Luke Ford – MRQE

Animal Kingdom

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

Joshua J is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by Js scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Charlie’s Country

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he’s out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don’t generally make much sense, and Charlie’s kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

The King Is Dead

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A happy, unsuspecting couple, Max (Dan Wyllie) and Therese (Bojana Novakovic), buy a house in what appears to be a quiet, friendly neighbourhood. Settling in well, they make friends with a nice family on one side and soon meet a more interesting family on the other side. But interesting soon becomes loud and loud soon becomes intolerable. When the intolerable becomes violent and the police are powerless, Max and Therese attempt to take matters into their own hands.

Face to Face

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Face to Face is adapted from David Williamson’s play of the same name which is in turn based on the transcripts from real conflict resolution sessions. The story is about a young scaffold construction worker who is charged with assaulting his boss. By the end of the film, all our assumptions about guilt and blame are turned on their heads. As 10 people sit in a room discussing the turn of events that brought our protagonist to breaking point, twists and surprises reveal that all is not quite as simple as it seems. Michael Rymer directs his screen adaptation of ‘Face to Face’ (written by Australian playwright David Williamson), as an ensemble piece about 10 very dissimilar Australians bound together by a complex pattern of relationships and shared histories. Hysterically funny and deeply moving, each character’s role in the drama peels back another layer as the story digs down to the roots of who these people really are.

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.

Ghost Machine

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two technicians battle a vengeful spirit that has infected their stolen military software.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Archaeologist Rick O’Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who’s returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O’Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called ‘Dragon Emperor’ and his abuse of supernatural power.

The Black Balloon

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Thomas is turning 16. His dad’s in the army and they’ve just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who’s autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother’s keeper, or is Charlie’s disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?

Kokoda

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.