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Hospitalizations due to falls continues to rise

According to a report ‘Hospitalizations due to falls by older people, Australia 2009-10’ recently released by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare the number of older Australians hospitalized after a fall continues to rise. The report showed that there were 83,800 hospitalized injury cases due to falls in people aged 65 and over in that…

Have you been eating with your Teen?

According to research from Australian Pineapples 37 per cent of families with teens are eating together on a daily basis. “The importance of family meal time is not only about the opportunity to provide a nutritional meal at the table, but instills healthy eating habits and social confidence for life,” Australian Pineapples spokesperson, Dr. Joanna…

How is your Fire Safety?

According to recent research only 10 per cent of Australian family households admitting to meeting Australia’s fire and emergency services. The research also found that only 10 per cent of those Australian households surveyed are testing their smoke alarms monthly with only 42 per cent changing their smoke alarm batteries annually. “Australians are placing themselves…

GI Joe Retaliation

Director Jon M. Chu Staring Dwayne Johnson, D.J. Cotrona & Channing Tatum Rated M Score 1/6 Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by the President’s order, and the surviving team members face off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Ok, another toy…

God Bless America

Director Bobcat Goldthwait Starring Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr & Mackenzie Brooke Smith Rated MA Score 6/6 Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an…

Top 100 Canberra Likes announced

Minister for the Arts, Joy Burch recently announced the Top 100 Canberra Likes. The campaign was launched in October 2012 to find the top 100 reasons why locals like living in the ACT. Minister for the Arts, Joy Burch explained that people nominated almost 14,000 reasons why they like living in the ACT. These ‘likes’…

Struck by Lightning

Director Brian Dannelly Staring Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks Rated M Score 5/6 A young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine. Chris Colfer has written the first watchable ‘teen comedy’ that I have seen in months and Struck by Lightning does not have an entire…

Love and Honor

Director Danny Mooney Staring Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden & Austin Stowell Rated M Score 3/6 When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back. The suspension of disbelief is required if you…

Safety not Guaranteed

Director Colin Trevorrow Staring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson Rated M Score 4.5/6 Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. For those of you who are interested Safety not guaranteed was inspired by a 1997 Backwoods Home Magazine…

The Hammer

Director Oren Kaplan Staring Russell Harvard, Raymond J. Barry, Shoshannah Stern & Michael Anthony Spady Rated PG Score 4/6 The Hammer follows Matt Hamill, who was born deaf, in his youth and mostly in 1997, when Hamill is a sophomore walk-on at Rochester Institute of Technology and wins the first of three collegiate wrestling championships…