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Jimmy McGovern Creating BBC2 Series on First Australian Convicts

Jimmy McGovern Creating BBC2 Series on First Australian Convicts

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:01 AM PDT

Almost as soon as it was established as a British outpost, Australia became a giant prison for all manner of serious and petty criminals. This has provided lots of fodder for Australian storytellers over the years, most recently seen in Twitch favourite Van Diemen's Land (pictured).Now the gaolers and wardens feel it's time to face up to their bizarre social experiment, or at least make a popular TV series about it. So they will, with BBC2 announcing that BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern is writing an 8-part drama about the first convicts transported from Britain to Australia in 1787. According to The Guardian:McGovern said: "In 1787 Britain banished its petty thieves, whores, orphans and highwaymen to Sydney Cove - a place so hot and barren and hostile that very...

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Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Attend Indian Film Festival of Melbourne

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 11:32 PM PDT

Only in its second year, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is leaping from strength to strength. This year the festival will welcome special guest Amitabh Bachchan, to present the closing night screening of his 1975 blockbuster film Deewar, directed by Yash Chopra. The festival will also host a retrospective of the esteemed actor's films.Other guests include Vidya Balan, dancer, actor and filmmaker Prabhu Deva, choreographer and filmmaker Farah Khan, Simi Garewal, and directors Kabir Khan and Onir. The May festival will also feature a retrospective of works by Chopra - and a visit by his wife, Pamela Chopra.The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne runs from May 3-22, 2013. Bachchan will soon be seen in The Great Gatsby, also filmed in Australia. ...

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Hey Australia! Win A Sweet Hat And ADVENTURE TIME COLLECTION 3!

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 07:31 PM PDT

So... Adventure Time is kind of popular, and to celebrate Madman Australia's release of the third collection we generous folks at Twitch are giving five super-rad Aussies the chance to win a box set of the collection 3 Jake Vs. Me-Mow!An assassin called Me-Mow hides in Jake's nose. It uses him to try and kill the Wildberry Princess! This collection includes 16 awesome episodes from Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this supercool crazy series.But that's not all! Each collection comes with a SWEET Finn hat!!!!!! Did your head just explode from the awesomeness of the chance of wearing this hat and going on super cool adventures? This limited edition set has already sold out in stores, so don't miss this one!The competition is a...

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Watch The First Trailer For Neill Blomkamp's ELYSIUM

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 05:30 PM PDT

The expectations placed on Neill Blomkamp's Elysium are staggering. On the back of his debut feature, District 9, Blomkamp has been widely hailed not only as a visionary but something far more difficult: A director who can mesh mass entertainment with social conscience. A new Spielberg aiming to challenge and educate as he entertains. So, yeah, no pressure there at all. The thing is, though, he was up to it with District 9 - a film that stands up to all the praise heaped on it - and early signs are that he'll deliver again with his sophomore effort, Elysium. Cue the first trailer.In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium,...

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Stanley Film Fest Adds THE PURGE, SIGHTSEERS, MACABRE, NO ONE LIVES, & Shorts

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Last week brought the impressive first wave of announcements for the Inaugural Stanley Film Fest. Today brings a few new titles, including the opening night, centerpiece, and announcement of the shorts program. Running May 2-5, The Stanley Film Fest is an indie horror fest headquartered in the hotel that inspired the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining. More info on the fest is available at the official site. Today's announcement includes the news that the Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey dystopic thriller The Purge will open the fest and Ben Wheatley's much-loved dark camper comedy Sightseers will serve as the festival centerpiece. Eli Roth will be on hand and it's just been announced that he'll be presenting a special screening of Cabin Fever while...

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Review: OBLIVION Looks Great, Sounds Like a Dozen Better Sci-Fi Flicks

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Tom Cruise returns to the realms of science fiction, conspiring with Tron: Legacy's Joseph Kosinski in a big screen adaptation of the director's unpublished graphic novel. While visually spectacular and action-packed, Oblivion compromises its technical accomplishments with a sloppily executed script that borrows liberally from many beloved genre classics.In 2077, 60 years after an alien invasion triggered a nuclear war that decimated the planet, the human race has all but abandoned Earth for Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons. Commander Jack Harper (Cruise) is the last remaining man on the planet, charged with monitoring and servicing drones, which guard huge hydroelectric generators that convert Earth's oceans into usable fuel on Titan. Together with his partner, Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) they form an effective team, dutifully fending...

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Brussels 2013: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA Is A Sexy Throwback To Suspense Films Of Yesteryear

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Iain Softley's Trap For Cinderella harks back to elegant, suspenseful mysteries like Vertigo and Diabolique. In the shadow of those films, it's not particularly groundbreaking, but it's so stylish, intriguing and well-made that innovation hardly seems necessary. After all, the old adage warns us not to fix things that aren't broken, and Softley complies admirably. Were it not for a couple scenes involving cell phones, some pop songs, and the film's fairly copious amount of nudity, it'd be easy to mistake the movie for a lost, sleeper gem from the 60's. Alex Barber's excellent, desaturated 35 mm photography only adds to the retro feel. It's a deft, remarkably assured work, and certainly not the type of film I expected from the director of K-Pax.  ...

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Watch An Exclusive Clip From Todd Berger's IT'S A DISASTER

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Playing like a comedic response to Chris Gorak's 2006 indie disaster fave Right At Your Door, director Todd Berger's It's A Disaster drops a regular brunch date between friends into the end of the world. With a talented cast including David Cross, Julia Stiles and America Ferrera this one is available on VOD right now with a limited theatrical run due to start on April 12. And we've got an exclusive clip to entice your attendance ... Eight friends meet for their monthly "couples brunch." But what starts as an impromptu therapy session / airing of domestic grievances takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people...

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Grist For The Rumor Mill: Shimizu Takashi To Direct Live Action KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE?

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Before saying this out loud allow me to first point out that, at this point, the following is best considered a rumor and we have not been able to confirm it to the level we normally strive for. That said, the source is pretty compelling and the story itself is just so damn odd and unexpected that I can't imagine someone making it up if there wasn't something to it. And so ...Twitch has been told that Ju-On and The Grudge director Shimizu Takashi - more or less the last man standing in the J-horror wave - has come on board to direct a big budget, live action adaptation of Studio Ghibli's popular children's fantasy animation Kiki's Delivery Service. Shimizu certainly knows a thing or...

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First MAN OF STEEL TV Spot Lands

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 06:59 AM PDT

If there was any ambiguity what the moral-psychological wrestle that Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman goes through in Man Of Steel would be, that is now dashed with the first TV spot for the film, which basically gives away the whole story arc in one line of dialogue - presumably delivered right near the end to his key romantic interest before he makes his Big Decision.If spoilers don't bother you, check out the TV spot below. Of course I could be totally wrong, but everything I've seen until now - and everything they've kept hidden - says no....

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