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CertificationPG
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Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...
Certification15
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An excellent sequel to the Australian coming-of-age film "The Year My Voice Broke". Danny is now an outsider at boarding school where he falls for an African girl from the near-by girl's school. They manage to sustain a relationship with hilarious and charming consequences, capturing the goose-bumps, grunts, giggles and gorgeous rapture of teenage love. Taylor is a jowly delight, while 16-year-old newcomer Newton throws savage glances and sensuous smiles with the assured air of a seasoned profes
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CertificationPG
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Two sprinters whose friendly rivalry leads not to the Olympic track but to the World War I battlefront of Gallipoli, a name which even after all these years brings tears to Australians, a place where naive young men were lured to their deaths. A military balls-up of epic proportions, movingly portrayed.
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Certification15
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Sandy is a loud, abrupt, forthright geologist, used to being listened to and more than capable of handling herself in a man's world; Hiromitsu is a Japanese businessman and possible client, and when they find themselves, at his insistence, journeying deep into the Australian desert, Hiromitsu's disdain for his opinionated host becomes quickly apparent. As events unfold the pair's mutual dislike slowly transforms into a friendship, but an unforeseen event is about to shatter both Hiromitsu's and
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Certification15
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Detective Leon Zat is assigned the case of a woman who has disappeared, but the further he delves the more complicated things become and the more people appear to be involved. The web of deceit seems to revolve around infidelity and the deeper Leon delves the more his trawl through humanity begins to affect his own personal world. Lantana is a grippingly intelligent psychological thriller, superbly performed and hypnotically atmospheric.
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Certification15
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Small-town girl Muriel is fat, frumpy, belittled by friends and family and absolutely desperate to get married. When she seizes a chance to hit the bright lights of Sydney, she's well on the way to changing her own destiny. Wickedly funny and often cruelly sad, but always hugely enjoyable. A delight!
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CertificationU
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Charting the conflict of ambition versus passion in a young girl in turn-of-the-century Austrailia. A beautiful film from an ambitious female director exploring the memoirs of a woman who wanted it all in a world that would not allow it and her struggle to achieve her dreams. Recommended viewing.
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CertificationPG
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Australia's dark secret of institutionalist eugenics gets an impressive and heartfelt celluloid airing in this adaptation of Doris Pilkington Garimara's book, a story based around the astonishing real life journey of three young girls, removed from their true Aboriginal families and transplanted to a boarding school/prison to be trained as domestic servants (from whence it was hoped they would quietly blend into white society), and their 1,500 mile trek home with only a rabbit proof fence to gui
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Certification15
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Geoffrey Rush won a much deserved Oscar for his portrayal of Aussie pianist David Helfgott. A dazzling drama, following David's rejection by his dad after enrolling at London's Royal College of Music, his subsequent descent into madness and the touching love affair which would be his redemption.
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CertificationPG
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Despite a very simple story, this turns out to be an excellent film full of Aussie humour and charming moments. Everything is camped to the max, the two young dancers try to win the Pan-Pacific ballroom championships, despite fierce opposition from family and colleagues to their new moves. Top!
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