 | | Michael Jacksons This Is It | | Release: Mar 03, 2010 | | · out now · |  |  |
|  | The King of Pop would have been barely cold when this feature was given the green light. Michael Jackson’s This Is It is indeed it – the last glimpse of the late performer as he strenuously prepares for the London concert tour that never would be. Assembled from over 100... more |
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|  | | 2012 | | Release: Mar 17, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Master of disaster Roland Emmerich is back with another CGI laden armageddon spectacular. But of course! It’s The Day After the Day After Tomorrow as Emmerich trashes the planet again, this time according to an ancient Mayan prophecy that predicts the end of the world in... more |
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 | | Maos Last Dancer | | Release: Mar 04, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | [DVD also to be released soon]. It's still early in the new year but Mao's Last Dancer is likely to be the biggest Australian-made release of 2010. Based on the phenomenally successful memoir of Li Cunxin, this faithful film adaptation from director Bruce Beresford... more |
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|  | | Blessed | | Release: Mar 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | The Australian film industry continues to foist angst-ridden dramas involving dysfunctional families upon local viewers. However, when they're good, like Blessed, they deliver an intense, emotionally affecting experience you won't soon forget. Based on the stage play Who's... more |
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 | | $9-99 | | Release: Mar 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | This wildly imagined, full length stop motion animated feature concerns a self help book found by one Dave Peck, a tenant in a Sydney apartment complex. His discovery sets in motion an exploration of the meaning of life and the state of the human condition.
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|  | | Prime Mover | | Release: Mar 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Writer-director David Caesar's credits include Idiot Box, Mullet and Dirty Deeds. His latest film, Prime Mover, is a quirky road movie/ romance with a quintessentially Aussie flavour, a dash of magic realism and a quality local cast, including Ben Mendelsohn and William... more |
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 | | The Time Travellers Wife | | Release: Mar 18, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Due to a bizarre genetic disorder known as “Chrono-Displacement”, a Chicago librarian (Eric Bana) has had the ability to travel through the time continuum ever since he was a boy. When he meets the lovely Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), he realises he has met her before and... more |
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|  | | Anvil! The Story of Anvil | | Release: Mar 03, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | The battling spirit is an admirable human trait that not everybody possesses. Anvil! have it – in droves. For this heavy metal band, the desire to succeed, more so, to survive, is the subject matter of this superb documentary from British filmmaker Sasha Gervasi.
While... more |
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 | | Breaking Bad: Season 2 | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Breaking Bad details the extremes of behaviour men are capable of in a lawless space, as juxtaposed against moments of breathtaking redemption, making it a quality series to rank alongside The Sopranos and Deadwood. This absorbing drama stars Bryan Cranston, formerly of... more |
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|  | | Coco Avant Chanel | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Coco Chanel’s own life was swathed with daring, unconventionality and intrigue, the same sentiments that would have surely greeted the debut of her signature little black dress. This movie charts the early part of her career, begnning in humble circumstances at an orphanage.... more |
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 | | The Final Destination | | Release: Feb 18, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The fourth installment in the teen horror franchise comes with the added novelty of 3-D, a perfect fit for a film series predicated upon outrageous and inventive death scenes and accidents. TFD sticks to the formula. Having survived a major accident, in this case a spectacular... more |
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|  | | Couples Retreat | | Release: Feb 03, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Following eight years of marriage, Jason (Jason Bateman of TV’s Arrested Development) and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) bank on one last shot to save their relationship in a “Disneyland for adults.” They can only manage the trip on a group discount, and therefore... more |
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 | | The Wire: Season 5 | | Release: Feb 03, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | HBO's The Wire – arguably the best US drama never to win a prime-time Emmy (it was nominated in both 2005 and 2008) – further finds its niche during its fifth and final season. Its visceral dissection of the media’s circle of influence on politics, power and the accumulation... more |
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|  | | Gamer | | Release: Feb 11, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | From the creative team that brought us Crank, comes this high concept bonanza for action loving gamers everywhere. Gerard Butler (300, RocknRolla) stars as a felon whose body is being controlled by players in a futuristic multiplayer video game called ‘Slayer’.
His young... more |
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 | | Whatever Works | | Release: Feb 18, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Whatever Works is the welcome collaboration between Woody Allen and fellow curmudgeon Larry David. Eager to share his philosophy on life with anyone who will listen, David finds his ideal audience of one when he takes in teenage runaway Evan Rachel Wood.
His indoctrination... more |
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|  | | Whip It | | Release: Feb 18, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Drew Barrymore not only stars but makes her debut behind the camera as director on this coming-of-age/chick roller derby flick. Juno's Ellen Page stars as a small town Texan who's groomed by her mother for the beauty pageants but finds her true calling in the grungy, no... more |
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 | | (500) Days Of Summer | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Shuffling from a deck of memories, (500) Days of Summer picks out and highlights a mix of random and key points in a boy meets girl saga. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a music buff who favours Joy Division and Clash t-shirts. He's instantly enamoured with Summer (Zooey... more |
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|  | | Fame (Extended Dance Edition) | | Release: Feb 03, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The more cynical-minded may think that teens seeking entertainment fame would opt for the reality show route rather than concentrated study at school. But, no, in this perky remake of the 1980s classic, all sorts of wannabe artists still see the New York Academy of Performing... more |
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 | | Outlander | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Naturally, the local Vikings develop more than a passing curiosity when a spacecraft crash lands amidst their idyllic ancient fjords. Its occupant, Kainan (Jim Caviezel), is taken prisoner, but also on board is the Moorwen, a frightening creature that wreaks havoc and terror... more |
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|  | | Goal III | | Release: Feb 11, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | The final chapter of this FIFA franchise follows three talented footballers on their ultimate quest, to win glory for their country. The spotlight is firmly on J.J. Feild and Leo Gregory in the Three Lions jersey, with other series mainstay Kuno Becker playing for Mexico.... more |
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 | | The Damned United | | Release: Feb 24, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Following his uncannily accurate takes on David Frost and Tony Blair, Michael Sheen takes on a lesser known but equally largerthan- life icon, Brian Clough, in this superb soccer drama. For those who don’t follow the noble game, Cloughie – or ‘Old Big ‘Ead’ as he was often... more |
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|  | | Julie + Julia | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Screen veteran Meryl Streep teams with acclaimed writer-director Nora Ephron for the first ever movie based on a blog (!). The blogger in question is Julie Powell (Amy Adams), whose attempt to recreate every recipe in cooking book classic “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”... more |
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 | | Bronson | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | British character actor Tom Hardy (RocknRolla, Star Trek: Nemesis) delivers an electrifying and career defining performance in Bronson. Hardy portrays one of the UK’s most notorious crims, Michael Gordon Peterson, who starts out doing time for armed robbery as a teen. Peterson’s... more |
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|  | | Haeundae | | Release: Feb 10, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | During the busy summer months, the beach resort of Haeundae is packed with up to 1 million vacationing Koreans. On one such day, marine geologist Kim-hwi detects some seismic activity which he believes will bring about a mega-tsunami to the shores of Korea.
Racing to... more |
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 | | Departures | | Release: Feb 17, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | The winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Oscars, Departures is set in northern Japan where an out of work cellist, Daigo (Masahiro Motoki), mistakes a job offer for “departures” as a travel agent position. The gig actually involves learning the craft of “encoffinment”,... more |
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|  | | Moon | | Release: Feb 24, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | A two hander starring Sam Rockwell and a robot with Kevin Spacey's voice, Moon is an inventive sci-fi thriller that rates alongside the recent District 9 as an example of the genre at its very best. Rockwell is nearing the end of his tenure on an isolated, one-man lunar... more |
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 | | Doctor Who: Waters of Mars | | Release: Feb 04, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The beginning of the end for current Doctor David Tennant is a moody piece set on the red planet, where a small group of humans, led by the formidable Adelaide Brooke (Lindsay Duncan), have established a colony. When several of the colonists begin to exhibit spooky symptoms... more |
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|  | | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | | Release: Jan 06, 2010 | | | | This is the second remake of the tense 1974 heist thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, having also been revamped for cable TV in 1998. Denzel Washington plays a transit executive who’s under suspicion for accepting bribes. So when ex-con hijacker John Travolta... more |
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 | | Funny People | | Release: Jan 07, 2010 | | | | Inspired by director Judd Apatow and star Adam Sandler’s early career on the comedy circuit, Funny People is the tale of George Simmons (Sandler), a stand-up comic and Hollywood superstar, who discovers that he has a rare terminal blood disease. After a chance encounter... more |
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|  | | Fighting | | Release: Jan 07, 2010 | | | | Fighting is the latest entry in a sub-genre that sees country folk move to a big city to make it big and realise their dreams (see also Cocktail and Coyote Ugly). Alabama farmboy Shawn (Channing Tatum) progresses from selling fake Harry Potter books on the sidewalks of... more |
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 | | UP | | Release: Jan 13, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The 10th animated feature from animation powerhouse Pixar, Up boasts a protagonist as unexpected as its central premise. Cranky old timer Carl Fredrickson (voiced by Ed Asner) sees his dream of travelling to South America die with his wife’s passing.
When developers begin... more |
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|  | | Year One | | Release: Dec 16, 2009 | | | | It's Caveman meets The History of the World, with dim-witted hunter gatherers Jack Black and Michael Cera stumbling into a few chapters from the early Bible (Abel and Cain, Sodom and Gomorrah). Black is on autopilot but Cera (Juno), playing to type, has fun as history’s... more |
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 | | Drag Me To Hell | | Release: Dec 24, 2009 | | | | Sam Raimi’s long overdue return to the horror genre is everything fans could have hoped for: a gleefully scary slapstick shocker, driven by the same dark wit and irreverence that powered his celebrated Evil Dead series. Alison Lohman plays an unfortunate bank worker who... more |
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|  | | Terminator Salvation | | Release: Dec 09, 2009 | | | | The fourth installment of the scifiaction franchise skips a few years into the future where the machines have well and truly risen through a landscape laid waste by Skynet. John Connor (Christian Bale) leads a ratty Mad Maxesque human resistance left behind in what amounts... more |
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 | | District 9 | | Release: Dec 30, 2009 | | | | Political allegory provides the main point of reference in District 9, the critically acclaimed feature from director Neill Blompkamp. Having found an ally in Peter Jackson who acts as producer, Blompkamp draws on issues of apartheid and other current affairs relating to... more |
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|  | | The Ugly Truth | | Release: Dec 16, 2009 | | | | The presenter of a failing morning show (Katherine Heigl) is appalled to discover her boss has hired a male chauvinist (Gerard Butler) in an attempt to boost the ratings. Despite her misgivings she discovers that his decidedly un-PC advice on dating actually works.
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 | | Inglourious Basterds | | Release: Dec 17, 2009 | | | | A crack squad of Jewish-American soldiers are assembled with specific orders to hunt down and scalp Nazis in this revisionist and enthralling interpretation of the second world war. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds is a profane and talky actioner... more |
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|  | | Public Enemies | | Release: Dec 02, 2009 | | | | An epic shot in high definition widescreen concerning the manhunt for Depression-era criminal celebrity John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), Public Enemies streamlines the exhaustive nonfiction reportage of Bryan Burrough which charts the apogee and then the eventual demise of... more |
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 | | Samson + Delilah | | Release: Nov 04, 2009 | | | | In documenting the bleak existence of a young indigenous couple, first time director Warwick Thornton has fashioned a simple but emotionally resonant tale. Living in an isolated community outside Alice Springs, the titular couple at the heart of this unconventional love... more |
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|  | | Wake In Fright | | Release: Nov 25, 2009 | | | | The outback becomes a hot and dusty waking nightmare for a British schoolteacher (Gary Bond) Down Under. Following a boozy round of Two-Up, he suddenly finds himself broke and broken in the remote town of Bundanyabba (colloquially known as “the Yabba”) and is forced to endure... more |
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 | | The Proposal | | Release: Nov 25, 2009 | | | | While the guys guffaw over The Hangover, the girls are well catered for with this slick romantic comedy that finds Sandra Bullock delving into similar sort of territory as Two Weeks Notice, except this time she is the pushy suitor. A Canadian who discovers that she faces... more |
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|  | | Night at the Museum 2 | | Release: Nov 11, 2009 | | | | Life after dark is about to get a whole lot more extraordinary for Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), a former security guard at New York’s Museum of Natural History. It seems that history is also coming to life at the Smithsonian, where some of the most power hungry figures of... more |
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 | | Bruce Lee: The Dragon Collection | | Release: Nov 04, 2009 | | | | Though Bruce Lee's career was short, he had a seismic impact on the landscape of cinema. This restored collection charts the rise of Lee's supernova, with his Asian box office smashes The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972), and crucially, Way of the Dragon, which boasts... more |
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|  | | Life on Mars: Complete Series (US) | | Release: Nov 18, 2009 | | | | A car accident sends detective Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) from the present day back into the seventies. Based on the acclaimed BBC series of the same name, this US remake riffs from the same template for a distinctive
and equally compelling crime series. Beginning with culture... more |
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 | | Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy | | Release: Nov 05, 2009 | | | | Three stories from Season 20 of Doctor Who – originally broadcast in 1983 – are linked by the presence of the Doctor's nemesis, The Black Guardian, who was last seen attempting to steal the Key to Time from Tom Baker's Doctor. This time it's Peter Davison's Time Lord who's... more |
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|  | | Generation Kill | | Release: Nov 25, 2009 | | | | David Simon creator of The Wire turns his scrupulous eye to the second invasion of Iraq in this exceptional HBO Films mini-series. Adapted from the book by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright, Generation Kill rides shotgun alongside the Ist Recon Marines to dramatise the... more |
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 | | The Tudors: Season 3 | | Release: Nov 25, 2009 | | | | This season on the life of King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) will see him take on three wives, beginning with Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis). It's a union of significance as it results in the birth of Prince Edward, the future Edward VI, though Jane dies of complication... more |
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|  | | WWE: The Best of Smackdown 10th Anniversary | | Release: Sep 25, 2009 | | | | It’s hard to believe that a decade has passed since the WWE brand extension, which took its name from one of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s catchphrases (‘laying the smackdown’), first appeared locally on pay TV. Since that time, the show has provided more highlights than the... more |
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