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CODY, OKINE & MR WILLIS: COMEDY’S BEST IN SHOW
bearded wonder their very own ambassador. No stranger to the podcast world, his latest offering ‘Crushin’ it with Nick Cody’ is gaining listeners with every ep. Matt Okine has scooped some major accolades in the past few years including an ARIA for his comedy release Live at the Enmore Theatre, and the prestigious Director’s Choice Award at the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his very personal show The Other Guy. Following the success of his live standup show, Stan announced The Other Guy as one of their new original productions for 2017. Dan Willis may have started out a computer-science geek but somehow he made the transition to comedy and hasn’t looked back! A regular at the Edinburgh Fringe and at comedy festivals around the world as a producer, promoter and resident MC. Time Out in London declared him ‘a great comedian and a wonderful performer.’ Friday at the Mullum Ex Services. Tix are $25/30 at mandynolan.com.au
Mandy Nolan presents a stand-up comedy triple header of international proportions; with UK comic, and star of the touring Best of British shows, Dan Willis as MC, with a double feature of former Triple J morning presenter, and award winning comedian Matt Okine, and one of the only Aussies to be invited to perform for Conan O’Brien’s Late Night talk show, and Comedy Central, Nick Cody. This is an absolute blitzer of a line-up that gives comedy lovers a taste of a Melbourne Comedy Festival style gala! Nick Cody has racked up rave reviews at every Aussie comedy festival, but also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Soho Theatre in London. He has also performed numerous times at the invite-only Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the New York Comedy Festival and Johannesburg Comedy Festival. Nick’s popularity abroad rose even further after making his US TV debut on Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show – the fourth Australian at that time to do so. Cody became the face of Carlton Dry after the Carlton United Breweries made the red
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WORKING WOMAN
After first premiering at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), critics and fans had nothing but praise for this film. Now, following a successful run at the MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) 2019, Working Woman will be in cinemas nationally on October 10. The film runs for 93 minutes and is in Hebrew.
While her husband struggles to keep his restaurant in business, mother of three, Orna (Liron Ben Shlush) lands a job as an assistant to a powerful, but sexually harrassing realtor and brings herself to fight back. In this absorbing drama by Michal Aviad, set in Jerusalem, the film tracks an all-too-familiar trajectory in which female ambition is met with
male abuse of power. With three young children to look after and her husband’s restaurant struggling to break even, Orna feels lucky to have landed an assistant position with a luxury real-estate development firm. She quickly proves her worth and is rewarded with a lucrative promotion. Yet Orna’s advancement is accompanied by unwanted attentions from Benny (Menashe Noy), her boss. With every professional triumph, Orna is forced to contend with another, more aggressive, come-on. She needs to tell someone — but will others feel she is complicit? Orna is smart and resourceful, but she’s no superhero; she has doubts and fears. Benny can be smug and entitled, but he also makes Orna feel genuinely valued in a way that her husband, absorbed with his own stress, does not. BOOK NOW!
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FAMILY SELECTION JOKER 122 min (MA15+) NFT Daily except Thu, Wed: 1:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00 Thu: 11:00AM, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 9:00PM Wed: 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:30 Thu Date Night Session: 7:00PM Babes in Arms Wed 11:00AM WORKING WOMAN 93 min (CTC) Adv Screenings Fri, Sat, Sun: 11:00AM ROGER WATERS US & THEM 135 min (CTC) By Popular Demand! Sun: 3:45 ABOMINABLE 97 min (G) Daily: 10:00AM, 1:45PM ANGRY BIRDS 2 97 min (PG) Daily: 11:30AM DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD 102 min (PG) Daily: 10:00AM, 4:10PM PAW PATROL: READY RACE RESCUE 45 min (G) NFT Daily: 10:15AM AD ASTRA 123 min (M) Thu, Mon, Tue, Wed: 10:45AM, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30PM Fri: 10:00AM, 3:30, 6:00PM Sat, Sun: 3:30, 6:00, 8:30PM
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UGLY DOLLS 87 min (G) Daily: 12:15PM AMAZING GRACE 88 min (G) Daily: 1:30PM BIRDS OF PASSAGE 125 min (MA15+) NFT Daily: 3:30, 6:00, 8:30PM DOWNTON ABBEY 122 min (PG) Daily except Wed: 10:15AM, 6:00 Wed: 10:15AM GOOD BOYS 90 min (MA15+) Daily: 2:10, 6:20PM HUSTLERS 109 min (CTC) Special Event Wed: 6:00PM IT: CHAPTER 2 169 min (MA15+) Daily except Sun, Wed: 12:30PM LA SCALA: MANON LESCAUT 155 min (CTC) Sun: 1:00PM Wed: 11:00AM METALLICA AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M2 150 min (CTC) Special Event Wed: 7:00PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 161 min (MA15+) Daily except Sun: 3:45, 8:15PM Sun: 8:15PM
PALACE ENCORE: THE EXORCIST 123 min (MA15+) Horror Month Fri: 8:30PM PALM BEACH 97 min (M) Daily except Sat, Sun: 4:00PM RAMBO: LAST BLOOD 100 min (R18+) Daily: 1:15PM RIDE LIKE A GIRL 96 min (PG) Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue: 10:15AM, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30PM Fri: 4:00, 6:15, 8:30PM Sun: 10:50AM, 4:15, 6:30, 8:40 Wed: 2:15, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40PM SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK 107 min (M) Daily: 12:45, 8:30PM THE FAREWELL 100 min (PG) Daily: 11:00AM THE GOLDFINCH 149 min (M) NFT Daily except Thu: 3:00, 7:00PM Thu: 3:00, 7:30PM THE LION KING 2019 118 min (PG) Daily: 12:00PM THE NIGHTINGALE 136 min (MA15+) Daily except Sun, Wed: 10:30AM
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Winner of Best Comedy at the Nastri d’Argento Awards, this witty romcom with a huge heart is a fresh and spirited Rome-set portrait of the complications of young love caught between very different beliefs.
Direct from its Locarno Film Festival premiere, Ginevra Elkann’s Italo-French co-pro is a gentle and honest exploration of a broken family, that boasts an ensemble cast including Alba Rohrwache.
WED-SUN SESSIONS (ALL NFT) ORDINARY HAPPINESS (M) Wed 11:00am, Fri 6:30pm, Sun 5:50pm THE CHAMPION (M) Wed 1:30pm THE MAYOR: ITALIAN POLITICS 4 DUMMIES (15+) Wed 6:20pm THE ARMADILLO'S PROPHECY (15+) Wed 8:30pm I'M NOT A KILLER (M) Thu 1:30pm THE VICE OF HOPE (M) Thu 6:20pm
THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (MA15+) Thu 8:30pm PROMISED (PG) Fri 1:30pm TOMORROW'S A NEW DAY (M) Fri 8:40pm AMAZING LEONARDO (ALL) Sat 1:30pm 10 DAYS WITHOUT MAMMA (M) Sat 4:15 IF ONLY (M) Sat 6:30pm BANGLA (M) Sat 8:45pm 1900 [RESTORED] (R18+) Sun 11:30am TWIN FLOWER (M) Sun 8:00pm
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ARIES: Aries’ cosmic custodian Mars returns to your relationship ring this week, after two years on the astral circuit. For the coming month-and-a-half you’ll be enthusiastic, persuasive, assertive and yes, argumentative. In finding the median line between pushiness and patience, listen to those most reliable guides – your instincts. TAURUS: With communications expert Mercury in your relationship realm till midDecember, sometime in the next couple of months you’ll be having The Talk. Or Talks… whether personal negotiation, hammering out business deals or addressing a fractured friendship, ditch any critical edge and aim for a balance of honesty and compassion. GEMINI: With Mars checking in for the next seven weeks to your artistic, charming sector of self-expression unleashing a tsunami of creative inspiration, you’re this week’s VIP. This transit only happens every second year, and is currently accompanied by your ruler Mercury in especially clear-sighted and organized mode, so don’t hold back. CANCER: With a significant planetary emphasis in your domestic centre, this week has plenty of togetherness and pairing-up appeal. Plus, articulate Mercury arriving for a long stay in your house of play-and-havingyour-say announces a grace period when it’s easier to speak up about what you want without sounding needy. LEO: Energetic Mars moving in for an extended stay in your house of networking is the time you play best with others. It also acts like astral catnip on your majesty’s verbal communications, amplifying their effect – so should you receive rocky news, taking it graciously will attract way more promising results than you’d imagine. VIRGO: Motivating Mars – the fiery red planet increases passion and activity, but also tension and arguing as it cranks up competitive pressure. So how about every time you feel like turning on someone, work out instead how to turn them on? Doesn’t have to be physically: can be creatively, intellectually, emotionally. Give it a go.
WHILE MARS AND VENUS MEET UP FOR A LOVE MOMENT IN AFFECTIONATE LIBRA, MERCURY SLIDES INTO THE SIGN OF THE INCISIVE TONGUE… . LIBRA: Spunky Mars romancing vampy Venus and the sun in your coupling-up sign leaves no question who’s number one love-bomb this week. But the angsty red planet back in your sign after two years is agitating to make things happen – fast – and Mercury in Scorpio won’t be content to take ‘maybe’ for an answer. SCORPIO: With Mercury the communicator planet in your sign, what you say and the way you say it, will carry extra weight from now till mid-December. Mars is flat-out clearing the slate before your birthday month kicks in – but conflicting planetary angles suggest it might be wiser to slow down than have that done for you. SAGITTARIUS: This week’s Mars is in busy networking mode at meetings and group get togethers, while Mercury’s perfectly placed for letting ideas ferment, mellow and mature like vintage vino or fromage. Best way to navigate this stop-go scenario? Take things step-by-measuredstep rather than bolting off full pelt from the get-go. CAPRICORN: Mercury the cosmic accountant is pressing for revised timelines and reassessing resources, while Mars hitting your ambitionaccelerator declares Watch Out World – and step aside anyone in your way. Being an even more driven powerhouse than usual means, ideally, you’ll factor in healthy, or at least effective stress release strategies. AQUARIUS: If you’ve been blown a little off course lately then clear-sighted, logical, efficient Mercury in the sign of cut-to-the-chase gets you back in the game. And entrepreneurial Mars is up for some hijinx this week as well – whatever your personal cup-of-fun happens to be. PISCES: This seductive week’s inclining you toward joint ventures, but its edgy dynamics could be messing with your filter system and border controls. Sure, it feels like hitting the jackpot when mixing business and pleasure, but ask yourself is that really in your best interests this week? You already know the answer.
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