Retro screening of The Shining at Dendy Coorparoo!
On Monday 28th May, Dendy Coorparoo is set to host a retro screening of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘masterpiece of modern horror’ – The Shining.
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions.
As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, ...
Briefs Close Encounters Theatre Review
Dreams of acceptance on their own terms with a blasting away of the traditional sense. The sense of burlesque being just for girls or the circus with all its tricks being defined by just one thing.
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Their mix of physical endeavour, both high risk and high entertainment was driven by high volume sounds that were perfect to help get your grind on. The show was light on commentary but the few words were chosen well and were both funny and forceful.
If you can’t ...
Solo: A Star Wars Story Movie Review
Solo of course refers to Han Solo, he of roughish charm and one liners. In early chapters, Harrison Ford made the role his own and now Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar! & Beautiful Creatures) gets the chance to put his own stamp on the role. Unfortunately his character is the least developed in the film and the roughish charm inherent in Ford’s take is mostly missing. When Ehrenreich as Solo claims he is an outlaw, it’s a stretch to believe as per the actions that have come before.
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Win a Double Pass to the German Film Festival!
After a break last year, German-made and co-produced films return in a nationwide festival to Australian cinemas showcasing the best cinematic talent Germany has to offer and boasting a program curated with exclusively Australian premieres. In collaboration with German Films (the national information and advisory centre for the promotion of German films worldwide), Palace Cinemas is giving the 15-year-old German Film Festival a fresh start in 2018.
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Check out the first look trailer for The Predator!
Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species.
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When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Based on the characters created by JIM THOMAS & JOHN THOMAS - The Predator is in cinemas 13 September 2018!
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Win a Double Pass to see Helen Mirren’s new film The Leisure Seeker!
John and Ella Spencer have almost reached the end of the road; Ella is frail, while John’s memory is failing. Instead of quietly fading away, however, the Boston seventy-somethings flee the suffocating care of their doctors and children and hop aboard their vintage campervan, The Leisure Seeker, to visit the Florida Keys house of John’s hero, Ernest Hemingway.
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Screen veterans Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star as the ultimate grey nomads in The Leisure ...
The nationwide German Film Festival to return to Australia in this month!
The Festival program includes a contemporary selection of 26 feature films varying from award-winning dramas and box office comedies to documentaries and a selection of short films. Now in its 13th edition, Short Export 2018 presents six outstanding new short films from Germany, ranging from documentary, to animation and experimental fiction.
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Additionally, this year’s program includes films especially dedicated to families, children and teens. Presented by the ...
The Presets touring Australia this June!
That album was certified triple platinum and won them six ARIA Awards in their homeland. By contrast, 2012’s critically acclaimed Pacifica was comparatively introspective but epic gigs around the world – from Glastonbury Festival and Coachella to Splendour In The Grass – forged the duo’s reputation as Australian electronic music trailblazers.
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Continuing in this tradition, The Presets’ fourth album HI VIZ – which lands May 18 – delivers a ‘back to ...
Check out the first trailer from Spike Lee’s new movie BlacKkKlansman!
“…this is Lee’s most vital and impassioned film in decades”
Steve Pond - The Wrap
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“…Lee reasserts himself once again as a vital, complex voice in cinema”
Richard Lawson - Vanity Fair
“Led by strong performances from John David Washington and Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman is sobering, darkly funny, uneven and impossible to ignore”
Tim Grierson - Screen Daily
BlacKkKlansman will be released in Australian cinemas August 9!
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The World Premiere of The Mathematics of Longing is coming to La Boîte this June!
The Mathematics of Longing is a love story of whimsical delight and earnest gravity; a new work by internationally renowned Australian playwright Suzie Miller, with trailblazing Gold Coast based dance-theatre company, The Farm.
Physics and mathematical theorems intersect with the characters and stories they inspire in an explosion of art and science, exploring the infinite complexity of the human heart.
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Bringing The Farm’s extraordinary physicality to the La ...
