John Batchelor – MRQE

Chasing Comets

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Wagga is a country town that loves its sport but is divided over its loyalty for the rival codes, AFL and NRL. It’s in this setting that we find our hero Chase Daylight, whose dream to play in the professional Rugby League is falling by the wayside, just like his relationship to Brooke. At his lowest point, Chase takes a leap of faith to sort out his life. But living this out is a far greater challenge than he imagined, especially among team mates who won’t let him give up his partying ways without a fight. Chase’s leap of faith might possibly be the worst decision ever he has ever made.

Red Dog

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

The Tender Hook

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story is about Iris’ rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.

Danny Deckchair

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town’s only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soul mate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny’s true identity is revealed and Trudy–now a tabloid celebrity–comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he’s discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth.

The Roly Poly Man

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a “smooth” ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he’s convinced there’s more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue