Wrath of the Titans ★ ★ ★

Feel the Wrath, Stay for the CreaturesRelease Dates Australia 29th March 2012 USA & UK 30th March 2012 Other Countries Release Dates One of the first movies I ever saw at the cinema was the 1963 ‘Jason and the Argonauts’.  The fight scene with the skeletons is still vividly etched in my mind as one of the highlights of my early movie going days.  Apparently, this one three minute scene took four months to produce in those days...

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THE HUNGER GAMES IS AUSTRALIA’S #1 FILM

Read my review here Hunger Games ReviewTHE HUNGER GAMES has claimed the #1 spot at the Australian box office with the largest opening weekend outside of the United States, ahead of the UK ($7.1m)and Russia ($6.2m).The first chapter in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian trilogy earned a staggering $9m on 471 screens across Australia from Thursday to Sunday, beating the first instalment of Twilight ($5.4m).The film is expected to take US$155m from Friday to...

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The Hunger Games ★ ★ ★1/2

Odds on to be a WinnerRelease Dates Australia 22nd March 2012  USA & UK  23rd March 2012  Other Countries Release DatesIt was almost two years ago when I first heard the words, “The Hunger Games,” followed by “You must read the book.”  So I did, like 26 million others.  I didn’t love the book.  It’s hard for a Mother to read a book like this.  Something changes in your chemistry after having children and you...

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21 Jump Street ★ ★ ★ ★1/2

SAME ADDRESS, BRILLIANT RENOVATIONNope, never did!   Just wanted to state up front that I have not seen one minute of the original eighties series, 21 JUMP STREET, which set Johnny Depp on the road to stardom.  But my husband has and he was bouncing excitedly down the theatre corridor to the screening of the new 21 JUMP STREET Film. Apparently it was a very cool series. Well it had Johnny Depp, so that I get.  However, a...

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Introducing…Disney's Frankenweenie

First trailer for Disney's stop motion animation feature Frankenweenie- only at the movies October 25 “When you lose someone you love they never really leave you, they just move into a special place in your heart” –Mum“I don’t want him in my heart. I want him here, with me.” –Victor“I know. If we could bring him back we would…” –MumFrankenweenie is an upcoming 3D black-and-white stop motion-animated film, directed by Tim Burton, and it...

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AUSTRALIAN FANS HUNGRY FOR RELEASE

HAVING READ THE BOOKS I CANT WAIT EITHER          Tickets for the highly anticipated THE HUNGER GAMES are selling strongly two weeks out from the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ first book in her dystopian trilogy hitting the big screen.          Eager fans have snapped up tickets to midnight sessions at all major cinema chains across Australia, which will take...

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JOHN CARTER ★ ★ ★ ★1/2

A ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD HERO, BORN AGAINSo who is ‘John Carter’??? From the film trailer, he seemed to be a very handsome, shirtless guy, leaping around amongst four armed creatures on Mars. ‘John Carter’ is Edgar Rice Burroughs—the Tarzan author’s—literary hero, who sprung from a serialised 1912 story entitled “Under the Moons of Mars”, which was later published in 1917 as the novel, “A Princess of Mars”Over the decades, Burroughs continued...

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WE LOVE ROOFTOP MOVIES—IT’S OFFICIAL

PERTH READERS, Click through to www.myshoppinglist.com.au to win in-season tickets to experience Rooftop Movies. Perth cinema-lovers have lapped up the launch of Rooftop Movies, the latest instalment from the Artrage team.  The pilot programme kicked off with a VIP soirée, Wednesday 29 February, which saw Moi and husband and 250 special guests, among the first to be treated to the delights of Perth’s newest summer attraction. OUR EXPERIENCE...

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