the water diviner

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THE WATER DIVINER, an epic Australian historical action drama written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight, is opening in Australian cinemas this Boxing Day and represents Russell Crowe’s directorial debut.

In World War I, the Gallipoli Campaign, was an awful …

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turkey shoot

The end credits to TURKEY SHOOT had an excellent choice of font. They were, in fact, the only entertaining part of this turkey of a movie.

The producers could never ever pay me enough money to willingly watch this movie …

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predestination

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Brothers, can you spare a paradigm?

Look, all you zombies, there’s a game changer in the retro time travel movie genre and it’s been made right here.

Written and directed by the Spierig Brothers, Michael and Peter, who freshened up …

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son of a gun

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SON OF A GUN is a tense heist thriller, prison drama, love story, double crossing, crime gang, character driven movie.

What sets this movie apart from the usual explosive action films are the well drawn, engaging characters. It is not …

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the infinite man

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September and October is the season to visit your local cinema to experience an excellent time-travel science fiction film, shot entirely on location in Woomera and on Weeroona Island in South Australia, as written and directed by Hugh Sullivan. Fairly …

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felony

“Prison is for those who aren’t punished up here,” says Det. Sgt Carl Summer pointing to his noggin and insinuating that incarceration is for recalcitrant recidivists without remorse, not for those who are plagued by their conscience for a non-premeditated …

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deep sea challenge 3d

This documentary provides dramatic insights into James Cameron’s quest to reach the bottom of the sea.

Cameron has been obsessed with the oceans of our world and their mysteries since childhood. He became scuba certified at 16 and went onto …

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charlie’s country

Iconographic and idiosyncratic, the indigenous performer David Gulpilil dominates every shot of CHARLIE’S COUNTRY, the latest collaboration between the actor and film maker Rolf De Heer.

Not strictly biographical, CHARLIE’S COUNTRY is “authentic” to Gulpilil’s experience of things and his …

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the babadook

Once upon a time, Amelia was being rushed to hospital by her husband, Oscar, for the birth of their baby. A collision, and death collected Daddy.  Mummy delivered a son, Samuel.

Seven years on, Samuel is “in the spectrum”, Amelia …

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healing

Feathers don’t so much as fly as get ruffled in HEALING, a prison film that harks back to The Birdman of Alcatraz.

Analogies abound and parallels proliferate in this tale of rehabilitation, redemption and raptors.

Don Hany stars as Viktor, …

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