The Queensland Theatre Company will now be known as Queensland Theatre in a surprise name change inspired by Artistic Director Sam Strong, and in his inaugural season the company will present nine shows, opening with the encore of the smash-hit Helpmann Award-winning Ladies in Black and closing with Joanna Murray-Smith’s adaptation of the Ingmar Bergman…
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…
Who doesn’t love their pet or pets? Many of us dote over them as if they were the most precious and prized member of the family. I know my wife certainly does. So the idea behind The Secret Life of Pets – what pets do behind closed doors when humans are not within earshot –…
The 2016 AICE Israeli Film Festival is currently in full swing in Sydney and Melbourne ( at the Ritz and Nova cinemas respectively). The event aims to present a diverse range of films from Israel in a variety of genres – including romantic comedies, a Holocaust mystery, a Bedouin family drama, a Polish/Israeli horror film…
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…
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from New York’s La Guardia Airport. A few minutes after take-off the plane was struck by a flock of geese, which disabled both engines. Veteran pilot Chesley Sullenberger (played here by Tom Hanks) was forced to make an emergency landing, bringing the plane, carrying 155…
– Hell or High Water – Only in cinemas from 27 October 2016 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Madman Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE After years of estrangement, Texan brothers Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) decide to rob the branches of the bank threatening to…
– 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…
Gloria is a play by Benedict Andrews. Says Mr Andrews in his note in the program: “Gloria depicts an actress in the grip of an emotional breakdown.’ Performing, onstage, Gloria cannot distinguish her ‘play’ role from her ‘life’ role. Through fraility, both become entwined and a personal calamity ensues.” This production of Gloria, by the…
– Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life – Only in cinemas from 29 October 2016 We have 3 family (4 tickets) in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE From the creators of worldwide hits SAMMY 1 & 2 and THE HOUSE OF MAGIC comes the tale of Robinson Crusoe….
