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Despicable Me Animated 3D Movie (Review)

Despicable Me is the first animated CGI film from Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment and in that light is quite decent for a first effort. I attended a media preview of Despicable Me 3D and my verdict was a solid 3 stars .

While the movie is certainly fun it relies on Looney Tunes visual stunts [...]

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Future of TV and Watching Video: Audience Shatters Into Million Pieces

When I was a kid in the early 90’s in Australia we had 5 analog free TV channels. These channels had big audiences because there was nothing else to watch except VHS tapes. DVD’s hadn’t been invented yet and home internet access was a few years away.
By the end of 2010 I’ll have 15 free [...]

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Better Off Ted – Dark Workplace Satirical Comedy (DVD Review)

If you’re a fan of Dilbert and the movie Office Space like me, chances are you’ll love the ABC America TV series Better Off Ted now out on DVD.

Better Off Ted is a dark satirical comedy which follows the bizarre life of Ted Crisp, head of an R&D department at Veridian Dynamics, a soulless amoral [...]

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Hubble 3D documentary IMAX Sydney (Review)

I’m very interested in astronomy and space so was keen to attend the media preview of Hubble 3D at IMAX Sydney several weeks before the public launch on August 12th.
The 45 minute documentary is narrated by Leonardo Decaprio, who relates the background story of the Hubble space telescope and the STS-125 Atlantis shuttle final repair [...]

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Australia Fetch TV: Broadband Internet Pay TV PVR Hands On and Unboxing (Review)

Many Australians who get broadband internet access through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Internode and iiNet will be watching Pay TV channels as well as Video on Demand movies and TV shows via their broadband internet connection within the next few months

FetchTV is a content aggregator (buying internet rights to movies, subscription channels like Discovery [...]

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Sydney Film Festival 2010 (Journeys): Cane Toads, Space Tourists and Sea Turtles

I used my Sydney Film Festival press passes to review 3 films with a “journeys” theme: “Space Tourists”, “Cane Toads: The Conquest” and “Turtle: The Incredible Journey”. This shouldn’t surprise anyone considering my other website is called Road Less Travelled

“Journey” photo credit: Neerav Bhatt

Review of “Space Tourists” documentary
As a fan of space [...]

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Voyage To The Planets (ABC TV Review) Exploring Outer Solar System

ABC TV’s new locally produced 6 part documentary series Voyage To The Planets offers the viewer a chance to imagine they have gone on a journey to explore our outer solar system, giving them a guide to what’s needed to be prepared for the trip and living on the planet.
Have you ever dreamed of going [...]

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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (Bluray Movie Review)

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is an animated movie from Sony Pictures now available on Bluray and DVD whose use of vibrant colours really shows off the capabilities of new LCD/LED/Plasma TV’s and manic pace reminiscent of old Looney Tunes cartoons will delight both children and adults who retain a child’s ability to imagine.

The [...]

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How To Train Your Dragon (IMAX 3D Movie Review)

At the beginning of this review of How To Train Your Dragon I have to make it clear that I’ve always been interested in dragons and the expectation that this movie would feature many scenes of dragons soaring through the air was enough incentive to make me go to IMAX to watch it.

“How to Train [...]

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Channel 10 and ONEHD TV Coverage of Formula 1 (F1) Racing

This is an analysis of Network 10 TV (Channel 10, ONE SD, ONE HD) exclusive Australian live TV coverage of the 2006-2015 Formula One Grand Prix World Championship (Practice & Qualifying sessions, Race Day and highlights packages) including Q&A with Host Greg Rust about the 2010 season.

In 2009 and 2010 Australians have finally been able [...]

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Why Football Fans Of The World Game Soccer Are So Passionate

GUEST ARTICLE: Australian interest in “The World Game” is likely to turn hysterical this year as the focus shifts moves from the local
A-League to the much anticipated appearance in the FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa by Australia’s Socceroos. But will that hysteria by Aussie “soccer” fans come anything close to the diehard supporters of [...]

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ONE HD and Youtube 2010 IPL 20 Twenty Cricket Indian Premier League Australian Schedule

The 2010 IPL 20/20 Tournament runs from March 12th to the final on April 25th. Network 10 has an exclusive five-year Australian TV deal to broadcast the Indian Premier League (IPL) which consists of eight teams competing in action-packed Twenty20 matches. All IPL matches will be broadcast on Australian TV by Network 10’s ONE HD [...]

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The Men Who Stare At Goats (Movie Review)

GUEST ARTICLE: Stephen Root (owner of the famous red Swingline stapler in Office Space is an iconic screen presence in his own way. And so when a movie starts off with him insisting that he has psychic powers – that he can stop a hamster’s heart – a certain type of cinemagoer is bound to [...]

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Starlight Cinema Sydney: Watch Movies Under The Stars (Review)

The sound and video quality may be great but watching movies at a standard suburban megaplex cinemas isn’t much fun anymore. In comparison watching a movie at Starlight Cinema Sydney was more of an “experience” and reminded me a lot of Broome’s outdoor deckchair cinema.

Located at North Sydney Oval, Starlight Cinema operates from January [...]

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Are Blu-ray Players and Blu-ray Movies Worth Buying?

A Blu-ray Disc (also known as BD or BluRay) is the same physical size and shape as a DVD but can store 5 to 10 times more information (25 to 50 GB data capacity) than a DVD which allows Blu-ray disks to store whole movies or several TV episodes in full 1080P high definition video, [...]

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