The Honourable Wally Norman

Rated M, Magna Pacific

What a perfect time of year to watch a movie about the underdog (a goat racer working at a meat plant) being accidently elected as the local member of parliament.

Wally Norman finds his feet as a leader after being thrust into the limelight by the electorate’s former member – hoping Wally will fail.

Instead the community gets behind Wal and all changes are for good.

This film has a fantastic Aussie cast, including HG Nelson, Shaun Micallef and Kevin Harrington. It showcases Australian humour at its best, full of nuances. Two thumbs up.

15 Amore

Rated M, Magna Pacific

During WW2 civilian PoWs were sent to Australia to be imprisoned. Some helped out on farms where the man of the family was away fighting overseas.

15 Amore is the story of two Italian men who live with an Australian family for three years, helping out around the farm as well as teaching them about the Italian way of life.

The family fall in love with the men and when two German Jew PoWs are also sent, life couldn’t get better ...

15 Amore is a beautiful, understated film that gives great insight into life in Australia during that time.

Strange Bedfellows

Rated M, Magna Pacific

There’s nothing quite like the charm of an Aussie movie. Sure a movie about two country mates pretending to be gay to take advantage of a new tax ruling sounds dodgy ... but Michael Caton and Paul Hogan pull it off. Strange Bedfellows is quirky and has its funny moments.

– Lt Simone Heyer

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