– Joe Cinque’s Consolation – Only in cinemas from 13 October 2016 We have 10 in-season double passes thanks to Titan View. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE JOE CINQUE’S CONSOLATION tells the true story of the death of Joe Cinque. In early 1997 Anu Singh, a law student at the Australian…
John Sturges’ classic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven made stars out of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn (who all later appeared in Struges’ epic WWII adventure The Great Escape in 1963). Sturges’ film was inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1954 film The Seven Samurai, regarded by some critics as the greatest action movie…
When it comes to families, one size doesn’t fit all and Jake (Asa Butterfield) knows he is a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. He just doesn’t seem to fit in. Jake has a wonderful relationship with his grandfather (Terence Stamp), who has told him remarkable stories throughout his young life. Mind…
– Boys in the Trees – Only in cinemas from 20 October 2016 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Mushroom Pictures. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE It’s Halloween 1997 – the last night of high school for Corey, Jango and their skater gang, The Gromits. Childhood is over and…
4 Minutes 12 Seconds is a British play, by James Fritz, written in 2013. This is the story of a mother, Di (Danielle King), with a husband, David (Jeremy Waters) and their son, Jack – who we never meet. The son has had a Facebook post that has gone viral. The content is not pleasant,…
There may be nothing more painful to experience than pure unadulterated grief. Which is why many will choose to pass on the latest album from Australian post-punk rocker Nick Cave and his band The Bad Seeds, as Skeleton Tree, from start to finish, in tone and style, is a funeral dirge. And it’s not like…
The Red Turtle is a dialogue-free animated film from the renowned Studio Ghibli, which has given us Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away. But this is an international co production between France and Japan, and is the first non-Japanese film produced by the revered animation studios. This is a richly emotional and resonant exploration of…
There is a mythological link between storks and babies in many cultures. A quick search of the Internet reveals references by the Greeks, Germans, Chinese, Egyptians and Israelis, to name but a few. Regardless of the veracity of those myths, that is the starting point or, perhaps that should read “flying point” at the heart…
Three time Oscar winner Oliver Stone’s (Platoon) latest outing, Snowden, is a look at one of the most polarising figures of the 21st century. He is the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in US intelligence history. In 2013 Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) quietly leaves his job at…
If you were concerned about how your fond memories of one of the most iconic television sitcoms in history would be translated onto the stage four decades later, I am here to allay your fears. One of the original writers and its star John Cleese – who penned Fawlty Towers with fellow lead Connie Booth…
