Australia movies

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.

The Boys Are Back (2009)

Saturday, February 27th, 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.

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.

Thirst (1979)

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia
Actors: Contouri, Chantal | Cameron, Shirley | Phipps, Max | Silva, Henry | Mullinar, Rod | Hemmings, David | Sturgess, Rosie | Thompson, Robert | Pym, Walter | Muggleton, Amanda | Pinkus, Lulu | Milne, Chris | Gordon, Jacqui | Christensen, Val | O'Brien, Glenys
Directors: Hardy, Rod
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The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the “blood cows” (read: people) kept at the “dairy farm”, and they try to get her to join them.

Daybreakers (2009)

Saturday, February 6th, 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.

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)

Friday, February 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Philippines
Actors: Hauser, Wings | Ermey, R. Lee | Arevalo, Robert | Neely, Mark | Hershberger, Gary | Jones, Clyde | Gerard, Margi | Kuhlman, Richard | Calvin, John | Popwell, Albert | Cruz, Michael | Hauser, Erich | Romero, Guel | Wilson, Don
Directors: Trenchard-Smith, Brian
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The film’s thin veneer of social propriety (the story of how the VietCong came under Hanoi’s control) is merely a cover for a rolicking old-time battle tale, complete with a hard-tack sergeant, his rebellious sidekick, and a demoralized base that needs to be whipped into shape before the VietCong attack.

Beauty and the Beast (2009)

Monday, January 25th, 2010
Genres:
Countries: Australia
Actors: Benson, Robby | Corti, Jesse | Everhart, Rex | Lansbury, Angela | O'Hara, Paige | Orbach, Jerry | Pierce, Bradley | Stiers, David Ogden | White, Richard | Worley, Jo Anne | Bergman, Mary Kay | Cummings, Brian | Epstein, Alvin | Jay, Tony | Murphy, Alec
Directors: Trousdale, Gary | Wise, Kirk
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A dark twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between beautiful Belle and the feared forest Beast. As villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the real killer the power-hungry witch’s malevolent troll.

Lucky Country (2009)

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Genres: Thriller | Western
Countries: Australia
Actors: Young, Aden | Wallace, Toby | Miller, Pip | Mangan Lawrence, Hanna | Pigot, Neil | Farren, Eamon | Menzies, Robert | Bakaitis, Helmut | McCarthy, Tammy
Directors: Stenders, Kriv
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1902….the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom’s beloved father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat’s dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father, believes they are providence. But their presence becomes more menacing when one of them reveals a secret: he’s found gold. As the lure of gold infects everyone around him the cabin becomes a psychological battleground in which Tom’s loyalty is put to the ultimate test.