New Wolf Creek 2 Poster

Greg Mclean tweeted a new poster for his much anticipated Wolf Creek 2 this afternoon with the message “Official poster is out folks! Nice one Village Roadshow design boys n girls!.” While there’s no update to the Wolf Creek 2 website, we’re sure the poster will be available in a higher resolution soon enough. Wolf…

Win 100 Bloody Acres & Satellite Boy on DVD!

THEY’RE NOT PSYCHO KILLERS… THEY’RE JUST SMALL BUSINESS OPERATORS 100 Bloody Acres is the creepy yet hilarious story of brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan’s struggling organic blood and bone fertiliser business. The use of dead car crash victims in the mix has been a huge boon to business but it’s been months since their last find and an…

Focus on 2014: Charlie’s Country

CHARLIE’S COUNTRY STARRING David Gulpilil, Luke Ford & Ritchie Singer DIRECTED BY Rolf de Heer WRITTEN BY Rolf de Heer CINEMATOGRAPHY Ian Jones RELEASE DATE Second Half of 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY It’s master director Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil’s third feature film together after The Tracker and Ten Canoes so how could you not be excited. The trailer is emotionally…

Q&As with Star

The Star Cinema in Bendigo will host two Q&A sessions in the coming days. Join Star for a special screening of Backyard Ashes on January 3 at 6.30. The session will be followed by a Q&A with cast and crew. On Sunday January 5 at 1pm you can catch filmmaker Luke Walker as he discusses his…

Focus on 2014: The Crossing

THE CROSSING STARRING Clark Carter and Chris Bray DIRECTED BY Julian Harvey RELEASE DATE 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY A great example of our desire for adventure and our determination to succeed with things we put our mind to. This kind of documentary seems right up director Julian Harvey’s alley after serving time as producer/editor on channel 9’s Getaway series.…

Focus on 2014: The Rover

THE ROVER STARRING Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scott McNairy, Susan Prior, David Field and Anthony Hayes. DIRECTED BY David Michod WRITTEN BY David Michod CINEMATOGRAPHY Natasha Braier RELEASE DATE July 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY For a film as highly anticipated as David Michod’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom there’s bugger all publicity happening for it. With six months until it’s release we’re…

Retro Reviews: Romulus, My Father

Based on the biographical memoir of Australian philosopher Raimond Gaita, Romulus, My Father tells of the misfortunes Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) suffered in 1960’s Australia as his father, Romulus, (Eric Bana), struggled to bring him up during a time of adversity. As a hard-working migrant farmer outside of Maryborough, Victoria, Romulus had a great determination to…

Focus on 2014: Paper Planes in 3D

PAPER PLANES in 3D STARRING Sam Worthington, Anthony LaPaglia, Ed Oxenbould DIRECTED BY Robert Connolly WRITTEN BY Robert Connolly & Steve Worland CINEMATOGRAPHY Tristan Milani STATUS In Production CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY Robert Connolly expressed so much excitement for this film when we spoke to him mid 2013, especially about filming in WA. Robert told us, “I…

Poor return for Aussie features at the local box-office in 2013

It seems only a few Australians were willing to handover their hard-earned cash to see an Australian film in 2013. According to website Box Office Mojo the earliest flick to feature in the top 250 films is Mark Lamprell’s Goddess at number 93 with a total gross of $1,631,548. Robert Connolly’s The Turning came in second…