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At first glance, the idea of Natalie Portman playing Jackie Kennedy seems like stunt casting. Although she has played numerous roles in her long career, nothing about Portman suggests the former First Lady. The process of using a well-known movie actor to play another famous person is always something of a trick. The substitution of one famous set of features for another requires the skill of the ...

LAST CAB TO DARWIN is about a taxi driver called Rex (Michael Caton). Rex is in his 70s and has lived in Broken Hill all his life. His life is mostly simple. He drives people around in his cab and he looks after a dog called “Dog”. The only complicated bit of his existence is the relationship with his neighbor Polly (Ningali Lawford-Wolf). They spar verbally. She is more than ready to list his sho...

GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF is a feature length documentary about Scientology made by Alex Gibney. It examines the experiences of high profile ex-Scientologist screenwriter Paul Haggis (Quantum of Solace, Million Dollar Baby) as well as detailing the life of Scientology founder and science fiction author L.Ron Hubbard. The birth, growth and subsequent controversies surroundin...

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. If you’re a visitor to this planet (like the demi-god Thor) you may be unaware that Marvel’s AVENGERS are about to assemble at your local multiplex. The new movie is a culmination of the recent cycle of superhero movies: IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK (2008), IRON MAN...