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2008

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Movie Of The Week

Thursday January 31, 2008
OUT OF THE PAST (1947) ABC, Thursday 1.20am

Critic's View

Saturday January 26, 2008
The Lake House Movie One, 6.50pm

Cheap Tix

Tuesday January 22, 2008
See Sweeney Todd (MA15+) or any other movie during January and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Glendale or Greater Union Newcastle.

The Daily Dozen

Monday January 21, 2008
Q What is your favourite movie of all time? Kristen Willis, Horsley I Love Huckabees. A great existentialist film.

Cheap Tix

Tuesday January 15, 2008
See Cloverfield or any other movie during January and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Glendale or Greater Union Newcastle.

Dresses Not A Good Fit

Monday January 14, 2008
27 DRESSES (PG)

Critical Condition

Saturday January 12, 2008
One of my sisters takes a very scientific approach to movie watching.

Critic's View

Saturday January 12, 2008
The Blair Witch Project Movie Extra, 9.30pm

Small Talk

Friday January 11, 2008
TOM Hanks attended the premiere of his new movie and outed himself as an unlikely Aston Villa soccer fan. Hanks, 51, stars alongside Julie Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War, based on a true story of what is described as the most successful covert operation in history. The Forrest Gump actor plays playboy congressman Wilson, who secretly assisted rebels in Afghanistan in their war with the soviets. But the actor swapped politics for English football by wearing an Aston ...

Radio

Thursday January 10, 2008
Lingua Franca, 3.45pm, Radio National: A modicum of restraint is all it takes to avoid taboo subjects or intemperate remarks. So why can't cricketers hold their tongues and modify their language like the rest of us? In a program entitled Frequent Coarse Language, the niceties of self-censorship are disgust ... &*!^?# ... er ... discussed. In Movie Time, at 7pm, Julie Rigg looks at Ridley Scott's crime epic American Gangster , a film in which coarse language is par for the coarse. Is it an ...

Cheap Tix

Tuesday January 8, 2008
See American Gangster or any other movie during January and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Glendale or Greater Union Newcastle.

Odd Spot

Monday January 7, 2008
Using a tactic from a 1991 movie called Fight Back to School, a Hong Kong police officer posed as a 15-year-old schoolboy for four months to trap gangsters recruiting students. The officer provided information leading to the arrest of 117 people.

Bee Movie

Sunday January 6, 2008
3/5 BEE MOVIE (G, 91 minutes) On general release

Small Talk

Wednesday January 2, 2008
MOVIEGOERS have voted Norbit, a slapstick comedy starring Eddie Murphy, above, as the worst movie of the year in an online poll by AOL website Moviefone. The flick also gave voters the runaway pick for worst effort by an actor in Murphy's portrayal of three leading roles. Finishing second for the biggest waste of $10 spent on a movie ticket was Lindsay Lohan's film, Georgia Rule. The starlet, herself, won the gong for the year's worst performance by an actress, with 58 per cent of the 3.8 million ...

Cheap Tix

Tuesday January 1, 2008
See I am Legend or any other movie during January and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Glendale or Greater Union Newcastle.

Creature Feature

Tuesday January 1, 2008
One of the most famous animated animals in cinema is Simba, the Lion, who was the star of the famous Disney film The Lion King. Just like in the movie, lions live in family groups called prides.