Australia movies

The Boys Are Back (2009)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Australia | UK
Actors: Bastow, Tommy | Giessauf, Timothy | Glanfield, Tim | MacKay, George | McAnulty, Nicholas | Morgan, Adam | Owen, Clive | Thomson, Erik | Blake, Julia | Booth, Emma | Fraser, Laura | Gerritsen, Lynda-Maree | Jurd, Felicity | Little, Natasha | Lung, Emma
Directors: Hicks, Scott
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Inspired by a true story, THE BOYS ARE BACK is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner CLIVE OWEN) who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: “just says yes.” Raising two boys – a curious six year-old (NICHOLAS MCANULTY) and a rebel teen (GEORGE MACKAY) from a previous marriage — in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless . . . and on the constant verge of disaster. United by unspoken love, conflicted by fierce feelings and in search of a road forward, the three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up. Their story is not just about the transforming power of a family crisis — but the unavoidable grace of everyday life and love that gets them through. Academy Award® nominee Scott Hicks (”Shine”) directs from a screenplay by Allan Cubitt based on the acclaimed 2001 memoir by Simon Carr, The Boys Are Back, an unflinchingly funny and honest recounting of his journey from grieving husband to full-contact fatherhood in the aftermath of profound loss. Shot on location in the stunning countryside of South Australia, the film is produced by Greg Brenman (”Billy Elliot”) and Tim White (”Ned Kelly”). The executive producers are Peter Bennett-Jones and Clive Owen.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Downey Jr., Robert | Law, Jude | McAdams, Rachel | Strong, Mark | Marsan, Eddie | Care, Andrew | Child, Sam | Currie, James | Egan, Joe | Ewens, Martin | Fox, James | Garrick, David | Hope, William | Houston, William | Maillet, Robert
Directors: Ritchie, Guy
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After finally catching serial killer and occult “sorcerer” Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner’s new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic – and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

Wake in Fright (1971)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Pleasence, Donald | Bond, Gary | Rafferty, Chips | Kay, Sylvia | Thompson, Jack | Whittle, Peter | Thomas, Al | Meillon, John | Armstrong, John | DeGrey, Slim | Dence, Maggie | Erskine, Norm | Moase, Owen | Dalleen, John | Fiddess, Buster
Directors: Kotcheff, Ted
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Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But his one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left…

My Brilliant Career (1979)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Davis, Judy | Neill, Sam | Hughes, Wendy | Grubb, Robert | Cullen, Max | Britton, Aileen | Whitford, Peter | Kennedy, Patricia | Hopgood, Alan | Blake, Julia | Franklin, David | Shad, Marion | Wood, Aaron | Davies, Sue | Piper, Gordon
Directors: Armstrong, Gillian
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The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man (Harry played by Niel) whom she loves, but rejects it in order to maintain her independence, preferring to take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbor to whom her father owes money.

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA
Actors: Ben-Yishai, Ron | Dayag, Ronny | Harazi, Dror | Lazarov, Yehezkel | Leon, Mickey | Sivan, Ori | Solomon, Zahava
Directors: Folman, Ari
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One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: Australia
Actors: Steen, Suzie | Anderson, Sam | Cao, Chi | Choi, Robin | Fuller, Laurence | Greenwood, Bruce | Guo, Chengwu | Hall, Tony | Heathcote, Steven | Hoang, Ferdinand | Kirby, Christopher | Li, Yang | MacLachlan, Kyle | Meadows, Ian | Thompson, Jack
Directors: Beresford, Bruce
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A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

Malibu Shark Attack (2009)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Genres: Sci-Fi
Countries: Australia
Actors: Wilson, Peta | Broadway, Remi | Byrnes, Joel Amos | Christie, Warren | Cooper, Nicholas G. | Gannon, Jeff | McKay, Mungo | McQueen, Evert | West, Daniel | Bowen, Renee | Cullen, Brooke | Salomaa, Sonya | Simmons, Chelan
Directors: Lister, David
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An underwater earthquake generates a tsunami that strikes Malibu, bringing a hunting pack of prehistoric-looking goblin sharks to the surface. Although the beach is evacuated before the big wave strikes, a group of lifeguards and a crew of construction workers are stranded in the high water and have to fight the sharks to get to dry land.

Triangle (2009)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Australia | UK
Actors: Dorman, Michael | Hemsworth, Liam | McIvor, Joshua | Nixon, Henry | Carpani, Rachael | George, Melissa | Lung, Emma
Directors: Smith, Christopher
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When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship Jess is convinced she’s been on before. The ship appears deserted, the clock on board has stopped, but they are not alone… Someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one. And Jess unknowingly holds the key to end the terror.

$9.99 (2008)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Genres: Animation
Countries: Australia | Israel
Actors: Ber, Josef | Budge, Tom | Edgerton, Joel | Ford, Leon | Johnson, Samuel | Katsamatsas, Jamie | LaPaglia, Anthony | Mendelsohn, Ben | Nixon, Henry | Otto, Barry | Rush, Geoffrey | Karvan, Claudia | Walsman, Leeanna
Directors: Rosenthal, Tatia
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A jobless 28-year-old residing in an apartment with his single father discovers the meaning of life for a bargain-basement price in this stop-motion animation film featuring the voices of Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, and Geoffrey Rush. Dave has made it his mission to discover the meaning of life, so when he stumbles across a book claiming to answer just that question for the low, low price of just $9.99, he can’t help but make an impulse purchase. Much to his surprise, the book contains all the answers he’s been searching for, a revelation that compels him to share this newfound information with his neighbors — an eccentric bunch whose stories gradually intertwine to offer a revealing portrait of their hopes, loves, and spiritual beliefs.

Daybreakers (2009)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Hawke, Ethan | Dafoe, Willem | Bradford, Jack | Byrnes, Joel Amos | Coleman, Gavin | Colosimo, Vince | Dorman, Michael | Fauria, Eddie L. | Finden, Mark | Kirby, Christopher | Knijnenburg, David | Laga'aia, Jay | McKay, Mungo | Neill, Sam | Sonkkila, Paul
Directors: Spierig, Michael
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In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.