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A student, of whom we see no defining details, commits suicide at the beginning of the film. From this point we go back to the beginning of the day and are introduced to six principal characters all dealing with their own personal problems. It could be any of them.
The film tells the tale of Chinese orphan Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) who for ten years dreams of meeting her Australian sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). At 16, when her orphanage travels to Australia to attend a Choir Festival, Mei-Mei takes the opportunity to look him up. What she finds however is far from the idyllic life he depicted in his postcards. Initially mismatched and disconnected – the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance.
Amy Anderson is a bad girl. An adopted only-child, her relationship with her parents is at breaking point. Whisked off to the family’s new rural compound, Amy attempts suicide, saved at the last moment by Chloe, the Anderson’s new and attractive cleaner. Seeing a role model for their troubled daughter, Amy’s parents encourage the girls’ friendship, and an initial attraction gives way to a tumultuous sexual relationship. But Amy’s world falls apart when she discovers Chloe is actually the Andersons’ long-lost biological daughter, determined to oust Amy and take her rightful place in the family. It’s nature versus nurture as the girls go head-to-head in a battle over the parents. In the end, only one bad girl will be left standing.
Sharks in a supermarket! In a sleepy coastal resort community, shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorised by a crazed killer when the unimaginable occurs – a freak tsunami swallows the town. But the tidal wave has also delivered some unwanted visitors from the depths, and as the waters rise they must overcome not only the threat of drowning and the human menace within their midst – but a pack of hungry sharks.
Deep in the slums of Manila, a young boxer's life is changed forever when his father pressures him to cheat in a fight.
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse
When a tight-knit group of surfers venture to a secluded island paradise on the 'surfari' of their lives, they make the mistake of bringing the one thing that can tear them apart. A beautiful young woman. As tensions boil over and friendships fall to the side, a monster emerges from within the most revered and feared amongst them. A monster who will turn the dream vacation into a nightmare fight for survival.
DECK DOGZ is a fast-paced teen skater movie which tracks three boys as they embark on a journey to meet their hero, a legendary skate champion. It's a journey which ultimately catapults the boys from adolescence to manhood.
Inspired by Alexander Pearce, a 19th century convict nicknamed 'the Pieman' after he dined on fellow escapees in the Tasmanian wilderness. When a group of four set out to prove the Tasmanian Tiger still lives in the forests, they wander into the domain of the descendants of the Pieman, who retain their ancestor's taste for human flesh.
Two white South Africans, imprisoned for working on behalf of the ANC, determine to escape from the notorious white man's 'Robben Island', Pretoria Prison.
A FEW LESS MEN is the hilarious comedy sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN. A destination wedding in Australia’s Blue Mountains goes horribly wrong when Luke gets drunk and falls off a cliff. Our boys, David , Tom and Graham suddenly find themselves transporting their friend’s corpse back to London, where his grieving Aunt is already planning the funeral. When their private jet crash lands in the bush, the boys must carry the body across the treacherous landscape, contend with some fit ravers, a machete wielding mother and a mix up with a giant gold penis, in a race against time to return Luke home. Provided they all survive… intact.
Indigenous Detective JAY SWAN arrives in an outback town on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple 'light duties' investigation soon opens into a web of crime and corruption implicating the local Mayor, Mining Boss and Aboriginal Land Council. Jay must overcome personal differences with the young local policeman JOSH while he pulls his life together to dig deeper into the conspiracy. The two cops are led into a world of people trafficking and organised crime where the value of a life is pitted against big money and deep-rooted corruption.
Erica Yurken, certain of her glittering career on the stage and her place in the world, is upstaged and forced to come to grips with her own reality when Alison Ashley arrives at the school. A comedy about the trials and tribulations of schoolyard rivalries, embarrassing family situations and the awkwardness of teenage years.
The feel-good tale of an aspiring rock guitarist, who is forced to take over the musical direction of his father’s marching band, just four weeks before a major competition.
When incompetent politicians accidentally nominate a poor, honest meatworker for federal parliament, ordinary values help him overcome all the odds to win office, stick one up slick party politics and restore a little dignity to the bush.
26 November 2008. A wave of devastating terror attacks throughout Mumbai catapult the bustling Indian metropolis into chaos. In the heart of the city’s tourist district, Jihadist terrorists lay siege to the iconic Taj Palace Hotel, whose guests and staff become trapped in a heroic, days long fight for survival.
Young Israeli, Yossi Ghinsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), leaves a safe future behind to chase an improbable dream in the mysterious depths of the Amazon rainforest. For a year, he journeys on the path well-traveled, but when he and two new fellow adventurers, Kevin Gale (Alex Russell) and Marcus Stamm (Joel Jackson), meet the darkly charismatic Karl Ruchprecter (Thomas Kretschmann), and follow him into the jungle, what begins as the realization of a dream soon turns into a harrowing psychological test of faith and fortitude. A true story of survival against all odds, based on the international best-selling memoir by Yossi Ghinsberg.
Australia is at war with Japan. An untrained unit of militiamen on the Kokoda track are cut off from supply and all communications. Overwhelmed by illness and fatigue, they must make their way through the most unforgiving terrain on earth. After three days they emerge from the jungle exhausted to the point of collapse. But on learning that they will soon be overrun, they pick themselves up and return to the nightmare of battle. Based on a true story.
Young, privileged Alex Bennett is charged with the murder of his friend, Nigel Colby. When forensic psychologist Sally Rowe delves into their world of secrets and games, she discovers that although dead, Nigel's power over Alex is far from diminished.
A married couple take a camping trip to a remote beach to heal their savagely wounded relationship, but prove as destructive and lethal to the world around them as they are to themselves. Mother Nature has a dark side.
Brent, grieving after the recent loss of his father, politely declines an invitation to the school formal from Lola, the quietest girl in school. Devastated by the rejection, Lola and her overly protective father kidnap Brent and force him to endure a macabre formal of their own creation.
Despairing of ever finding love, the insecure Angelo uses a photo of his handsome brother Gino to convince a beautiful Italian girl across the sea to marry him. Gino is delighted for Angelo, until he finds out what happened. To complicate matters further, when Angelo introduces his brother to Rosetta it's love at first sight! Touching and funny, sentimental and heart-warming, this is a magical, nostalgic journey about family, destiny and the power of true love.
The Melbourne underworld, present time. Macbeth, a loyal henchman to his crime boss Duncan, is told by teenage witches that he will one day assume great power. Driven by their prophecy, he plots with his wife to kill Duncan, and takes the leadership of the gang for himself. Maintaining his power will require more murders and violence, finally driving his surviving enemies to unite and destroy him.
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
MERCY ROAD is a tense, psychological thriller about a flawed everyman (Luke Bracey) who commits an impulsive and vicious crime. In this ultimate journey to redemption, he soon learns just how far he is willing to go to save his child.
Detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to investigate the murder of a teenage girl found in a drain under the highway...
The riotous true untold story of the Ned Kelly legend.
When a freewheeling 20-something guy learns he has testicular cancer and will soon be infertile, the race is on to find someone to conceive with before it is too late. How hard can it be?
PARER'S WAR is the story of World War II frontline cameraman Damien Parer and his desperate efforts to reveal the savage truth of battle and the brutal truth of the heart
Al Pacino, Sean Connery and Arnold Schwarzenegger together on film for the first time. Well, almost...Ralph Easton has a few personal problems, he's desperately overweight, a social misfit, and a painful stutterer. Ralph's the kind of guy the nerds stole lunch money from. But Ralph's got a special talent - an ability to impersonate any Hollywood celebrity - the perfect cover to disguise his stutter.
In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares. Is it just a story, a legend, a hoax, or is it real?
A young police officer relocates to the small country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife to start a family. His first day on duty rapidly turns into a nightmare when news of a prison break sends the local law into a panic, and a convicted murderer serving life behind bars returns to the isolated outpost seeking revenge. Official selection, Berlin 2010.
Ruben Guthrie is on fire. He’s the Creative Director of a cutting-edge advertising agency, he’s engaged to a Czech supermodel and Sydney is his oyster. He pours himself a drink to celebrate, a drink to work, a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly. A brutally honest comedy about work, family and excess, RUBEN GUTHRIE taps a deep vein and asks – is it unAustralian to refuse a drink? A funny and moving act of revelation about spiralling high, crashing hard and being taken to AA by your mum.
Set in the outback wheat-belt in 1968, SEPTEMBER is a coming-of-age story about two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – whose pure and unaffected friendship falls apart under the pressures of the turbulent social changes happening around them.
As we meet best friends and professional surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones, middle age is upon them and their children are getting older – but they can’t stop exploring the globe for that elusive rush of adrenaline and thrill of danger, in search of the ultimate wave. Using state-of-the-art 3D technology, and narrated by Toni Collette, STORM SURFERS 3D is a visually stunning, inspiring and epic cinematic adventure that follows two men who refuse to put their youth behind them, setting out on a quest to hunt down and ride some of the most deadly waves in the Southern Ocean.
From internationally renowned writer director Ben Elton comes THREE SUMMERS, an ensemble comedy that embraces the diversity of modern Australia. At a summer music festival, the feisty lead singer of an Irish folk band (Rebecca Breeds) meets a folk-music-hating Theremin player (Robert Sheehan) and sparks literally fly. Characters surrounding this awkward romance include a fiercely Aussie Morris Dancer (Michael Caton), an Indigenous dance troupe, a group of wine-loving empty nesters, a power tripping security guard, a wannabe girl rock band and some musical asylum seekers. In fact, all manner of stories collide under the meddling eye of community radio super star, Queenie (Magda Szubanski), who welcomes the campers back three summers in a row for a folking good time.
The outback once again becomes a place of mind-bending, horror, action and suspense as another unwitting backpacker becomes prey for crazed, serial killing pig-shooter, Mick Taylor.
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