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Movie Review: The Hunger Games

Is The Hunger Games the new Twilight? All the kids are talking about this new teen dystopian future adventure.




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The Hunger Games

The wildly popular young-adult novel makes its way to the big screen as a smart sci-fi with dark undertones.




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The Rum Diary

Everyone has a ball, for The Rum Diary is one of the truly great psychedelic movies of the modern era, a tribute to all involved.





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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor are charming in a romantic/comedy/drama that involves lots of fish.




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Movie Review: The Lady

What perfect timing! A biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi's personal struggle for Burma's political freedom.





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The Avengers

One of the most anticipated movies of the year turns out to be one of the most satisfying, thanks to a smart script and great direction from Joss Whedon.




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The Five-Year Engagement

This uneven rom-com charts a rocky path and ends up being more Funny People than Bridesmaids.








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Movie Review: Get The Gringo

Mel Gibson's Hollywood glory days are reflected in Get The Gringo where Mel plays a tough guy, ready for action with a sarcastic wit and all the right moves, just a little older.




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Prometheus

Ridley Scott returns to the world of science fiction with a bold, visually stunning film that offers some surprises and raises lots of questions.




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Prometheus

If you thought the first Alien (or the third for that matter) was scary and out of control... strap yourself in!





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Ted the Movie

If you are easily offended, Ted is not the movie for you; but if you are not, it may be one of the funniest movies you will see in a long time.




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The Amazing Spider-Man

The web-slinger's franchise reboot is well-made and entertaining, but comes too soon after the last series, and has no sense of its own identity.




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The Dark Knight Rises

Christopher Nolan's Batman series reaches its cinematic crescendo with a third act that fails to match the middle movement, but serves as a fitting farewell nonetheless.




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Movie Review - The Dark Knight Rises

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman





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Movie Review: The Sapphires

Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, The Sapphires is an over-the-top comedy/musical/drama that'll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of these four amazing aboriginal women.





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The Bourne Legacy

It's a hard transition to attempt to extend a well known trilogy by replacing its lead character, and writer/director Tony Gilroy almost pulls it off with The Bourne Legacy




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The Expendables 2

Stallone and his crew of aging macho stars return for another lumbering, if somewhat entertaining, exercise in heavy action and disposable one-liners.





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Movie Review: The Watch

The Watch is a poor example of the gross-out blokey comedy genre that is only worsened by the addition of aliens to the plot.




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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild, shot as if in a dream, creating as it does a fully detailed other life that has so many connections to imaginary and real worlds we all know, is something rare in movies; a poetic work that also convinces you utterly...




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The Live Set




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Warrnambool's wombat: The story behind the video that went viral

Emily Bissland explains how she made a hilarious video about an accidental artwork that's been viewed by millions.




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Kelpies save the dying Victorian town of Casterton twice

The iconic breed first saved Casterton in 1997. Now, 23 years later and they've done it again.




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Australians are eating less bread overall, but artisanal varieties are on the rise

For William Jane, the decline in Australian bread consumption has seen his business boom. In the space of two years, he's gone from baking 12 loaves a day to 800.




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Australians are eating more cheese, butter and yoghurt, and Timboon is milking the trend

Australian dairy production is dropping, but a town in Victoria's Western District is taking advantage of changing consumer tastes to turn its fortunes around.




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Deportation threat to family just weeks out from daughter's VCE due to father's kidney diagnosis

The world of Raj Manikam and his family came crashing down when a test found a hidden disease that could see them deported due to "significant costs to the community".




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Meat off the menu at Melbourne's Moreland City Council on Mondays, and farmers aren't happy

The meat industry says a Melbourne council's decision to take meat off its menu on Mondays could damage regional economies for little environmental gain.




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100 years of the Great Ocean Road

One hundred years since construction began on the Great Ocean Road, the world-renowned tourist attraction is under threat from erosion, landslides and booming tourist numbers. But a record funding boost and the the biggest roadworks blitz of recent decades is now underway in a bid to secure the road for another century.





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The battle to keep feral pigs from taking over Victoria's Otway Ranges

Conservationists are struggling in the fight against many introduced species in the Otways, but they hope a new program will limit the number of feral pigs before they cause too much damage.




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Where are all the mutton birds? Birdwatchers concerned by delayed arrival of migratory short-tailed shearwaters in Victoria

Every year, thousands of short-tailed shearwaters, or mutton birds, descend on Victoria's coastline at the end of September or early October after a mammoth journey from the northern hemisphere, but so far this year they haven't shown up.





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Wild weather and poor prices means tricky start to Queensland's sugarcane crushing season

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.





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Queensland Budget 2019: Extra taxes flagged for big business as State Government puts jobs on the agenda

Big business is set to be hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes and royalties as the Palaszczuk Government seeks to tap the top end of town to deliver payroll tax relief to small- and medium-sized businesses, in the hope of boosting jobs particularly in regional Queensland.




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Flora trigger map prompts backlash from farmers who fear it will lock up their land

Queensland landholders are afraid that new government mapping of threatened species could lock up their land and force them to stop farming and grazing.





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The Cherbourg JP court bench




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People meet on the street in Cherbourg




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The Cherbourg ration shed




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The Cherbourg shops