards added…

Primary School Students Gearing up for Word Mania Comp

Primary schoolers around Australia have clocked up more than two million minutes of word building, in preparation for the July 27 start of national literacy competition LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2015. LiteracyPlanet CEO, Adam McArthur pointed out that since registrations for the online competition opened in June, children have practiced the popular word building game for…

Nubia unveils first “My” series device

Chinese android smartphone manufacturer nubia unveiled its first “My” series device, “nubia My PRAGUE,” in Beijing on July 15. This is the official debut of the new product in China following the world premiere in Prague, Czech on July 8. “City of Prague is a symbol of art, romance and love, a symbol we desire…

Paper Towns

Director Jake Schreier Staring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams Rated M Score 3/6 A young man and his friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door. If 33 is too old for teen movies, somebody please send me the memo. Now that attempted joke is out…

Australia finishes 6th at IMO in Thailand

The 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has concluded this week in Thailand. Australia won two Gold and four Silver medals and came sixth out of 104 teams. This is the best result for Australia in 35 years of competing, the Australian team improved its ranking from 11th last year to 6th position ahead of Taiwan,…