Simon Lyndon – MRQE

The Glenmoore Job (TV)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Warren steps out of prison and straight into a self-help group whose idea of therapy is to play board games. But if he has to humour these weirdos so the cops will leave him alone while he does a ‘job’ for a mate on the inside, then ‘roll the dice…’

Valentine’s Day (TV)

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the mould of The Full Monty and Brassed Off, VALENTINE’S DAY is a tale of hope and redemption. Ben Valentine (Rhys Muldoon) has totally lost his way in the world when he finds himself in a strange country town. With a sentence of 200 hours of community service, Valentine must coach the town’s ‘no-hoper’ football team, who are teetering on the brink of demise. If the team don’t win three out of the next four games, they’ll be merged with their arch rivals and the town will also lose its precious pie factory. Valentine is embraced, heart and soul by the townsfolk. This one-time drifter learns how to live and hope again – and so does the town.

Caught Inside

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A group of surfers arrives in a remote spot off the Australian coast, and the isolation and pressure push one person over the edge, leading to a violent outburst and a fight for survival.

Pad u raj

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

A half-mad patriot who shot Avax from the roof of his house captures its American pilot during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. The hostage gets romantically involved with his sister while unsuccessfully trying to escape.

Chopper

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

The true and infamous story of Australia’s notorious criminal Mark ‘Chopper’ Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Sample People

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

Sample People is an upbeat dramatic thriller that follows four groups of Sydney-siders as they seek escape routes over one sweltering weekend. ‘Len the dreamer’ who stutters shyly just wants the gorgeous DJ Lush Puppy. Sem is a funky musician who has a premonition warning him that his girlfriend, Cleo, is in danger. He just wants to get them both out of their inner-city world. Andy is the charismatic drifter who’s conned his way through life and stolen money from his boss, TT. He just wants to head up the coast with TT’s girlfriend, Jess, but seems to be falling deeper into a love triangle of drugs and delusion. Finally, there’s Joey, a TV affected homeboy, who reveals to his best friend Gus that he’s got a gun and will use it sooner or later. The inevitable moment will arrive whin his violent gangster fantisies become reality. As the lives of our heroes become dramatically entwined, the consequences of their actions ricochet off each other.

Dust Off the Wings

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In his world sex is everything (if you don’t count surfing, drugs and his mates). She’s not so keen on his mates, but… she hasn’t tried them all yet.

Blackrock

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

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she’s found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl’s morality. The students’ parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared’s cracking under the pressure.

Fresh Air

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Fresh Air, which focuses on ordinary moments of everyday life, is an original hybrid of urban comedy and kitchen-sink drama. It is also a realistic depiction of relationships among lovers, friends, and family in the multi-cultural environment of a big city. The protagonists are three thirty-something housemates with artistic aspirations.