Be amongst the first to see the poignant, heartfelt, and humorous chronicle of the life of an outsider featuring an all-star Aussie voice cast including Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, and Jacki Weaver.

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life.

“Adam Elliot is a one of a kind filmmaker.” – FirstShowing

“A life affirming pleasure.” – Deadline

“As hilarious as it is heart-wrenching.” – Screen International

“Poignant, charming and beguiling.” – The Guardian

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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.

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 Pickle will be released in Australian cinemas September 17!
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The story involving the guilt felt by the surviving widow of the creator of the huge Winchester Arms company is a solid one. The way this guilt manifests itself as the story evolves opens quite a few doors for exploration of the world of the living and the dead but it can’t sustain such a poor script.

Even the mighty Helen Mirren, try as she might, can’t do much with the wooden marbles she has to spit out. As the cliches pile up, the film relies more and more on the visceral thrills modern cinemas can deliver with huge screens and booming sound systems.

The Spierig Brothers have amassed a selection of films over the years that include some very interesting high concepts projects (Predestination) and some low grade thrills (Undead) unfortunately Winchester will add little to their resume.

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Inspired by true events at the most haunted house in history. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits a house that knows no end.

Built by heiress Sarah Winchester (Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren) in an incessant twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week mania over decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms, staircases to nowhere and doors that open into walls.

To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the troubled Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) who has been summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters…

Appearing in cinemas nationally February 22, Winchester will take audiences inside the labyrinthine mansion and the troubled mind of a grieving widow.
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To enter this great competition just fill in the entry form below. Please note – these tickets are for a specific screening only and can not be exchanged or refunded. The winners will need to be available on February 21 at 6:30pm in Brisbane to be able to attend this screening at Event Cinemas Myer Centre.

Competition will be drawn 23 February 2018, winners will be notified by email.

Winchester follows firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (portrayed by Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren) who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay.

But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. WINCHESTER will take audiences inside the labyrinth-like house that is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world.

Filmed in Melbourne, Winchester also stars Aussies Sarah Snook and Angus Sampson.

Explore the Winchester house and learn more about this true story here.

Winchester was directed by The Spierig Brothers (JIGSAW, PREDESTINATION, DAYBREAKERS, UNDEAD), stars Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Angus Sampson and will be released in Australian Cinemas 22 February 2018!
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The story revolves around country life in a very small town and the often times negative effects of power and privilege filtered through gossip and innuendo. Kate Winslet is fantastic as Myrtle ‘Tilly’ Dunnage who returns to the town to address some long held secrets. Liam Hemsworth (brother of Thor) is also very effective as the love interest.

The film is unafraid to throw the audience and the characters themselves under the bus and as such there are some very genuine moments of emotion, both good and bad. This disregard for traditional character actions makes the film even more fun.

Australian cinema has a long history of the odd cinematic character and for films that delve into the unexpected. The Dressmaker belongs amongst the very best. It’s also easy to put it high on that list because of its impressive charm.

Rob Hudson
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