Controversial BBC documentary about the building of the Opera House is an unflattering dissection of Australia’s national psyche. More recently, Autopsy on a Dream (ABC1, Sunday 20 October), a controversial BBC television documentary, commissioned in 1968 by David Attenborough and long assumed to have been deliberately destroyed, was located in the Beeb’s deeper vaults after lying unseen for 45 years.
There’s no doubt about it: the UFC has assembled one hell of a fight card for this coming Saturday night. One of the most important UFC heavyweight title fights of all time will take place, top international prospects will make their UFC debuts, top contenders will compete in bouts of significance and much more.
Action from the event at the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas, where the UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos was the main event.
There’s no doubt about it: the UFC has assembled one hell of a fight card for this coming Saturday night. One of the most important UFC heavyweight title fights of all time will take place, top international prospects will make their UFC debuts, top contenders will compete in bouts of significance and much more.
Revolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.
Uncle Snoop hosts the annual gala honoring hip-hop artists. Slated performers include Rick Ross; Meek Mill; 2 Chainz; Kendrick Lamar; Slaughterhouse; and Lil Kim.
The Bradley vs Marquez match is one of the most awaited fight this year and also a must see fight in Las Vegas Nevada. The four-weight world champion Juan Manuel Marquez is set to challenge The WBO Welterweight Champion Timothy Bradley this coming October 12, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hyde Park 2013 comes almost 44 years to the day after the Rolling Stones first invited 200,000 fans to listen to them for free in a legendary concert at the central London park on 5 July 1969, only two days after the tragic death of founder member Brian Jones – a landmark event, now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant moments in modern music history. Featuring their greatest hits from across their career, plus a special appearance by former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor – who made his debut with the band at Hyde Park in 1969 – Hyde Park 2013 takes the huge success of the Rolling Stones’ 50 and Counting anniversary celebrations into a second year, and follows an acclaimed Glastonbury appearance – their debut performance at the festival in a career spanning 50 years. Directed by Paul Dugdale, this 19 camera HD shoot in front of 65,000 fans captures just why the Rolling Stones are still the greatest live rock ‘n’ roll band after all these years. Highlights include Gimme Shelter, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, You Can’t Always Get What You Want and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
Based on the novel, Silent Parts, by John Charalambous, An Accidental Soldier is about an Australian soldier who flees the carnage of the Western Front and finds refuge with a French woman in a remote farmhouse. Harry Lambert is a shy, thirty five year old Australian soldier, working as a baker behind the lines. He is a gentle man, a reluctant soldier, but a man like many who has been shamed by his local community into joining up. But when he is called into the front line Harry decides to run, finding refuge in a farmhouse owned by Colombe Jacotot, a Frenchwoman in her forties whose husband has abandoned her and whose son has recently been killed. Forced to work in an ammunitions factory, Colombe too is trenchant about the war. Through her Harry will learn true courage. Through him Colombe will learn beauty. Together they will discover a love so strong that each is willing to give their life for it. An accidental soldier is a tender, at times gripping love story between two people who…
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, Child’s Pose is a riveting drama that centres on a mother’s twisted affection for her son, and the repercussions of her actions when his well-being is placed in jeopardy.
Orphaned the previous Christmas young Goose looks after his demented grandma, selling stolen goods to soft-hearted fence Frank on his Manchester estate. One Christmas Eve Goose meets Anthony, an enigmatic, fey stranger with apparent psychic powers, able to tell by touching them what people have lost, from Frank’s first edition of Oscar Wilde to a retired doctor’s wife. Hoping that its return will lead to him finding his lost dog, Goose persuades Anthony to help him retrieve a bangle he stole and ends up meeting the wife of his probation officer, whose young daughter died on the same day as Goose’s parents. But Anthony is not what he seems to be at all and is capable of changing everybody’s life for the better when his true identity is revealed.
For generations, it was an urban legend that lived in the nightmares of children. Now, the season to rejuvenate the tale will revive a town’s darkest fears. With the Scarecrow Festival on the horizon, school teacher Aaron Harris is doling out punishment for six students serving detention, including the moody Tyler, Goth girl Nikki, wrestling team captain Daevon, and straight-A student Jun. Their task: help Aaron’s girlfriend Amanda fix her family farm before it’s sold.
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