Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category

Queen of the Damned

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Music
Actors: Aaliyah | Townsend, Stuart | Moreau, Marguerite | Perez, Vincent | McGann, Paul | Olin, Lena | Manon, Christian | Black, Claudia | Spence, Bruce | Newton, Matthew | Mora, Tiriel | Dorman, Megan | Devoy, Johnathan | Farnham, Robert | Standish, Conrad
Directors: Rymer, Michael
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After many years of sleeping in his coffin, the vampire Lestat awakens only to find that the world has changed and he wants to be a part of it. He gathers a following and becomes a rock star only to find that his music awakens the ancient Queen Akasha and she wants him to become her king…

Black Water

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Thriller
Actors: Oxenbould, Ben | Rodoreda, Andy | Dermody, Maeve | Glenn, Diana | Press, Fiona
Directors: Nerlich, David
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A terrifying tale of survival in a crocodile inhabited mangrove swamp.

Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia.

As they drift into a mangrove swamp their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace frantically try to manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck.

Stranded in the flooded mangrove swamp, the three holiday makers must work out what to do to survive.

December Boys

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family | Romance
Actors: Radcliffe, Daniel | Palmer, Teresa | Byers, Christian | Cormie, Lee | Fraser, James | Thompson, Jack | McQuade, Kris | Wilks, Suzie | Hill, Victoria | Stapleton, Sullivan | Cotterill, Ralph | Gallacher, Frank
Directors: Hardy, Rod
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It’s the 1960s, Australia. 4 orphaned boys, who are best friends, escape their orphanage and go to a beach resort. At the resort is a couple that’s keen on adopting a boy, which causes tension & competition between the boys. One of the boys also has his first romance with a girl that’s there.

Kokoda

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | War
Actors: Finsterer, Jack | McMahon, Travis | Stone, Simon | Ford, Luke | Budge, Tom | Le Marquand, Steve | Sampson, Angus | Baker, Christopher | Leslie, Ewen | Barrack, Ben | Bourne, Shane | McInnes, William | Taylor, Darren | Stibbard, Lucas | Gunn, Jeffey
Directors: Grierson, Alister
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A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

Macbeth

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Actors: Worthington, Sam | Hill, Victoria | Hulme, Lachy | Sweet, Gary | Bastoni, Steve | Molloy, Mick | Doran, Matt | Walshe-Howling, Damian | Pasvolsky, Jonny | Hunt, Rel | Molloy, John | Nation, Miranda | Armstrong, Chloe | Bell, Kate | Franklin, Bob
Directors: Wright, Geoffrey
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A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” set in the ganglands of Melbourne.

Jindabyne

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Actors: Linney, Laura | Byrne, Gabriel | Haywood, Chris | Furness, Deborra-Lee | Howard, John | Purcell, Leah | Yiakmis, Stelios | Lazzaro, Eva | Rees-Wemyss, Sean | Garner, Alice | Stone, Simon | Lucas, Betty | Barker, Stephen | Cullen, Max | Tingwell, Charles 'Bud'
Directors: Lawrence, Ray
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Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. Stewart’s wife Claire is the last to find out. Deeply disturbed by her husband’s action, her faith in her relationship with Stewart is shaken to the core. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination to help the victim’s family Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance. The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.

Great Raid, The

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Actors: Bratt, Benjamin | Franco, James | Mammone, Robert | Martini, Max | Carpinello, James | Consuelos, Mark | McLachlan, Craig | Farnsworth, Freddie Joe | Macintosh, Laird | Callaghan, Jeremy | McLean, Scott | Montalban, Paolo | Crawford, Clayne | Worthington, Sam | Innes, Royston
Directors: Dahl, John
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Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.

Man-Thing

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Actors: Le Nevez, Matthew | Taylor, Rachael | Thompson, Jack | Paratene, Rawiri | O'Lachlan, Alex | Bastoni, Steve | Mammone, Robert | Thompson, Patrick | Zappa, William | Batchelor, John | Bliss, Ian | Leonard, Brett | Bailey, Imogen | Coyne, James | Craig, Cheryl
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Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.

Aquamarine

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Actors: Roberts, Emma | Levesque, Joanna 'JoJo' | Paxton, Sara | McDorman, Jake | Kebbel, Arielle | Karvan, Claudia | Spence, Bruce | Sursok, Tammin | Billing, Roy | Blake, Julia | Micallef, Shaun | McClatchy, Lulu | Cunningham, Natasha | Lachman, Dichen | Lewis, Lincoln
Directors: Allen, Elizabeth
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After a vicious storm , half the ocean washes into the beach club swimming pool. Two teenagers, Haley and Claire, discover a mermaid in the pool. She tells them that she needs to find love in three days, and they agree to help her because helping a mermaid means you get a wish, and they decide that they can use their wish to try and stop Haley from moving to Australia.

Don’t Say a Word

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Bean, Sean | Murphy, Brittany | McCole Bartusiak, Skye | Torry, Guy | Esposito, Jennifer | Shawn Doyle | Argo, Victor | Goode, Conrad | Schulze, Paul | Reddick, Lance | Janssen, Famke | Platt, Oliver | Devine, Aidan | Campbell, Alex
Directors: Gary Fleder
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A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick (Sean Bean), and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad (Michael Douglas) is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth (Brittany Murphy). Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan’s daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him.