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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…

National Ride2school day

Over 140,000 students across Australia are getting ready to leave there parent’s car behind as they walk, ride or skate to school on Bicycle Network’s National Ride2School Day, Friday 22 March. Ride2School Team Manager, Miss Kelly Pearson says that encouraging students to ride to school makes them more self-sufficient and is a crucial part of…

Tidbinbilla hosting 2013 Oceania Cycling Championship

Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury welcomed road cyclists to Canberra for the 2013 Oceania Road Cycling Championships, which is being held at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. “The races will run on Thursday 14 March 2013, Saturday 16 March 2013 and Sunday 17 March 2013, following a number of different routes which all finish…

Preschool numbers up

In a report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown that 60,000 more children are now registered in preschool and kindergarten programs than there were in 2008. “The Gillard Government has placed strong emphasis on early childhood education and provided additional investment, and along with national Universal Access agreements, has helped ensure Australian…

Oz the Great and Powerful

Director Sam Raimi Staring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz Rated PG Score 4/6 When small-time magician Oscar Diggs pulls one flimflam too many, he is hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz, where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful Wizard – and just maybe into a better man as well.…