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Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum talk their new film The Vow

The Vow

A top Hollywood pair combines for an inspiring love story, writes Peter Mitchell

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Suzan Beraza's Bag It documentary asks is your life too plastic?

Bag It

CAFNEC, ACF and End Credits Film Club host a thought-provoking film screening this Saturday night.

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo gets Hollywood remake

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

To say there's been an intense amount of pressure on the English remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an understatement.

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Jason Segel and Kermit The Frog talk The Muppets, in cinemas nationwide today

The Muppets Movie

It ain't easy finding a green actor in Hollywood, writes Caris Bizacca

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Movie review: Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked takes on Cast Away with animated flare

Chipwrecked

A Sarah Palin joke? A Charlie Sheen wisecrack? Is this a Chipmunks movie or a Letterman monologue?

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Boxing Day Movie: Steven Spielberg directs family epic War Horse

War Horse

Over the decades Steven Spielberg has directed sharks in Jaws, aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, but nothing matched the magic he shared with non-human cast members on the set of his new film, War Horse.

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Boxing Day Movie review: Tower Heist starring Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Tea Leoni

Tower Heist

Tower Heist is an ensemble, and a strong one at that, led by Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck and Tea Leoni.

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Boxing Day Movie review: The Adventures Of Tintin 3D + Official trailer

The Adventures Of Tintin 3D

In the hands of filmmaking dream team Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, The Adventures of Tintin is a delightful, no-holds-barred 3D adventure that does justice to Herge's beloved books.

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Boxing Day Movie review: Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson star in We Bought A Zoo + Official Trailer

We Bought A Zoo

Brace yourself ... in the imaginatively titled We Bought a Zoo, a widowed father played by Matt Damon, buys a zoo.

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Win The Adventures Of Tintin tickets and merchandise

The Adventures Of Tintin Translator

To celebrate the release of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's The Adventures Of Tintin in 3D, Birch Carroll and Coyle and Event Cinemas have two great Tintin prize packs to give away.

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Win The Muppets prizes and family passes to exclusive preview screening on January 7

Kermit The Frog The Muppets

Get your hands on some cool prizes and a chance to score a sneak peak at one of 2012's hottest family movies, The Muppets.

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Sydney Travelling Film Festival at Event Cinemas Cairns City from Friday-Sunday

Chad Morgan Sydney Film Festival

Cairns gets a little taste of Australia's best film festival this weekend, as Grafton St's Event Cinemas play host to the Sydney Travelling Film Festival from tonight to Sunday.

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Actor Shane Jacobson talks new Australian-French animation Santa's Apprentice

Santa's Apprentice

Australian Shane Jacobson ditches fast cars and portaloos to voice the one and only Santa Claus, writes Jesse Kuch 

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Indigenous film star spreads good will

THERE was a time when indigenous film star Dean Daley-Jones would use his fists to resolve conflict, but now he's using words to give Aboriginal men hope for the future.

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Movie review: In Time starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfriend and Olivia Wilde

In Time

Imagine living in a future, where, quite literally, time is money.

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The world's best short films at Flickerfest in Trinity Beach

Flickerfest

Flickerfest, Australia's only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival kicks off the summer cinema season under the stars at Trinity Beach, screening some of the best short films from Australia and the world in 2011.

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Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3, the prequel to both one and two, traces back to the origins of the sisters, Katie (star of the first movie) and Kristi (star of the second movie), and their childhood dramas that have followed them through to adulthood.

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Director Simon Wincer talks about his new Australian film The Cup

The Cup

The Cup Is based on the true story of Damien Oliver who lost his brother just days before he was due to ride in the Melbourne Cup. Director Simon Wincer Gives us A glimpse behind the scenes.

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Radical Reels brings the best extreme films from Banff Mountain Film Festival to Cairns

Radical Reels

Some of the world's wildest extreme sports go on show at the Civic Theatre this weekend for Radical Reels 

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National Film and Sound Archive presents Big Screen Australian Film Festival in Cairns, Tully and Babinda

Cane Toads The Conquest

Big Screen Australian Film Festival has been touring to Far North Queensland since 2001 and you can celebrate its 10th year of touring at Babinda's delightful Munro Picture Theatre, see a film under the stars at Cairns Botanic Gardens or enjoy a free screening at Tully.

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School holiday film festival under way at Event Cinemas, Rodeo Drive-In and Moonlight Cinemas

Zookeeper

The school holiday movie season has landed with a splash, with a bumper crop of family-friendly flicks to keep the kids happy over the break.

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Movie Review: The Smurfs 3D

The Smurfs

Does Hollywood's reboot of the 1980s and 90s cartoon franchise live up to the hype?

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Win Spy Kids 4D - All The Time In The World prize packs and preview tickets

Spy Kids 4D

timeOUT and cairns.com.au are joining forces with Event Cinemas Cairns for an exclusive Spy Kids 4D preview screening.

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Movie review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Wipe those tears, Harry Potter fans, it's time to say goodbye. The Hogwarts phenomenon comes to a spectacular close in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, the second film based on the final book in J.K. Rowling's game-changing series of fantasy novels. 

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Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, Limitless and Grease Sing-A-Long at Moonlight Cinema in Port Douglas

Kung Fu Panda 2

Grab a bean bag and head to Port Douglas for Moonlight Cinema this week

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Transformers: Dark Of The Moon film review

Transformers Dark Of The Moon Bumblebee

With more exploding buildings, transforming heavy machinery and weapons of mass destruction than you can poke a stick at, Michael Bay's third instalment of his Transformers franchise exploded on to cinema screens across the globe last week.

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Alpine adventures

Banff Mountain

Hot on the heels of the largest and most prestigious mountain festival in the world, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has hit the road again with stops planned in more than 360 communities and 30 countries across the globe.

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Movie Review: Mrs Carey's Concert

Mrs Carey's Concert is a documentary about the journey of a girls' school as they rehearse for a musical performance at the Sydney Opera House in 2009.

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Movie Review: Cane Toads - The Conquest

There's a new star in Australia who may not yet have a trailer on set but he's well fed and watered and some would say reasonably venerated.

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Cairns Adventure Film Festival

Cairns Adventure Film Festival

Cairns Adventure Film Festival is Australasia's only dedicated extreme and adventure sports film festival and competition taking place over three days this week at the Centre Of Contemporary Arts in Cairns and AJ Hackett at Smithfield.  

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Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace gets 3D rework

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Star Wars received a 3D conversion, writes Caris Bizzaca MORE


The Dark Knight Rises in production

The Dark Knight Rises

Production has begun on Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures' The Dark Knight Rises, the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

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Mad affair

Mad Bastards

From the rugged wilderness of Western Australia to Sundance Film Festival, Mad Bastards is an Aussie film at its best, writes Denise Carter.

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Mad Bastards movie review

Mad Bastards

Denise Carter finds out whether new Australian film Mad Bastards is worth its salt...

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Foo Fighters ... in 3D!

Foo Fighters

Check out super rockers Foo Fighters in full 3D flight this weekend at Birch Carroll & Coyle's new Vmax cinema on Grafton St.

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Cairns Adrenaline Film Festival is go!

White Water Raft

Australia's only dedicated adventure film festival rolls into Cairns from May 26-29.

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From Cairns to Cannes... filmmaker Jeffrey Anderson's journey

THE Fall of Erebus marks the triumphant rise for one young filmmaker from Cairns to Cannes.

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Lost at sea

The Reef

Denise Carter tackles her fear of sharks to chat to the director and star of new Aussie film The Reef.

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Aussies on the march

A Heartbeat Away

There is an Australian invasion happening in Hollywood and it's our youngest stars leading the charge.

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Movie review: The Reef

The Reef

The Reef is an independent, Australian-made survival horror/thriller about a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Townsville.

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Movie Review: The Reef

The Reef is an independent Australian-made survival horror/thriller about a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Townsville.

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Movie review: I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

Michael Bay's latest effort as producer is great popcorn fun.

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Win tickets to 127 Hours

127 Hours

Acclaimed UK director Danny Boyle is back with his new film 127 Hours hitting cinemas nationwide last week amid a swag of Academy Award nominations.

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Journey into the unknown

The Brown Note Theory

English director Danny Boyle seems like he can put no foot wrong lately.

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Life after death

Hereafter

With the legendary Clint Eastwood in his 80th year (81 in May), it's not a huge stretch to understand why he is approaching subject matter like the afterlife.

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In a tangle

Tangled

The directors of Disney's animated smash Tangled give Jesse Kuch the lowdown on one of the year's true family favourites.

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Win timeOUT's golden ticket this Boxing Day

Jack Black

Jack Black has pulled some hefty roles but still remembers his humble beginnings, writes Vicky Roach

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Win The Golden Ticket this Boxing Day at the movies

Jack Black

timeOUT and Birch Carroll and Coyle Cairns Cinemas are giving one lucky family the chance to win a massive Christmas present at the movies.

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Narnia dream comes true

Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

The sky is the limit for 10-year-old Ipswich actress Arabella Morton, writes Denise Carter

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Harry Potter : Movie Review

<strong> Harry Potter : </strong> Daniel Radcliffe in the first part of the Deathly Hallows series.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I hit cinema screens with a blast early this morning (Nov 18) with none of the pre-supposed dragging of drama in the lead up to the ultimate fight destined for the second part next year.  

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Film festival

Sydney Travelling Film Festival

From romance to comedy, feel-good to controversial, the Sydney Travelling Film Festival has a little something for everybody

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Rock n' roll horror show

<strong> Meet the cast : </strong> Robin McLeavy, director Sean Byrne, and Victoria Thaine

"Is it finger-lickin' good," Lola asks, as she offers a leg of chicken to her prom date.  

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