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Swing

ce. A heart-warming romantic comedy about being brave, trying your best and thinking outside the box, Swing follows May and Joe over the period of one year at swing dancing classes. Joe is a divorced father seeking a new job after losing his business during Ireland’s recession. May is a graphic artist who is looking to fill in time while her boyfriend is away. They meet at an evening dance class, and begin to fumble their way through the dance steps, romantic dilemmas, career problems ...

When the Rain Stops Falling at JWCOCA

In an achingly beautiful story that spans four generations and two continents, this powerful drama is an investigation of mortality and family, of shared experience and inherited legacies, of the strength of nature and the compassion of humanity. Join Ipswich’s THAT Production Company on a breath-taking mystery in collaboration with a passionate creative team of performers and artists, and a story from one of Australia’s most acclaimed and successful playwrights, Andrew Bovell ...

The Angry Birds Movie Review

Led by social outcast and unnaturally angry, Red (Jason Sudeikis), the birds make for the piggies' island where they use a slingshot to destroy their town and retrieve the eggs. If you've played the game (and who hasn't), the plot will be entirely familiar and dully predictable.   //   What is less predictable, however, is the film’s release date that could scarcely be further from a school holiday. Given the kiddie interest in the film, this release slot is, to say the ...

Daffodils [inspired by true events] at Brisbane Powerhouse

Pull the cover off your favourite vinyl and discover a rich sonic world in the award-winning Kiwi hit Daffodils.   //   Travel through a landscape of live music and heart-aching theatre in this bittersweet love story about a teddy boy and a farm girl: their first meeting, their marriage and the New Zealand pop-rock soundtrack that shapes their lives. Prepare to have your indie soul rocked. Featuring songs by Crowded House, Bic Runga, Chris Knox, The Mint Chicks, Dave ...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Competition

Two rebels. One million hectares of untamed wilderness. The hunt is on.   //   Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure. www.facebook.com/huntforthewilderpeople [contact-form-7 id="3660" title="Hunt ...

Essential Independents: American Cinema, Now Competition

From Penelope Spheeris to Kelly Reichardt; from Woody Allen to Alex Ross Perry; from Martin Scorsese to Paul Thomas Anderson; from Sofia Coppola to Lynn Shelton, and from John Cassavetes to Richard Linklater, the American independent film community continues to flourish and produce people, ideas, and cinema with a profound impact on the craft internationally.   //   Highlights of the festival include Opening Night event screening of Time Out Of Mind, starring Richard Gere ...

Now You See Me 2 Competition

The Four Horsemen return for a second mind-bending adventure of Now You See Me, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights and taking them around the globe. One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance in the hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate.   //   The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry ...

Last Dinosaurs ‘Miracle Methods’ Tour

There are still a limited number tickets available for Adelaide, Brisbane and Friday June 3 in Melbourne, but Dino’s fans will need to act quickly if they want to get their hot little hands on tickets for these up close and personal club shows. These fast approaching dates offer fans a chance to see Last Dinosaurs perform on stages not seen since the early days of their career. Enlisting up-and-coming local acts to support them in each state, they will be joined by psychedelic floppy ...

Bianca Del Rio: Not Today Satan Australian Tour

Not Today Satan, taken from her now famous line in the popular reality series, promises to be the next fabulous instalment from the self-proclaimed ‘clown in a dress’ who is now a hit the world over. Don’t miss your chance to see the "Joan Rivers of the drag world" (New York Times) in her fiercely funny new show this May. Bianca Del Rio: Not Today Satan Australian Tour May 16 2016 - Melbourne, Playhouse May 18 2016 - Perth, Astor Theatre May 20 2016 - Adelaide, Thebarton ...

Bad Neighbours 2 Movie Review

The regular cast has returned with Seth Rogen as lovable big bear stoner Mac Radner, Rose Byrne, letting more of her Australian accent colour her performance as his wife and the buffed out Zac Efron as the boy with the Peter Pan complex. Efron is underrated as a comic actor and shows great timing and even sneaks in some real emotion. Joining the cast this time is Kick Ass Chloë Grace Moretz as the couple’s main adversary.   //   Having the Radner’s opponents this time ...