Category Archives: Cinema Screenings

Reel Anime 2013 dates announced

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Justin

The news came in on the wire today that our anime-loving friends at Madman have announced the final dates for this year’s Reel Anime 2013 festival, where they intend to showcase brand-spanking-new anime in theatres across the country.

Screening this year are:

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo — the third feature film in the re-imagining of the much-loved Neon Genesis Evangelion series.

009 RE: Cyborg — an adaptation of influential manga Cyborg 009 helmed by Kenji Kamiyama (who also … (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘Tales from the Dark I & II’ (HK)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Justin

In Australian cinemas this week is a double-bill from Hong Kong, horror anthology film Tales from the Dark and its sequel. Adapted from the horror novels by Lilian Lee (who wrote the novels that became Rouge, Farewell My Concubine, Green Snake and others), the two films comprise six stories from different directors, with a great deal of familiar talent both behind and in front of the camera.

The six directors involved are: Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, Fruit Chan, … (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘SDU: Sex Duties Unit’ (Hong Kong)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Justin

This week’s Australian cinema releases bring this Cantonese sex comedy from Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung.… (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘Man of Tai Chi’ (USA/China)

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Justin


Also slated for release in Australian cinemas this Thursday (as well as Blind Detective) is Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves’ very first film as director.… (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘Blind Detective’ (Hong Kong)

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Justin


Hot on the heels of Drug War, released here just a few months ago, comes some lighter fare from one of our favourite directors, Johnnie To. Blind Detective is a combination crime thriller and rom-com from Hong Kong starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng, in their forth film together for To.… (read more)

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Brissie pop-up and heads up

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Deni

There’s a little, sneaky bit of anime on your Brissie cinema screens currently, in the form of the Palace Centro’s Pop-up Manga Film Fest. So they may not know the difference between manga and anime, but that’s no reason not to go and check out their final weekend comprising of From Up on Poppy Hill on Friday night (with English subs) or, if you have some little people whom you’re trying to induct into all things J-culture, the classic … (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘Badges of Fury’ (China/HK)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Justin

According to the Facebook page for distributor Dream Movie, this Thursday 27 June sees the Australian cinema release for Chinese action film Badges of Fury starring Jet Li and Wen Zhang, who previously teamed up in drama Ocean Heaven and demon-hunting actioner The Sorcerer and the White Snake.… (read more)

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This week in cinemas: ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (South Korea)

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Justin

Arriving this week in cinemas via Dream Movie is South Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7. It looks like a feel-good family comedy, but with a rather unusual setup: the wrongful imprisonment of a mentally-challenged man for murder.

The film stars Ryoo Seung-ryong and Park Shin-hye, and has done very well domestically — it’s number three for all-time box office in Korea right now, with more than twelve million tickets sold.

Here’s a trailer:

http://youtu.be/C2t-fnXY7ss

It’s screening at … (read more)

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