On My Day with Nat Cook: Sydney Relived Podcast Series
Sydney Relived is a podcast put together in celebration of the gold medal moments that made the Australian Olympic Team shine in 2000. In the 20th anniversary year of this landmark Australian event, this retrospective offers a rare opportunity to hear the stories directly from the winning athletes themselves.
Opening the series on 15 September, basketball legend Andrew Gaze tells of the unforgettable moment – 20 years to the day – that he led the Australian Olympic Team into Sydney ...
Journey to Italy with a programme of new cinema for the 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival!
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival will open with a new live-action version of the classic fairy tale PINOCCHIO. From the Director of Gomorrah and Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s seven-time Nastro d’Argento award-winner is an enthralling gothic fantasy starring Roberto Benigni as the woodcutter Geppetto.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary - and in honour of the late great Ennio Morricone, one of the world's greatest film composers – the Festival will close with Giuseppe Tornatore’s MALENA ...
Bill & Ted Face The Music Movie Review
First, it must be said that the initial appearance of Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) slightly jars the senses with how old they actually look but that soon plays into the film’s storyline. The movie years have not been kind to the duo and their successes and failures are laid out for all to see.
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It’s their daughters this time out that actually become the heroes of the day and Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Thea (Samara Weaving) have engaging ...
Throttle – A B-grade thriller – is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
A single pane of glass allows us to feel separated from the world outside. It absorbs road rage and shields us when we sing along to the car stereo, but what happens when we’re invaded in that bubble of safety? Throttle is like nothing you’ve ever seen before!
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Scream with delight, dive under the dashboard or grip the hand of your fellow passenger and ignite some fun-fuelled passion.
Buckle your seatbelts. You’re in for a ride.
Throttle
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Watch the trailer for Ghosts of War!
Five battle-hardened American soldiers are assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. Formerly occupied by the Nazi high command, this unexpected respite quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy far more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield.
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Ghosts of War is now available on DVD and Digital on Demand across Australia!
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Watch the trailer for An American Pickle
One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn’t aged a day.
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But when he seeks out his family, he is troubled to learn that his only surviving relative is his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can’t even begin to understand.
An American ...
Check out the first look images from Happiest Season – starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis!
Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner - until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay - is even harder. When Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family, she begins to question the girlfriend she thought she knew.
Happist Season is a holiday romantic comedy that hilariously captures the range of emotions tied to wanting ...
Studio Ghibli Film Festival is coming to Dendy Coorparoo!
Check out our magical lineup of 22 animated classics and beloved favourites from one of the most acclaimed studios in the world, Studio Ghibli, headed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki and home of some of the most revered and beloved animated works to have ever graced the screen.
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Don't miss out on one of the most enchanting big screen experiences ever.
All films are in original Japanese Language with English Subtitles.
Studio Ghibli Film Festival
September ...
Megan Washington is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
The first single ‘Dark Parts’ off her new 2020 album has been raucously received with rave reviews from the likes of The Guardian, Junkee, and Rolling Stone.
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This intimate experience, in the old-world setting of The Tivoli, will be a hell of a party.
Dress code: you’re invited to observe the theme – fancy in black and white.
Megan Washington
12 & 13 September, 2020
The Tivoli, Brisbane
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Retro Movie Review – Girls Trip
There are not a lot of surprises in store via the script but what they get just right is the chemistry between the four friends and how shared time together actually does build a bond that can transcend time. The humour runs the gambit from adult humour to juvenile shenanigans that are every bit as childish as dude road movie’s stock in trade.
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Friends getting back together after life has driven them apart is a tale often told on screen but there is a genuine ...
